It was _____ by the railway board that the cost of rail fares would be increased by ten percent.
| A．noticed | B．stated | C．suggested | D．noted |
Most of the teachers ______ to visit our school were young ones.
| A．invited | B．to invite | C．being invited | D．had been invited |
—Do you like rock music , Ann ?
— ________ . It’s too noisy to me .
| A．I like it very much . | B．I don’t get very excited about it . |
| C．I don’t know much about it . | D．It’s my favourite . |
The writer ___ his writing so that he forgot to have his lunch.
| A．absorbed | B．was absorbed into | C．absorbed into | D．was absorbed in |
The girl looked at me with a _______expression. Maybe the problem was quite ______.
| A．puzzled; puzzling | B．puzzling; puzzled | C．puzzled; puzzled | D．puzzling; puzzling |
Electric trains have now _______ steam trains in England.
| A．taken place | B．taken up | C．taken on | D．taken the place of |