______ the traffic jam, he didn’t catch his plane, which was reported to have crashed soon after it took off.
| A．Because of | B．On account of | C．Due to | D．Thanks to |
— What’s made you so upset?
— ____________ three tickets to the pop music concert.
| A．Losing | B．Lost |
| C．Because of losing | D．Since I lost |
___________ to give up drinking, my daddy threw away all his ________ bottles of wine last night.
| A．Determined; remained | B．Determined; remaining |
| C．Determining; remaining | D．Determining; remained |
There seemed no end to their troubles; nowhere _________ upon a path.
| A．they could come | B．could come they |
| C．come they could | D．could they come |
It’s a common _______ that a person will be sentenced to death if he or she commits murder in China.
| A．habit | B．tradition | C．custom | D．practice |
I dislike _______ when people use money to buy themselves out of trouble.
| A．that | B．it | C．them | D．one |