With the rapid growth of population, the city______ in all directions in the past five years.
| A．spreads | B．has spread | C．spread | D．had spread |
This is the first time we______a film in the cinema together as a family.
| A．see | B．had seen | C．saw | D．have seen |
--- The manager of the factory wants to improve production a great deal, but he doesn’t spend much on technology.
---I am afraid he won’t realize his dream. You know ________.
| A．you can’t eat your cake and have it |
| B．empty vessels make the greatest sound |
| C．enough is as good as a feast |
| D．two heads are better than one |
—What’s up? What’s that terrible noise from our upstairs neighbor?
—The spoiled boy is yelling and screaming to ______, I guess.
| A．mend his way | B．stop his way |
| C．push his way | D．get his way |
By pretending to be ill, the candidate tried to run away from _______ issues, which always aroused too much debate.
| A．confidential | B．controversial |
| C．contemporary | D．contradictory |
— I’m sorry to tell you that you made a mistake in your test.
— How can that be? I did it _______ in class.
| A．as told | B．as am told |
| C．as telling | D．as I told |