________spending our vacation in the city，why not try hiking in the courtry?
| A．Instead of | B．In favour of | C．In case of | D．In terms of |
By no means _______promised to keep you ______of how their business was going on.
| A．he has；informing | B．he has；informed |
| C．has he；informing | D．has he；informed |
—Why did John ask me about the problem?
—________，he tried to find a better way to settle it.
| A．Not to be satisfied | B．Not satisfied |
| C．Not being satisfied | D．Don't satisfy |
______a mobile phone can you ring _______you want to talk with anywhere.
| A．Using；whoever | B．Only on；whomever |
| C．Only by；whatever | D．With；anyone |
Lucy's new job paid twice as much as she had made ________in the restaurant.
| A．working | B．work | C．to work | D．worked |
The government has lost a great deal of _because of the large increase in food price.
| A．strength | B．support | C．agreement | D．vote |