Only after he had spent several nights working on the math problem _______ to wonder whether the problem was wrongly set.
A.that he began | B.did he begin | C.then he began | D.so that he began |
We tend to ________ happiness with freedom, but, as a psychotherapist and writer has observed, without obstacles to our desires it’s harder to know what we want, or where we’re heading.
A.combine | B.compare | C.equip | D.equate |
What little money he did have ________ on a record selected with extreme care which became, to his way of thinking, a possession close to his heart.
A.spent | B.been spent |
C.was spent | D.to spend |
Most of the visitors were happy just sitting around in the shade, _________ it had been a long, dusty journey on the train.
A.for | B.so | C.but | D.Or |
— Doesn’t he lose heart even if the experiment hasn’t been working out?
— ________. Nothing defeats him.
A.It depends | B.You bet |
C.By no means | D.Not a little |
Malaysia Airline Flight MH370 seemed to have been _______to only a mystery after so long and hopeless a search.
A.reduced | B.formed |
C.trapped | D.absorbed |