Take great pains to read _____ you can or you won’t have a better understanding of
life．
| A．as much as | B．books as much as |
| C．books as many as | D．as many books as |
While shopping, people sometimes can’t help _______ into baying something they don’t really need.
| A．to persuade | B．persuading | C．being persuaded | D．be persuaded |
－Did you receive any news during Jamie’s long _________?
－Never.
| A．absence | B．confidena | C．distance | D．renaissance |
Wendy hurried to the airport, only ______ the pop singer had left.
| A．told | B．telling | C．to tell | D．to be told |
Friends and relatives of the young couple have come to congratulate them _______ the arrival of the new baby.
| A．in | B．on | C．of | D．with |
When parents come to visit our school last week, Tom _______ them into the classroom.
| A．was conducting | B．would conduct | C．conducted | D．has conducted |