Mr. Black has been teaching English in a middle school _____ he came to China.
| A．for ever | B．ever since | C．since then | D．long before |
High interest rates _____ people from borrowing money.
| A．discourage | B．decrease | C．disturb | D．disgust |
. He was afraid that the branch might bend over and break, and he would be sent _____ to the ground.
| A．crashing | B．throwing | C．rushing | D．dropping |
Do you think a wife should _____ her habits and tastes to those of her husband?
| A．comply | B．confirm | C．consent | D．conform |
. They always kept on good _____ with their next-door neighbors for the children's sake.
| A．friendship | B．relations | C．intentions | D．terms |
Maria _____ missed the first train so as to travel on the same one as John.
| A．deliberately | B．intensively |
| C．decisively | D．objectively |