The old lady ______by selling used newspapers.
| A．gets her living | B．makes a life |
| C．earns her living | D．earns a life |
At first Bob was puzzled by Virginia s waving, but then it _____ his mind that she was trying to tell him something.
| A．crossed | B．passed | C．occurred | D．opened |
Jim isn't _____, but he did badly in the final exams last semester.
| A．gloomy | B．dull | C．awkward | D．tedious |
The manager said that they had an _____ plan if the plan they had submitted was not accepted.
| A．alternate | B．alternative | C．absolute | D．appreciable |
Because the children keep interrupting her whenever she reads a book, she is always _____ her place.
| A．loosing | B．missing | C．losing | D．looking for |
Russia's withdrawal of its experts from China did not strangle (压垮) the Chinese people; _____ it stirred up their enthusiasm for greater exertions.
| A．on the other hand | B．on the contrary |
| C．to the contrary | D．in consequence |