At least 30 percent of the government speeches abandon ______ tones and embraced the most popular cyber words developed by Chinese netizens in the past year, for example, fuyun (floating cloud, indicating vanity).
| A．serious | B．bureaucratic | C．abstract | D．ridiculous |
— Could I have a word with you, mum?— Oh , if you ______ .
| A．can | B．must | C．may | D．should |
He was homeless, so we took him ____．
| A．out | B．in | C．up | D．down |
Her mother ____ her stories patiently every evening when she was a little girl.
| A．was used to tell | B．is used to telling | C．used to tell | D．used to telling |
____ books have been given away since the Hope Organization was founded.
| A．A great many of | B．The major of | C．The majority | D．A great many |
____ I got to the reading-room, I found that he ____ there.
| A．At every time; read | B．Each time; was reading |
| C．At each time; would read | D．Every time; reads |