–What’s that noise?
--Oh, I forgot to tell you. The new machine __________.
| A．was tested | B．will be tested | C．is being tested | D．has been tested |
Mr. Brown repeated his words to his son, raising his voice a bit, but stillno answer.
| A．received | B．receiving | C．had received | D．to receive |
Circumstances arehuman control, but our conduct is in our own power.
| A．within | B．against | C．beyond | D．below |
—I wonder why you didn’t take part in the speech contest yesterday afternoon.
—I'm terribly sorry, I________ myself.
| A．am conducted | B．conducted |
| C．was conducting | D．would conduct |
It is not our mistakes that define who we are; it is how wefrom those mistakes that counts.
| A．differ | B．suffer | C．prevent | D．recover |
Don't worry. It's justa regular blood test. It'll finish within seconds.
| A．other than | B．rather than |
| C．no more than | D．much more than |