The living room is clean and tidy, with a dinning table already ________ for a meal to be cooked.
| A．laid | B．laying | C．to lay | D．being laid |
— How about putting some pictures into the report?
— ______ A picture is worth a thousand words.
| A．I dont think so. | B．Why not? |
| C．Thank you. | D．No matter. |
---Are you satisfied with the result ?
---Not at all. ______.
| A．I must be better |
| B．It can’t be better |
| C．I could have been better |
| D．It couldn’t be worse |
---What’s the matter with John? He has been sitting there for hours.
---A postcard from his father ______ an attack of home-sickness in him.
| A．took up | B．cheered up |
| C．brought in | D．set off |
With the audience ______ at her, the little girl felt nervous on the stage．
| A．staring | B．to stare |
| C．stare | D．stared |
China’s education reforms aim to better develop students’ ability to think ______.
| A．independently | B．obviously |
| C．regularly | D．fluently |