The road is covered with snow. I can’t understand ______ they insist on going by motorbike.
| A．why | B．whether | C．when | D．how |
—Why is he feeling down today?
—Because the suggestion he________has been turned down.
| A．put away | B．put up | C．put down | D．put forward |
________in his test papers，he didn’t notice my coming.
| A．Having absorbed | B．Absorbed |
| C．Absorbing | D．To be absorbed |
________cleaning the yard and making up the beds for the old，we also read newspapers for them and had chats with them.
| A．Except for | B．Rather than | C．Apart from | D．Instead of |
The man，suspected________having stolen the jewels of the shop，was missing last night，although he was watched over by the police.
| A．of | B．for | C．about | D．with |
I feel it is you rather than the boy who________for being late for the speech.
| A．is to blame | B．are to blame |
| C．is to be blamed | D．are to be blamed |