The manager urged older staff ________early retirement and new staff _______ more time for work.
| A．take up; to set aside | B．took up; set aside |
| C．would take up; to lay aside | D．must take up; lay aside |
He gave me a painting with his name ___.
| A．subscribed |
| B．subscribing |
| C．to subscribe |
| D．subscribe |
The ___ of the heavy rain was the flooding of large areas of land.
| A．consequence |
| B．accident |
| C．event |
| D．influence |
Having ___ all of his father’s fortune, the son became a beggar.
| A．consumed |
| B．assumed |
| C．evaluated |
| D．assigned |
___ myself to my study, I would be sitting in a comfortable office now.
| A．If I devoted |
| B．Should I devote |
| C．Would I devote |
| D．Had I devote |
___ it ___ to rain tomorrow, the sports meeting will be put off until the same time nest week.
| A．Should;/ |
| B．If; should |
| C．Were; / |
| D．If; were going |