On the bus, all the people except the driver ______ to talk and laugh during the journey.
| A．encouraged | B．were encouraging |
| C．were encouraged | D．was encouraged |
More and more fast-food restaurants have _____ all over the town in the last few years.
| A．come up | B．taken up | C．sprung up | D．put up |
The food here is so bad that every other restaurant in the world must be ____ this one.
| A．referred to | B．eager to | C．tired of | D．superior to |
We demanded that we _____ of any change in the plan that they put forward.
| A．informed | B．be informing | C．be informed | D．had been informed |
His project is concerned with _____ the technology to practical business problems.
| A．replying | B．devoting | C．supplying | D．applying |
Everybody was touched words after they heard her moving story.
| A．beyond | B．without | C．of | D．in |