_ _ busy schoolwork, the children also have to take arts, music and sports classes in their free time.
| A．Rather than | B．Owing to | C．Except for | D．Apart from |
Young people prefer to live in big cities, where there are lots of ______, like convenient transportation, more opportunities and better environment.
| A．association |
| B．attraction |
| C．collections |
| D．sections |
______ is known to all, China will be an ______ and powerful country in 20 or 30 years’ time.
| A．That; advancing |
| B．This; advanced |
| C．As; advanced |
| D．It; advancing |
He would climb up the trunk and ______ from the branches and eat apples.
| A．hang |
| B．swing |
| C．hold |
| D．catch |
He was so careless that he ______ being killed in the traffic accident.
| A．got close to |
| B．kept out of |
| C．came back to |
| D．got away with |
The computer doesn’t ______ until it is connected to other parts of the system.
| A．come to life |
| B．come to harm |
| C．come to light |
| D．come to hand |