— Would you mind giving your advice on how to improve our business management?
— If you make ______ most of the modern equipment, there will be ______ rise in production.
| A．/; / | B．the; a | C．/; a | D．the; / |
The dying man is _____ the help of the doctor.
| A．outside | B．without | C．out of | D．beyond |
To read a novel before going to bed seems to me a rule ____.
| A．to never break | B．never to have broken |
| C．never to be breaking | D．never to be broken |
He will give me a present that I _____ for a long time.
| A．expected | B．were expected | C．have been expecting | D．will have been expected |
I am _____ sure that I have told you that before.
| A．fairly | B．far | C．rather | D．pretty |
We all do more speaking _____, even when we have a break after class.
| A．more or less | B．by and by | C．step by step | D．now and then |