My mother _______ a bed in the sitting-room for my cousins from the countryside.
| A．brought up | B．took up | C．made up | D．put up |
His wife gave a sigh of ______ when she knew he was alive.
| A．relieve | B．relief | C．release | D．relieved |
The professor is in ______ health and can’t walk any more.
| A．failure | B．failed | C．failing | D．fail |
“Can you read?” Mary said ______ at the notice.
| A．angrily pointed | B．and point angrily |
| C．angrily pointing | D．and angrily pointing |
The bell ______ the end of the period rang, ______ our heated discussion.
| A．indicating; interrupted | B．indicated; interrupting |
| C．indicating; interrupting | D．indicated; interrupted |
Though ______ water, he managed to survive for one week under the ruined house.
| A．lacked | B．lacking | C．lacking of | D．lacked in |