A new branch of the company is going to be open. ____, the decoration of its main store has been finished.
A.Instead | B.However | C.Therefore | D.Meanwhile |
With the pressure ________, she was off work for weeks because she couldn’t stand it any more.
A.picking up | B.making up | C.building up | D.putting up |
The game was a great success in the United States and it soon _________ to Australia and then to other ___________countries.
A.reached, English spoken | B.floated , English speaking |
C.expanded, English spoken | D.spread, English-speaking |
--- Is the situation there any better?
--- On the contrary, it is ________ now.
A.badly off | B.worse off | C.well off | D.better off |
With electricity _______ because of the road repairs, the whole building was completely dark.
A.cut up | B.cut off | C.cut out | D.cut down |
As a businessman he was a success, but as a husband he was _______ failure, so their marriage ended in _________failure.
A./ ; / | B./ ; a | C.a; a | D.a; / |