_______ on the American Civil War, the book attracted a large number of readers when it was published.
| A．Based | B．Basing |
| C．Having based | D．Being based |
The furniture, with its modern style and bright colors, suits modern houses and their gardens, but looks _______ in the garden of a traditional home
| A．out of question | B．out of order | C．out of sight | D．out of place |
（2012浙江卷） all the animals I've ever had, these two dogs arc the most sensitive to the spoken word.
| A．From | B．Of | C．For | D．With |
（2012浙江卷） Brown said he was by no means annoyed;_____ he was glad to be able to make himself clearly understood.
| A．all in all | B．for one thing | C．on the contrary | D．by the way |
（2012福建卷）Nothing is so easy as parents raise their expectations of their children too high.
| A．of | B．to | C．by | D．for |
（2013·安徽卷) Before you pay a visit to a place of interest, look in your local library a book about it.
| A．on | B．at | C．for | D．to |