--- Are you satisfied with what he did?
--- No. It couldn’t have been ______.
| A．worse | B．better | C．so bad | D．the worst |
----Did you finish reading that long novel?
----No, I ran out of ______. It’s too long and I only completed half of it.
| A．sympathy | B．devotion | C．patience | D．strength |
The government will take some effective measures to control the heavy smog_____the northern China.
| A．blankets | B．to be blanketed | C．blanketing | D．blanketed |
She cared more about her students than her own health. That’s why two years passed _____ she was treated for breast cancer.
| A．since | B．before | C．after | D．until |
The early pioneers had to many hardships to settle on the new land.
| A．go into | B．go along with | C．go back on | D．go through |
He tried to join the army but was _____ because of poor health, which made him depressed.
| A．selected | B．abused | C．overcome | D．rejected |