Life for us is _________exercise in making different choices and can never come 
to_________end until the end of life itself.
| A./; / | B./; an | C.an;/ | D.an;an | 
–---I’ve decided to spend the summer holidays traveling in Australia.
  ----Oh, ________!
| A.if only I could go with you | B.what a good news it is | 
| C.how happily I was to hear that | D.what exciting to hear the news | 
----________ was it ________ they discovered the entrance to the underground palace?
  ----Totally by chance.
| A.How; that | B.What; that | C.What; when | D.Where; that | 
The thief tried to break away from the policeman who _________ him but failed.
| A.held | B.had held | C.would hold | D.was holding | 
---–Why did you come so late for work?
  -----I was ________ for 15 minutes on the way here in the traffic jam.
| A.held up | B.put up | C.taken up | D.given up | 
. Boris has brains. In fact, I doubt whether anyone in the class has _________ IQ.
| A.a high | B.a higher | C.the higher | D.the highest |