Mr. Black _____ for Shanghai in a few days. Do you know when the earliest plane ____on Sunday?
| A．leaves; takes off | B．is leaving; takes off |
| C．is leaving; is taking off | D．leaves; is taking off |
Great as Newton was, many of his ideas _____today and are being modified by the work of scientists of our time.
| A．are to challenge | B．may be challenged | C．have been challenged | D．are challenged |
She tried hard to keep calm in face of the students, but the sweat on her forehead _____ her ____.
| A．gave; away | B．tuned; down | C．showed; out | D．shut; off |
Thomas Alva Edison didn’t “invent” the light bulb (灯泡), but rather he ______ a 50 –year –old idea, which is not well –known.
| A．improved upon | B．take down | C．put up | D．break away |
Dressed untidily and speaking in a strange way, Father must have ______ to the people present to be a silly old man.
| A．appeared | B．pretended | C．shown | D．thought |
The film “World without thieves” ______ a great success and brought in a large profit to the cinema.
| A．appreciated | B．enjoyed | C．won | D．seized |