The workers demanded that their employer_____ their working conditions.
A.had improved | B.would improve | C.improve | D.will improve |
When the big bills for mother's hospital care came, father was glad he had money in the bank to _____.
A.fall short of | B.fall through |
C.fall back on | D.fall in with |
The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more _____.
A.at length | B.at last | C.at stake | D.at ease |
The Prime Minister refused to comment on the rumor that he had planned to _____.
A.discharge | B.dismiss | C.resign | D.resume |
John _____ knowledge of radio just by staying around the radio station.
A.caught on | B.worked up | C.took up | D.picked up |
The _____ of his clothes indicated too clearly that he had been playing football.
A.state | B.condition | C.occasion | D.situation |