________ Mr. Smith was the last man I wanted to see, I did all in my power to help him.
| A．Because | B．Now that | C．While | D．As |
He ________ to paint the whole house early this morning, but has only finished the front part of it so far.
| A．set about | B．set off | C．set up | D．set out |
A good idea __________ to me, and I quickly picked up the phone to tell Jack about it.
| A．struck | B．appeared | C．happened | D．occurred |
It was only when I reread his poems recently__________ I began to appreciate their beauty.
| A．until | B．in which | C．that | D．so |
Over the past 30 years, China has spent hundreds of billions of yuan to pull its rural population out of poverty. Now China’s Anti-poverty efforts __________.
| A．pay off | B．pay up | C．pay back | D．pay for |
---Keep _____ in mind that you have to be home by 10 o’clock.
---Ok, I will.
| A．it | B．me | C．this | D．one |