______ a more comfortable life, the poor couple worked hard and took on more part-time jobs.
| A．Aiming at | B．Adding to | C．Relating to | D．Taking advantage of |
_______ with a difficult situation, Arnold decided to ask his boss for advice.
| A．To face | B．Having faced | C．Faced | D．Facing |
Halfway up the mountain we stopped to ______________.
| A．keep our breath | B．hold our breath | C．be out of breath | D．take breath |
The doctor insisted that only in this ______ could the patient survive in the operation.
| A．way | B．method | C．means | D．meaning |
He hurried to the station only _______ that the train had left.
| A．to find | B．finding | C．found | D．to have found |
— Are you glad to hear from her?
— Of course. ___________, we last met more than thirty years ago.
| A．What’s more | B．That is to say | C．In other words | D．Believe it or not |