My mom, who didn’t allow me to smoke, ______ when she caught me smoking.
| A．was over the moon | B．was as busy as a bee |
| C．was all ears | D．flew off the handle |
Jim had a lot of homework to do, but he ________ to finish it before bedtime.
| A．contributed |
| B．managed |
| C．succeeded |
| D．arranged |
At 30 we need to ________ to our lives and shed from fantasties. But to the depressed I whisper that life begins at 40.
| A．set down |
| B．put down |
| C．devote |
| D．settle down |
What a big snake! It ________ one and a half metres long.
| A．is measured |
| B．is measuring |
| C．measures |
| D．will measure |
He noticed that a river of liquid rock was coming towards him. It would ________ him completely, but he managed to escape just in time.
| A．measure |
| B．float |
| C．surround |
| D．crash |
Carl is studying ________ food science at college and hopes to open up ________ meat processing factory of his own one day.
| A．/; a |
| B．/; the |
| C．the; a |
| D．the; the |