—Have you heard of ______ death of Nelson Mandela?
--Oh, really? It will be ______shock to the world.
| A．/; the | B．a; the | C．/; a | D．the; a |
Please keep _________ while I take your photograph.
| A．still | B．calm | C．quiet | D．silent |
She bought the same skirt at a lower price at the same shop where I bought mine because she was a __________ customer.
| A．common | B．regular | C．normal | D．usual |
--Why, this is nothing but common vegetable soup!
--_____, madam. This is our soup of the day.
| A．Let me see | B．So it is | C．Don ’t mention it | D．Neither do I |
She soon _________ French when she went to live in France.
| A．set up | B．took up | C．put up | D．picked up |
Mary escaped __________ for her coming late for school this morning.
| A．from punishment | B．punishing | C．being punished | D．from punishing |