On hearing the news of the accident in the coal mine，she ________ pale.
| A．got | B．changed | C．went | D．appeared |
----- Why hasn’t Jane spoken to me for days ?
-----It was ________ you spoke about her behind her back.
| A．because of | B．because | C．why | D．that |
People read newspapers and magazines in order to keep themselves _________ of
what is going on in the world outside.
| A．connected | B．known | C．updated | D．informed |
_________ New Year’s Day around the corner, all the salesmen were trying hard to talk customers_________ buying their goods.
| A．On, for | B．With, into | C．In, about | D．At, on |
Mrs Brown always takes things _________ too seriously, which makes the people around her uneasy.
| A．rather | B．quite | C．fairly | D．more |
The man fell , his hand still ___________.
| A．rose | B．raised | C．risen | D．raising |