The temperature has risen ___ more than 20 degrees centigrade．It is quite hot ___ January in Jiangxi．
| A．to; for | B．at;to |
| C．at;in | D．to;on |
I tried every to make him give up smoking.
| A．mean | B．ways | C．meaning | D．means |
Being poor, she had to borrow a new so as to attend the party.
| A．cloth | B．clothes | C．clothing | D．dress |
. In order to learn the of the family business, Bill took a job as messenger boy in one of the offices.
A. ins and outs B. dos and don’ts C. heads and tails D t’s and i’s
Shelly had prepared carefully for her English examination so that she could be sure of passing it on her first .
| A．intention | B．attempt | C．purpose | D．desire |
It snowed heavily for three days and they were separated from the outside world.
| A．in the end | B．on end | C．by the end | D．at the end |