This will be a year of action, and that action should begin by extending unemployment insurance for Americans who were _______ in the economic slowdown.
| A．laid out | B．laid off | C．laid on | D．laid down |
．To deal with the global financial crisis, China ______ the international community to help developing countries．
| A．called on | B．called up | C．called in | D．called for |
_______he lives in a large flat and owns much money, he doesn’t seem as happy as before．
| A．Before | B．Whether | C．Unless | D．While |
．We are taught that a business letter should be written in a formal style ____ in a personal one．
| A．less than | B．other than | C．better than | D．rather than |
．There is a saying that ______ “Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today．”
| A．will go | B．goes | C．is going | D．has gone |
—Was George sorry for what he’d done?
—________．It was just like him!
| A．Never mind | B．All right | C．Not really | D．Not surprisingly |