While prices are rising so fast，many people are working out ways to________their expenses.
| A．cut down | B．put down |
| C．turn down | D．settle down |
This year __________ to be another good one for harvests.
| A．tells | B．means | C．promises | D．intends |
Perhaps it is true that nobody in the world knows exactly how the earth __________.
| A．came up | B．came out |
| C．came to power | D．came into being |
—Why don’t we choose that road to save time? —The bridge to it __________.
| A．has repaired | B．is repaired |
| C．is being repaired | D．will be repaired |
Don’t be so upset. It won’t be ___________ your children can return to school again.
| A．long before | B．long ago | C．before long | D．long |
Who would you rather __________ the report instead of you ?
| A．write | B．have written | C．have write | D．have to write |