It saves time in the kitchen to have things you use a lot________easy reach.
| A．near | B．upon | C．within | D．around |
--- You should have thanked her before you left.
--- I meant ______, but when I was leaving, I couldn’t find her anywhere.
| A．to do | B．to | C．doing | D．doing so |
He ______ persuade his father to give up smoking but his father didn’t.
| A．managed to | B．succeeded in | C．tried to | D．kept in |
The reason _______ his going to Britain was ______ he got a new job there.
| A．for; because | B．for; that | C．of; because | D．of; that |
_____ with the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean does not seem big at all.
| A．Compare | B．Comparing | C．Compared | D．To compare |
People often use plastics to ______ wood or metal.
| A．in place of | B．take their place | C．take the place of | D．instead of |