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 |