As a businessman he was a success, but as a husband he was____ failure, so their marriage ended in _____failure.
| A．/;/ | B．/;a |
| C．a; a | D．a; / |
In most countries, urban population is ____ while the population of German ___ by 8 percent.
| A．raise; decrease | B．increase; on the decrease |
| C．on the increase; decreases | D．rise; on the decrease |
I finally had to _____ the subject of payment.
| A．bring up | B．pick up | C．turn up | D．brighten up |
There is something wrong with my washing machine and it requires _____.
| A．repairing | B．to repair | C．being repaired | D．having repaired |
We walked a long way to see him off, only _____ that he had just left.
| A．found | B．to find | C．finding | D．having found |
The pen my brother gave me as a birthday gift _____ smoothly. I do like it.
| A．wrote | B．is writing | C．is written | D．writes |