She now has to return home to have a long-time rest at her young age, because her health _____ under the great pressure of work.
| A．broke away | B．broke up |
| C．broke down | D．broke off |
A sharp _________in production wouldn’t have been seen but for the advanced techniques.
| A．balance | B．failure | C．growth | D．decrease |
According to school bus safety rules, when a school bus stops on the road to _____or pick up students, other vehicles behind it must stop to wait.
| A．drop off | B．take off | C．pay off | D．turn off |
Poor Tim! He had his pocket ________on his way to the theatre. So he had to give up his favourite play.
| A．robbed | B．cheated | C．picked | D．stolen |
---Are you content with her lecture? ----Far from that. It _______.
| A．may have been good | B．couldn’t have been worse | C．can’t be better | D．must be better |
In _____world, where computers rule our work and life, online searches have become _____necessity.
| A．a, a | B．a, the | C．the, a | D．the, / |