The children of the farmer prefer _________ in bigger cities to _______ in their hometown.
| A．stay ; settle | B．stay ; settling |
| C．staying ; settle | D．staying ; settling |
I could tell he was surprised from the _____ on his face.
| A．appearance | B．view | C．sight | D．expression |
We had a marvelous holiday: only the last two days were slightly _____ by the weather.
| A．damaged | B．hurt | C．ruined | D．spoiled |
The book seems to have been _____ from various books and articles.
| A．pieced together | B．taken off |
| C．broken away | D．pulled out |
As more and more cars are produced and used, so the _____ from their exhaust-pipes contains an even larger volume of poisonous gas.
| A．exposure | B．distribution | C．expansion | D．emission |
He left in such a hurry that I _____ had time to thank him.
| A．almost | B．even | C．nearly | D．scarcely |