He issued a/an ___ to us to settle the trouble in five days, but nobody accepted it.
| A．imagination |
| B．dream |
| C．advice |
| D．challenge |
—Don’t be a slave to work, Ralph! You must take it easy sometimes.
—I can’t help it._________.
| A．Easier said than done |
| B．Nothing is easier than fault-finding |
| C．Easy come, easy go |
| D．Better late than never |
Unfortunately, the young mother has trouble ______ a balance between work and family.
| A．being striking | B．to strike |
| C．to be stricken | D．striking |
A proposal has been put forward at a recent video conference that measures______ to raise the citizens’ awareness of traffic safety.
| A．be taken | B．must be taken |
| C．should take | D．would take |
—Tony, it seems that you have been very busy all the time. What do you think of your occupation now?
—Just so-so. I’ve decided to quit my job in the company next month, where I ____ for five years.
| A．work | B．had worked |
| C．will be working | D．will have worked |
________________, they couldn’t make their teacher change her mind.
| A．Whatever hard they try |
| B．No matter how they tried hard |
| C．As they tried hard |
| D．Hard as they tried |