His business was very successful，but it was at the ______ of his family life.
| A．consumption | B．credit |
| C．exhaustion | D．expense |
Children under sixteen are not permitted to participate in such kind of activities _____ bad for their mental development.
| A．as is | B．as are | C．that are | D．that they are |
I always _____ on life when listening to Beethoven’s symphony.
| A．react | B．recover | C．reflect | D．respond |
—I’m fed up with this rain. How I wish to go hiking this weekend!
—Forget it. I’m afraid the wet days will _____.
| A．hold up | B．keep up | C．take up | D．turn up |
_____ to be a press conference at the town hall tonight. _____ to be broadcast live.
| A．There’s; It’s | B．It’s; There’s | C．There’s; There’s | D．It’s; It’s |
—I haven’t finished my essay because the computer broke down when I was downloading the required data last night.
—Really! You could have turned to me. I mine.
| A．didn’t use | B．won’t use | C．hadn’t used | D．wasn’t using |