There was a murder in one of the poorest suburbs in the city the other day. Now the police are turning the whole house upside down __________ clues.
| A．in want of |
| B．in search of |
| C．in favor of |
| D．in memory of |
It was decided to _____ the search when there was no hope of finding the missing girl alive.
| A．call off | B．take up | C．keep off | D．ring up |
He put in a special _____ for an extra day's holiday so that he could attend his daughter's wedding.
| A．request | B．demand | C．inquiry | D．proposal |
Scientists have to work hard to keep _____ with modern discoveries and developments.
| A．company | B．track | C．touch | D．pace |
He didn't _____ what I read because his mind was on something else.
| A．hold on | B．catch on | C．take in | D．get over |
He thought this was the first pair of shoes that had fitted him _____.
| A．perfectly | B．justly | C．fairly | D．rightly |