Close neighbors are better than distant relatives. This is simple truth that the Chinese people got to know in ancient times.
| A．a; / | B．a;a | C．the; a | D．/; the |
The judge permitted the couple ________ the boy who became an orphan after the earthquake.
| A．adapting | B．to adapt |
| C．adjusting | D．to adopt |
—I’m afraid I’ll fail in the exam.
— ________. It won’t be so bad.
| A．Don’t be afraid |
| B．It doesn’t matter |
| C．Take it easy |
| D．You’ll not fail |
The great success of this project has been largely ________ the support given by the 30 local businesspersons.
| A．instead of | B．thanks to |
| C．due to | D．as a consequence |
The novel is so badly written that I can hardly ________what the writer is trying to say.
| A．turn out | B．make out | C．let out | D．try out |
It can’t be a (n) ______ that four jewelry stores were robbed in one night.
| A．coincidence | B．chance | C．incident | D．circumstance |