Before going abroad，he devoted all the time he could ________ his spoken English.
| A．to improve | B．to improving |
| C．improve | D．Improving |
I hope my teacher will take my recent illness into _____ when judging my examination.
| A．regard | B．account | C．thought | D．observation |
Roses are quite _____ flowers in English gardens.
| A．ordinary | B．common | C．usual | D．general |
American women were _____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.
| A．ignored | B．refused | C．neglected | D．denied |
We can't _____ one to change the habits of a lifetime in a short time.
| A．hope | B．wait | C．expect | D．imagin |
Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent. _____, I can't speak too highly of him.
| A．As a result | B．By the way | C．On the whole | D．In a word |