more effectively with others, more and more people equip themselves with a higher education.
| A．Compete | B．To compete |
| C．Being competed | D．Competing |
The bell rang and came in Mr. Brown, _____ a book in his hand. Then the class began.
| A．for | B．when | C．with | D．while |
I _____ many unnecessary words in my article, leaving it much shorter.
| A．shortened | B．cancelled | C．left | D．replaced |
The great _____ to living on a main road is the constant noise.
| A．hardship | B．procedure | C．drawback | D．influence |
Chinese people think a lot about food. In fact, I think that they are sometimes _____ with it.
| A．modest | B．conventional | C．abundant | D．obsessed |
You can’t predict everything. Often things don’t _____ as you expect.
| A．run out | B．break out | C．work out | D．put out |