The severe competition in the job market has eventually ____ many students to the idea that knowledge plus ability is the only way out．
| A．connected | B．converted |
| C．confirmed | D．combined |
The information you give in the application is too general. You should _______ something special about yourself.
| A．spy on | B．rely on | C．focus on | D．cut back on |
When ______ by the teachers, a student tends to study harder than usual.
| A．to be praised | B．praising | C．praised | D．to praise |
Her little son fell off the boat into the water due to her carelessness. The mother couldn’t help _____because she couldn’t help _____ her son out of the danger.
| A．crying; to save | B．crying; saving |
| C．to cry; to save | D．cry; saving |
He pretended _______ a book when his mother entered the room.
| A．to read | B．to have read | C．reading | D．to be reading |
The production of the factory has grown to _____ in 1999.
| A．twice as it was | B．twice what it was |
| C．as twice as it was | D．twice that it was |