I have a 10-year-old grand piano which needs to be tuned but ______ it's in good condition.
A.meanwhile B.somehow C.otherwise D.instead
— Did you drive oil the road because you were tired and sleepy?
—Absolutely not! Actually I ______ to avoid a truck overtaking me on the inside lane.
A.had been trying B.had tried C.was trying D.tried
By and by, a full moon appeared from behind the clouds, ______ the small village in silver light.
A.bathed B.bathing C.having bathed D.being bathed
Thomas Cook, a 178-year-old British travel company, declared bankruptcy （破 产） early Monday morning, ________operations and leaving thousands of tourists stuck around the world.
A.substituting B.subscribing C.suspending D.squeezing
Adolescence is the period of life ______ youths leave childhood and head into adulthood, which is a difficult physical and emotional process.
A.when B.where C.that D.which
President Xi has made it clear that the key points in future arc to remove the bottleneck caused by the urban and rural dual systems in order to ______ the systematic obstacles.
A.take away B.smooth away C.fade away D.give away
