They either sat there________ or stood ________ to the ground, ________at the tree covered with hundreds of ribbons, which looked like a banner of welcome ________ in the wind.
A.stunning … rooting … starting … billowing
B.stunned … rooted … stared … billowed
C.stunning … rooting … stared … billowed
D.stunned … rooted … staring … billowing
When the candidates came in, the interviewer made a ________ to them to take their seats at the desk. Which of the following is IMPROPER?
A.motion B.hint
C.sign D.signal
It seems that houses________ like mushrooms almost in the night during the housing boom. Which of the following is IMPROPER?
A.pop up B.spring up
C.shoot up D.stick up
Though a man may also feel like screaming as a woman________ in a crisis, he has a little bit more self-control than a woman and that makes the difference.
A.having B.has
C.doing D.does
It is not how much you read but ________ you read ________ really counts
A.that… what B.what… that
C.that… that D.what… what
At the end of the dinner party, the conclusion of the crisis________ bare the fact women have as much self-control as men.
A.lay B.laid
C.lined D.lied
