With more forests being destroyed, huge quantities of good land ______ each year.
A. is washing away B. are washing away
C. is being washed away D. are being washed away
A lot of new wooden furniture, as well as some latest household appliances, ________ by the Smiths for their new house a week ago.
A.has been bought B.have been bought
C.was bought D.were bought
A brief history of time, written by Stephen Hawking,________ in 1988 and has been translated into more than 40 languages ever since.
A.published B.is published
C.was published D.has been published
The teacher told us the other day that light ______ faster than sound.
A. travelled B. is travelling
C. travels D. had travelled
—Ron, I congratulate you on your success.
—Thanks, but the honor _____ to all the people here.
A.is belonged B.belongs
C.is belonging D.belonged
“A bird with a broken wing will never fly as high.” I’m sure that John would agree with this saying, _______ he felt this way almost every day in school.
By high school, John was the most famous _______ in his town. He was always absent, didn’t answer questions and got into _______. He had failed almost every exam by the time he entered his senior year, yet was _______ each year to a higher grade level. Teachers didn’t want to _______ him again the following year. John was moving on, but definitely not moving _______.
I met John for the first time at a weekend leadership training program since John was one of 405 students who _______. At the start of the training, John was just standing _______ the circle of students, against the back wall. He didn’t _______ join the discussion groups. But slowly, the interactive games ________ him in.
The ice really melted when the groups started building a list of ________ and negative things that had occurred at school that year. John ________ some constructive ideas on those situations. The other students in John’s group ________ his comments. All of a sudden John felt like a ________ of the group, and before long he was ________ like a leader. By the end of the training, he had joined the Homeless Project team. The other students on the team were ________ with his passionate concern and ideas. They ________ elected John co-chairman of the team.
John started ________ at school every day and answered questions from teachers for the first time. He led a second project, ________ 300 blankets and 1,000 pairs of shoes for the homeless shelter from house to house.
A bird with a broken wing only needs ________. Once healed, it can fly higher than the rest.
1.A.if B.until C.as D.though
2.A.storyteller B.troublemaker C.dream-seeker D.peace-lover
3.A.fights B.debt C.difficulties D.work
4.A.driven away B.left out C.kept in D.passed on
5.A.love B.pet C.have D.chase
6.A.in B.up C.away D.back
7.A.signed up B.ran away C.fell down D.went by
8.A.around B.onto C.among D.outside
9.A.hurriedly B.easily C.readily D.warmly
10.A.drew B.led C.sent D.put
11.A.useless B.meaningful C.strange D.positive
12.A.changed B.expressed C.reserved D.noticed
13.A.refused B.ignored C.welcomed D.gathered
14.A.founder B.heart C.leader D.part
15.A.dressed B.treated C.born D.shaped
16.A.impressed B.patient C.disappointed D.familiar
17.A.still B.again C.hardly D.even
18.A.showing up B.dropping out C.going down D.walking around
19.A.buying B.collecting C.donating D.making
20.A.raising B.feeding C.mending D.replacing
