______ this job doesn’t pay very much, but ______ I can’t get another one.
A. In the first place; in the second place B. On one hand; on another hand
C. On the one hand; on the other hand D. For one thing; for another
He was good at arts, but ______, he was studying hard ______ being admitted to an engineering college.
A. strange enough; in the hope of B. strangely enough; in the hope of
C. strange enough; in the hope that D. strangely enough; in the hope that
I tried to call you last night, but I couldn’t ______.
A. get through B. go through
C. tell off D. turn off
Which ______ did you enter for at the sports meet?
A. affairs B. incidents
C. businesses D. events
In the end the police decided not to ban the ______.
A. parade B. distribution
C. march D. import
The tyre of your car is flat. It needs ______.
A. blowing off B. blowing up
C. blowing out D. blowing over
