Faced with the financial crisis, many people prefer to be a saver rather than a spender and manage to _______ 40 to 50 percent of their salary.
A. put aside B. put off C. put forward D. put up
The hotel has been enlarged; ____, its service is improving.
A. as a result B. on the other hand C. in addition D. as well as
— Hey! Everyone in the office was at the dinner party in honor of Mr. Charles except you. What happened?
— I ______ after Mike, my colleague. He was badly ill.
A. have looked B. was looking C. would look D. had looked
The roads are lined trees，which have been planted to hold the strong winds from the north.
A. along; to B．on；up C．in；against D．with；back
_______along the quiet road at forty miles an hour, and then an old man suddenly started to cross the road in front of me.
A. Driving B. when I was driving C. I was driving D. Having driven
As soon as the waiter came to the table, the foreigner _______next to me asked him_______to call that big dish in Chinese.
A. seating; what B. seated; how C. sitting; how D. seated; what
