Jack is ill, so we’ll have no choice but to give the performance ______ him.
A. except for B. apart from C. except D. without
--I failed again. I wish I ____harder.
----But you _____.
A. had worked; hadn’t B. worked; don’t C. had worked; didn’t D. worked; didn’t
To keep healthy, most retired people _______ jogging as a regular form of exercise.
A. take up B. take on C. give up D. hold out
The young man stopped and looked back as if ______ whether he was being followed.
A. seeing B. to have seen C. having seen D. to see
The patient’s dangerous condition ____the doctors and nurses many a sleepless night.
A. cost B. spent C. paid D. made
______ down on the ground, he struggled to his feet and held up his head, _______his enemy.
A. Beating; focusing on B. Beaten ; glaring at C. Falling; stared at D. Tripping ; fixed on
