His wife _____ his husband to give up smoking, but she failed.
A. suggested |
B. persuaded |
C. tried hard to persuade |
D. warned |
John likes baseball, and I like it too. Besides, we have a lot in_____ in other respects.
A. ordinary |
B. usual |
C. common |
D. normal |
An old lady came ______ to the bus stop, only _______ the bus had gone.
A. to run; to find |
B. running; to find |
C. and ran; finding |
D. running; finding |
____ all my homework unfinished, I am not allowed to go online to play games.
A. As |
B. For |
C. With |
D. To |
His happy life came to _____ end because he was put into _____ prison for stealing money.
A. the, the |
B. an, the |
C. the, / |
D. an, / |
— Would you please give an example to show how useful a computer is?
— Sure. __________ people get __________ information from it every day.
A. The number of; a lot of |
B. A huge number of; plenty of |
C. Many a; a great deal of |
D. Lots of; a lot |