As a manager, I know my emotions will affect people around me, so I’m going to make a _______ effort to be more cheerful.
A. precious B. curious C. mysterious D. conscious
Jane is determined to go to France for further education _______ all the possible consequences.
A. instead of B. regardless of
C. in addition to D. in response to
---Would you please repeat the grammar rules again?
---Of course, but I am sure that you _______ to me carefully, as I have told you twice already.
A. don’t listen B. wouldn’t listen
C. weren’t listening D. aren’t listening
Adrian’s hard work _________. He graduated with good grades and got into a top high school.
A. paid off B. paid back C. paid for D. paid out
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action quietly, and to have it _____ by accident.
A. find out B. finding out C. found out D. be found out
---Has anything caught your eye in today’s newspaper?
---Yes. A new eight-kilometer-long road is under ________ that links the port area with the motorway system.
A. consideration B. construction C. conservation D. constitution
