At the end of the holiday, traffic_______ on the freeway as people headed home.
A. put up B. picked up
C. took up D. built up
Two friends were talking about education, _______, about the kind of education that they received in their youth.
A. or else B. worse still
C. or rather D. above all
The temperature has risen to more than 20 degrees centigrade. It is quite hot _______January in Zhejiang.
A. for B. in C. as D. like
--- Jack fell off the ladder yesterday, but he is all right now.
---What a lucky dog! He _______ himself badly.
A. could injure B. must have injured
C. should injure D. might have injured
---Tell us, Mark, what is the cause of the American Civil War?
---Well, is it _______the black slaves wanted freedom?
A. how B. why
C. because D. when
--- I can’t carry the luggage. It’s so heavy.
--- Why not have someone strong enough_______ you a hand then?
A. give B. to give
C. giving D. to have given