—Oh, darling! If you want a necklace, I’ll buy one for you at once.
—No, a necklace is not _______ that I need most.
A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something
Had he predicted the disaster, he _______ his girl friend to the 2015 New Year’s celebration at the Bund, Shanghai.
A. wouldn’t take B. wouldn’t have taken
C. needn’t take D. needn’t have taken
Deep reading is a process in which people _______ reflect in addition to trying to understand the words on the page.
A. critically B. negatively
C. approximately D. casually
Don’t make me angry again. I must warn you that my patience has almost _______.
A. given out B. given off
C. given up D. given in
How can you blame others? It was your carelessness that _______ the loss of the company.
A. resulted from B. led to
C. lay in D. counted on
Over the last few years, the number of students participating in volunteer programs _______ sharply in our school.
A. was increasing B. has increased
C. had increased D. increased
