---What’s the matter with John? He has been sitting there for hours.
---A postcard from his father ______ an attack of home-sickness in him.
A. took up B. cheered up
C. brought in D. set off
With the audience ______ at her, the little girl felt nervous on the stage．
A. staring B. to stare
C. stare D. stared
China’s education reforms aim to better develop students’ ability to think ______.
A. independently B. obviously
C. regularly D. fluently
---She looks very happy. She ______ have passed the exam.
---I guess so. It’s not difficult after all.
A. would B. should
C. must D. ought to
---I hear Tony ______ as a lawyer. Why did he quit teaching?
---Who knows? Maybe he just wants to experience a totally different life.
A. worked B. is working
C. was working D. will have worked
______ more than half of us were against the new plan, he still decided to carry it out.
A. As B. Since C. Unless D. While
