It was so dark that I couldn’t ______ the words written on the wall.
A. try out B. work out C. pick out D. make out
Because a lot of classics were written so long ago, their language characteristics are quite different from ______ of modern works.
A. ones B. these C. those D. that
Charles Dickens died in 1870 and his tomb ______, “By his death, one of England’s greatest writers is lost to the world.”
A. speaks B. tells C. reads D. writes
—What will happen if a driver gets annoyed in a traffic jam?
—Many drivers are _____ and they will push into other lanes of traffic or pass other cars.
A. abnormal B. addicted
C. aggressive D. astonished
The London Underground has the _______ of being the oldest and most complex underground system in the world.
A. application B. distinction
C. distribution D. evolution
In 2003, eBay, ______ famous website where people buy and sell ______ things, said that 70% of their problems were with people who cheated customers.
A. a; / B. /; / C. the; the D. a; the