The English teacher recommended that he ______ a good English-Chinese dictionary.

A. bought       B. buys          C. buy            D. would buy

Jack went to college last year and left his parents, _____ to return home until he achieves his goal.

A. determining not            B. not determined

C. not determining      D. determined not

Residents ________ not to go out alone or to take part in any groups during the period of recent terrorist activities.

A. were always being warned                   

B. are always warning

C. always warned                            

D. had always been warned

If a person has not had enough sleep, his actions will give him ____ during the day.

A. away        B. up         C. in         D. back

 The further falling of the stock market as reported today has ______a fresh wave of selling.

A. give off      B. set off    C. put off     D. got off

 The workers are so _____ to the noise of the machine that they don’t even notice it during their work.

A. accustomed　　B. subjective　　

C. familiar　　   D. associated

Extra lessons on Sundays put ______ pressure on students, who already have ______ homework.

A. many; much of    B. more; many of   

C. more; piles of     D. many; plenty of

As          singer and          actress, the star leads a busy life.

A. a, an          B. the, the      C. a, /     D. the, /

 He insisted that the earth ________ around the sun.

       A. went                        B. goes                         C. go                           D. should go

The country life he was used to ________ greatly since 1992.

       A. change             B. has changed         C. changing            D. have changed