Historical experience can     as a most important source of information.

A. serve   B. use   C. regard   D. prove

Spider was up and standing at the door, with every hair of her body    .

A. stood up   B. on its end   C. on end   D. on the end

When I went up,  saw the baby    awake.

A. wide   B. completely   C. very   D. quite

Four is     of two.

A. double    B. two  C. the two   D. the double

His uncle gave him books to read, but after a page or two he would put __book down and pick up__ new one.

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

I tried every      to make him give up smoking.

A. mean  B. ways   C. meaning   D. means

   for the terrible accident, as the public thought, the major felt nervous and at a loss what to do.

A. Having blamed   B. To blame   C. Being to be blamed  D. Being to blame

--I’ve bought a box of chocolates for our daughter.

  ---Oh, how good a dad! But she doesn’t like sweet things,      that?

A. Don’t you know              B. Haven’t you known 

C. Didn’t you know              D. Hadn’t you known

He was so touchy --- a word from her would    him   .

A. set; out   B. set; off  C. set; up  D. set; back

It is much easier to talk about social change than to    .

A. bring it on  B. bring it about   C. bring it up  D. bring it out