Miss Green took up the story at the point                       (小偷强行闯入) the bank.    (break)

Tom, why are you here when                       ？(你此时本该在学校)       (should)

Hardly              (我到达) when I was told the meeting was put off.     (arrive)

It was his nervousness in the interview, I think,                   (使他失去了该工作) （cost）

He can't      any new jobs at this time. He already has more than he can do.

A. take on         B. take off             C. take in            D. take down

―I’m sorry to be late again, Madam. There was a heavy traffic on the way.

---Whatever      you make up this time, I won't believe you.

A. reason         B. cause             C. instruction           D. excuse

Well, I have to say that though I can't      your points of view, I do admit that some of them are reasonable.

A. permit         B. share             C. recognize            D. agree

For most Americans. their 18^th birthday      the end of one part of their life and the beginning of another.

   A. predicts                     B. tells                          C. marks                      D. signs

If you can get challenges to encourage       annoy you, more can be achieved than you thought in the first place.

   A. rather than          B. less than               C. other than                  D. more than

They said they had sold large quantities of educational books. Last year      they sold five million copies.

   A. only                    B.  merely               C. just                            D. alone