The education of ____ young is always ____hot and serious topic in modern society.

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

Will you help me out with this mathematical problem? I ____ it.

A．am going for           B．am stuck with        C．am blamed for              D．am caring for

---He is in his late 40s now and still single.

---It’s high time he ____ himself a wife and settled down.

A．has to get  B．will get         C．got            D．gets

Having retired from business, he now ____ himself with the welfare of the disabled.

A．adapts         B．charges      C．associates      D．occupies

As a blind person, I was refused by more than forty law firms, ____ my good academic performance in Harvard College.

A．in want of        B．in spite of                C．in favor of              D．in honour of

When we went boating on the lake that morning, it turned out fine. ____, the water was calm without any wind.

A．Except      B．Including           C．But         D．Besides

I can’t read the advertisement on the board. Could you hold the light ________.

A．a little bit closer to it       B．a little bit to it closer

C．closer to it a little bit       D．closer a little bit to it

The best-seller, _______ as a surprise for her nephew, was lost in the mail.

A．intended    B．intending   C．to be intended   D．being intended

As you worked late yesterday, you ____ have come this morning.

A．may not       B．can’t   C．mustn’t         D．needn’t

He did everything for me that my father ____ if he had lived.

A．had done                   B．would do                C．would have done    D．did