---Mr．Smith, may I ask for a few days off? I am worn out．

   ---____．We are too busy．

       A．Don’t mention   B．Forget it        C．Don’t worry               D．That’s right 

After retiring, he was recommended to ____ gardening as a hobby．

       A．take up         B．take on           C．take off               D．take away 

---Hi, Lydia．Are you going to the concert on Friday?

   ---I’d like to．But there are so many problems ____．

       A．remaining to be settled                        B．remained settling

       C．remaining to settle                  D．remained to be settled 

The employees have not been paid ____ since the new manager took over this company last month．

       A．regularly             B．commonly          C．absolutely            D．ordinarily 

Mrs．Green prefers a restaurant in a small town to ____ in so large a city as New York．

       A．this                 B．one                C．it                   D．that 

Mike owns ____ larger collection of ____ books than any other students in the class．

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

Jasmine was holidaying with her family in a wildlife park _____ she was bitten on the leg by a lion.

A．when            B．while           C．since          D．once

I like getting up very early in summer. The morning air is so good _________.

A．to be breathed      B．to breathe      C．breathing         D．being breathed

Each of the students in our class________great interest in English and we each________a copy of A New English¬Chinese Dictionary.

A．shows; have      B．show; has      C．are; has      D．is; have

“I hate you, I don’t want to see you any more.” Such _______ what John said when he left _______.

A．is; in a hurry                       B．were; angrily

C．are; happily                        D．was; in anger