It was already past midnight and only three young men ____ in the tea house.

A. left　　 B. remained C. delayed　　　 D. deserted

After the death of their mother, the children were ________ by an aunt.

A. taken care　　 B. cared about　　　 C. cared of　　　 D. cared for

----You couldn’t have chosen any gift better for me.?　

----______.

A. Oh，I’d choose a better one for you next time.?　

B. You’ve had a gift for music，haven’t you?

C. I’m glad that you like it so much. 　

D. Sorry，but don’t blame me，dear.

---“Did you get in touch with them later?”

　 ---“Yes, I finally succeeded __________ them by phone.”

　 A. to reach　　　 B. to reaching　　　 C. reaching　　　　

——How is it that you know she’s got back from the UK?

　　 ——She ____ when I came out of the house this morning.

A、seemed to be passing B、happened to have passed C、chanced to be passing D、chose to be passing

In this country it is required that anyone who______ recently come here　　　　 ________to pass this kind of test .

　 A．has; has B．has ; had 　C．has ; have D．have; have

Because of Chicago’s worst ever winter, __1 snowed heavily for almost 10 days. In the morning many rooftops were overloaded 　_2 snow. Robert McGrath’s wife ran out to the garage to fetch some boxes.

　 Seconds __3 he heard a crash!www.

　 Looking out, he saw the roof of the garage 　4 (fall) in. McGrath rushed out of the house, grabbed a snow shovel(铲子), and 　5 (call) loudly for his neighbors to come and help.

　 Yelling and digging, with sweats 　6 (freeze) on his face, he cleared the snow crazily, pulling away boards and anxiously calling his wife’s name. He heard her voice and then saw her hand. He kept digging, clearing and pulling …

　 Within minutes he had his wife in his arms. She was fine.

　 　7 Robert McGrath did not know was this: Mrs. McGrath had gone into the garage through one door and out through 　8 __ . She was safe in the house when she heard her husband’s voice. However , she looked out and saw her husband digging and shouting, feverishly(拼命地) trying to rescue her. She couldn’t let the great rescuer down, __ 9　 she put her coat on again, went outside and quietly entered the garage through the back door and allowed her __10 to be her hero.

They sat face to face, _______ (怒视) at each other.

David watched her car until it _______（消失）from view, then he headed for home.

The boy is often found _____in reading books.

A. absorbs 　　　 B. is absorbed 　　 C. absorbing 　　　 D. absorbed