The plan to be carried out next month needs______ among the members of the labor union before ______.

A. to discuss; carrying out                  B. to be discussed; carried out  

C. discussing; being carried out              D. discussed; to be carried out

---There is only 10 minutes _______. I must _______.

--- I’ve got to catch the train.

A. left; dash 　　　 B. remaining; dash　 C. left; arrive 　 D. remaining; arrive

 ________ , most teenagers now listen to rock music. However, John likes classical music better.

A. In a word                                     B. In general

C. In time                                       D. In total

 As nobody here knows what is wrong with the machine, we must send for an engineer to ______ the problem.

A. handle          B. raise            C. face            D. present

 Mr. Brown thought it would be a good idea to have ______ from his workers to improve his plan.

A. summaries       B. admissions            C. comments            D. connections

 The politician’s speech _______ the others that he was the man for the job.

A. informed           B. convinced           C. reminded             D. warned

 Julia, if you hurry up, I think it quite _______ that you will catch the next train.

   A. probably         B. certainly         C. likely                D. possibly

 Only ______ the painting _______ decide whether it is worth buying.

A. that he sees; can he                        B. that does he see; he can     

C. when he sees; can he                    D. when does he see; can he

 When he joined them in the work, he was disappointed at there _______ so little to do.

A. being               B. were              C. having               D. had

 He had a strange hairstyle and he instantly became the ______ of attention the moment he stepped into the classroom.

   A. aim           B. focus          C. direction             D. point