An athlete can’t play balls well without severe ______.

A. exercise         B. teach       C. education       D. training

 The policemen had no ______ in finding the knife that the murderer had thrown.

A. difficulty         B. troubles     C. problems      D. question

Please ______ the numbers and I’m sure they will ______ more than 1, 000.

A. add up; add to                                   B. add up; add up      

C. add up; add up to                                       D. add to; add up

 --- How many times have you been to China?

--- In fact, it is the first time that I ______ here.

A. was                    B. am                 C. had been                 D. have been

Rescuers are ______ for the safety of the two men trapped in the mine.

A. grateful       B. concerned      C. extreme      D. frightened

 I asked my boss for a month’s holiday and, ______, she agreed.

A. believing or not                         B. that is to say

C. believe it or not                  D. to believe it or not

He asked, “How are you getting along?”

----He asked ______.

A. how am I getting along                B. how I was getting along

C. how are you getting along              D. how was I getting along

The number of people invited ______ fifty, but a number of them ______ absent for different reasons.

A. were; was      B. was; was    C. was; were      D. were; were

She would never ______ to the unreasonable requirements of her manager.

A. give up       B. give in       C. give off        D. give away

She insisted that she ______ not guilty, but we insisted that she ______ into prison.

A. was; be put                       B. be; was put   

C. should be; was put                  D. was; should put