Mr. Wang made up his mind to devote all he could______ his oral English before going abroad .

A. improve       B. to improve      C. improving        D. to improving

He played the computer games till late last night,____ early this morning.

A. more than   　 B. other than        C. rather than      　 D. or rather

Gun control is a subject_______ Americans have argued for a long time.

A. of which 　　 B. with which        C. about which       D. into which

Don't mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may _____ the shocking ending.

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

With these words, he ______a wide-mouth jar from his pocket and set it on the table in front of him.

A. pulled out   B. checked out         C. stuck out          D. dropped out

All the Harry Potter books by Joanne Rowling, a poor single mother ____ in Edinburgh,        ______all over the world.

A. lives; are well sold                 B. living; sell well

C. lives; sell good                    D. living; are well sold

 _____ great efforts, we failed to carry our plans through, which made us very disappointed.

A. In place of       B. Instead of     C. In case of         D. In spite of

House prices vary from place to place and are usually high ____ there are famous schools.

A. since        B. when            C. whether           D. where

_____  not to miss the flight at 15:20. the manager set out for the airport in a hurry.

A. Reminding   B. Having reminded  C. To remind         D. Reminded

It was in the business meeting that I made the _____ of Mr. Black.

A . association   B. acknowledgement  C. acquaintance      D. recognition