--- Mr. Brown is an actor and most of his children take up jobs related to show business.

   --- ______, I guess. Ha! Ha!

A. It runs in the family                                                                B. You didn’t get the point

C. No one knows for sure                                                          D. They are fond of their father

The passage was very difficult, so in order to ______what the writer really wanted to convey, I read it many times.

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

 I always leave things about my son up to himself ______his decision is wrong, for I think he can learn more from failure.

A. in case                                       B. even if                              C. unless                               D. until

 I will treasure the encounter with the famous director who may ______my life. 

A. remark                                      B. accelerate                       C. transform                         D. contribute

He looked at those jewels one after another ______and seemed to show no interest in any one of them.

A. casually                                               B. greedily                            C. confidentially                  D. attentively

______with Greek mythology made Monica ______to go to Greece for an adventure herself.

A. Being obsessed; determining                                              B. Being obsessed; determined

C. Obsessing; determining                                                        D. Obsessed; determined

I ______have come here in time, but I met an old friend of mine. I stopped and talked with him for some time.

A. shouldn’t                                   B. must                                  C. needn’t                            D. could

 The economist claimed that the crisis and the suffering ______caused had a great influence on the whole world.

A. it                                                 B. which                                C. what                                  D. they

Tony can hardly boil an egg, still ______cook dinner.

A. less                           B. little                         C. much                       D. more

 --- The T-shirt I received is not the same as is shown online.

   --- ______? But I promise you we’ll look into it right away.

A. Who says                              B. How come         C. What for                     D. Why worry