Always read the      on the bottle carefully and take the right amount of medicine.

A. explanations     B. instructions      C. descriptions     D. introductions

After he retired from office, Rogers        painting for a while, but soon lost interest.

A. took up     B. saved up     C. kept up    D. drew up

There is only 15 minutes       . Hurry up, or we’ll miss the train.

A. leaving   B. to leave    C. left     D. having left

The computer system     suddenly while he was searching for information on the Internet.

A. broke down     B. broke out    C. broke up    D. broke in

The boy is often found _____in reading books.

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

My watch has stopped, so I will get it ______ this afternoon.

A. repaired         B. repairing            C. repair       D. to repair

___to complete the job on time, they set out to work immediately.

A. Determined   B. Be determined    C. Having determined    D. To be determined

The students expected ____ more reviewing classes before the exam.

A. there to be      B. there are            C. there being      D.  there to have

You shouldn’t keep silent when ____

A. speaking         B. spoken to        C. spoken           D. speaking to[来

With a lot of difficult problems_____, the newly-elected president is having a hard time.

A. settled      B. settling             C. to settle        D. being settling