— How could you ______ my sister so easily in the crowd?

— Because she stood out in her red dress.

  A. pick up          B. pick out            C. take up              D. take out

— How are the things in your village?

  — Modern farming methods have been brought in and the villagers are ______ now than before.

  A. well off         B. better off           C. badly off           D. worse off

In order not to let the others hear what he said, he ______ the news to me.

  A. shouted           B. told               C. whispered          D. said

The country itself didn’t have enough gas because of the war, so the government decided to ______ its gas supplies to other countries.

  A. hide away             B. cut off                            C. insist on                   D. break up

 Our teacher looked here and there on our playground ______ looking for something.

  A. even though          B. even if                     C. as if                  D. only if

Martial Art Films are supposed to be educational, inspiring, as well as ______.

A. entertaining      B. entertained       C. joy         D. delighted

It is reported that up to now, mountain slides have cut off more than ten villages from the outside world, ______ more than 100 hundred people alive and ______ many houses.

A. buried; destroyed            B. burying; destroying 

C. to bury; to destroy           D. being buried; being destroyed

We should never ______ ourselves with book knowledge only.

  A. content                 B. contract                    C. contrast                    D. Contain

—It’s ______to rain.  —Let’s get the work ______ before the rain comes.

  A. likely, done    B. possible, to be finished  C. probable, to be done    D. likely, to be finished

He made a mistake, so he told a lie to avoid ______.

  A. punishing             B. punished           C. being punished          D. being punishing