---It’s hard for me to go to sleep.

  ---Try to ______the amount of coffee you drink during the day.

  A. cut up             B. cut in               C. cut off              D. cut down

---He has failed in the exam again.

---Oh, ____________.

  A. I don’t hope          B. I hope not          C. I don’t hope        D. I not hope so

Children nowadays are bought up on a _______ of television cartoons and soup operas.

A. diet               B. food             C. taste                D. appetite

The boy led his mother to the ________ of the accident.

  A. scenery                B. sight            C. view             D. spot

We found ourselves ____ more and more eagerly to the coming sports meeting.

  A. looking back       B. looking forward        C. looking up       D. looking down

He couldn’t _________ for his foolish mistakes.

  A. explain                B. apply                C. account          D. ask

---Can I have the sports section?

   --- Yeah, __________. I have read it.

  A. come on            B. go ahead         C. keep it up           D. make it

I said we’d be there by seven. Do you think we’ll ________ it?

  A. take                   B. forget               C. manage           D. foot

The beach is _________ walking distance of my house.

  A. at                 B. within               C. for              D. to

A reading room is _______ you can read newspapers and magazines as well as books.

  A. in which               B. that             C. where            D. place