The happy look on his face ________ that he had passed the final examination successfully．

A．explained

B．suggested

C．expressed

D．described

On ________ the window, she saw her mother was talking with two strangers．

A．approach

B．approaching

C．to approach

D．close

As a young man he suffered from poverty(贫穷)．He used to ________ in the market, trying to find a job for a few coins．

A．knock into

B．knock down

C．knock on

D．knock about

Shakespeare was a great writer in the world and he ________ Hamlet．

A．was famous for

B．was famous as

C．was famous to

D．was playing

In China, many people have gone to the western provinces ________ fortunes．

A．search

B．in the search of

C．in search of

D．to search

Farmers are very content ________ their life at present．

A．with

B．to

C．for

D．by

The fire spread so quickly that they soon ________ it．

A．caught

B．were caught in

C．were catching

D．were caught by

We shouldn’t complain about being poor, many families are much ________．

A．better off

B．badly off

C．well off

D．worse off

The storm was so heavy that water and electricity were all ________．

A．cut down

B．cut up

C．cut off

D．cut short

The ________ boy was last seen ________ near the East Lake．

A．missing; playing

B．missing; play

C．missed; played

D．missed; to play