_________ students attending high schools is becoming larger and larger．

The number

A number of

The number of

A number

He’s _________ working in Germany as representative of a Chinese company．

lately

recently

presently

likely

He can speak English, German, French and Japanese．He is nearly a man with a(an)_________ for languages．

gift

present

ability

skill

Many people like white as a color as it is a _________ of purity．

symbol

sign

signal

symptom

I had walked as long as four hours and my leg began to _________．

be injured

be hurt

be wound

hurt

All the wounded _________ the proper treatment in time after the mine accident．

was to get

were to get

had to get

have been got

He _________ the tube hard and the last bit of toothpaste came out．

pulled

knocked

squeezed

forced

As time went by, the theory he had stuck _________ correct．

to proving

proved

to proved

to be proved

After a fire broke out in the lab, a lot of equipment _________．

is damaged

had damaged

damaged

was damaged

He was lucky in the accident, but his car was totally _________．

destroyed

ruined

hurt

damaged