－How did you make so rapid progress in your English？Do you have any secrets?

－No．Only __________ hard working．

in terms of

in honor of

by means of

on behalf of

－How can we get to the camping site nearly one hundred miles away? If only we had a car!

－Why not consider __________ a car to get there and letting Jim take us back in his jeep?

hiring

firing

stealing

picking

－What do you usually do after supper, Lucy?

－My evening _________ includes taking a walk down to the garden and listening to music on the radio．

teamwork

action

routine

performance

－What was the speaker saying?

－Sorry, I was so tired that I couldn’t _________ what she was saying．

take up

take in

take on

take away

－Put the top back on that felt－tip pen or it will _________．

－OK．I will．

fade out

turn out

dry out

give out

－Would you like to see a film with us this evening?

－I’d like to．But I can’t _________ the time because I have to finish my composition．

pass

take

afford

spend

－My parents died when I was very small, and I started to make a living by selling newspapers at the age of ten．

－I really have much __________ for you．

belief

pride

sympathy

strength

－Was his suggestion accepted at the meeting last night?

－Partly．Some are __________ it, while some are against it．

in charge of

in case of

in response to

in favour of

－Can you understand the foreign speaker?

－Almost．He __________ his speech with a lot of gestures．

followed

created

accompanied

prepared

－Who do you think will be in charge of __________ so important a conference?

－Mr．White, mayor of the city．

behaving

conducting

displaying

controlling