You should encourage him instead of ________ his dreams．

pour cold water on

pouring cold water on

pour oil on the flames

pouring oil on the flames

He ________ wine into my glass．

poured

dropped

filled

fulled

Which of the following words means the same as the underlined word?

Don’t always believe the newspaper accounts of events．

headlines

reports

advertisements

columns

It is nothing serious and it is not worth ________．

troubling about

to trouble about

being troubled about

trouble about

An army spokesman stressed that all the soldiers had been ordered ________ clear warnings before firing any shots．

to issue

being issued

to have issued

to be issued

It is said that Flowers will be selling their new album in Xidan bookstore this weekend, ________ is really good news for me．

when

that

it

which

He went to the airport to pick up his wife, but she ________ before his arrival．

left

has left

had left

was leaving

With the price of oil ________, the economy of that country is slowing down．

going down

going up

taking up

bringing up

Do you have any difficulty ________ their oral English?

to understand

understanding

understood

understand

________ my mum, I am becoming more and more interested in maths．

Thanks to

Thank to

Thank for

Thanks for