To our surprise, the well dressed young lady ________ to be a thief．

A．found out

B．burst out

C．put out

D．turned out

－How do you deal with the disagreement between the shop and the customers?

－The key ________ the problem is to meet the demand ________ by the customers．

A．to solving; made

B．to solving; making

C．to solve; made

D．to solve; making

The little girl ________ her hand for the bottle on the shelf but it was out of her reach．

A．held on

B．held to

C．held out

D．held on to

The bus fares have been ________ because the prices of oil are going up．

A．risen

B．raised

C．rose

D．raising

Time after time the naughty bay was warned of the ________ of his actions, but he wouldn’t listen．

A．effects

B．results

C．efforts

D．consequences

Along with the letter was his promise ________ he would pay me a visit next month．

A．that

B．which

C．whether

D．what

Mr Smith’s business is not as good as before, so he has to ________ the expenses of his company．

A．cut up

B．cut off

C．cut back on

D．cut away

The new discovery of evidence led to ________．

A．catch the thief

B．the thief being caught

C．the thief having caught

D．caught the chief

In my opinion parents should ________ their children from spending too much time playing computer games．

A．persuade

B．discourage

C．absorb

D．limit

The teacher didn’t know who ________ for the broken door．

A．blamed

B．would blame

C．was to blame

D．to blame