The fire destroyed all the important books in the library, so the librarian deserved ________．

A．punish

B．be punished

C．punishing

D．being punished

________, so she had to be sent to the hospital．

A．Being ill

B．She was seriously ill

C．She being ill

D．Having been ill

One of the best ways for people to keep fit is to ________ healthy eating habits．

A．develop

B．grow

C．increase

D．raise

________ the old man's daughters wanted to know was ________ the gold had been hidden．

A．That; what

B．What; that

C．What; where

D．What; if

Can you imagine the difficulty I had ________ these problem?

A．settled

B．to settle

C．setting

D．settle

The girl seems to have a ________ for drawing．

A．skill

B．talent

C．expert

D．wealth

－What has Tom been doing recently?

－I don't know．________ care．

A．nor I do

B．nor do I

C．neither am I

D．neither I am

－How do you find the new book by JK Rowling?

－________．I guess she is out of her talent．

A．With the help of my mother

B．By accident

C．Very boring

D．In the library

－My cousin would like to risk ________ the weight-loss pills rather than ________ in a gym．

－Really? She must be mad．

A．to take; work out

B．to take; working out

C．taking; working out

D．taking; work out

A study shows that students living in non-smoking dorms are less likely to ________ the habit of smoking．

A．make up

B．pick up

C．draw up

D．turn up