The report said a bus went out of ______ control on a highway _______ south of the city and rushed into a river．

A．the; the

B．/; the

C．the;/

D．/;/

Without proper lessons, you could ________ a lot of bad habits when playing the piano．

A．keep up

B．pick up

C．draw up

D．catch up

As the light turned green, I stood for a moment, not ________, and asked myself what I was going to do．

A．moved

B．moving

C．to move

D．being moved

Mr．Smith said that their first trip to the seaside town was ________ one but their second one was even more interesting．

A．the most interesting

B．very interesting

C．a most interesting

D．a more interesting

A woman was dug out ________ after being buried deep in the ruins for more than 200 hours．

A．living

B．alive

C．lively

D．live

________ is reported in the newspaper, talks between the two countries are making progress．

A．It

B．As

C．That

D．What

The lawyer rarely wears anything other than jeans and a T-shirt ________ the season．

A．whatever

B．whenever

C．wherever

D．however

The house rent is high．I’ve got about half the space I had at home and I’m paying ________ here．

A．as three times much

B．as much three times

C．much as three times

D．three times as much

________ many times, my brother was at length ________ to the team．

A．Applying; permitted

B．Applied; permitted

C．Having applied; admitted

D．Had applied; admitted

________, I’ll get the work finished．

A．Given one more hour

B．One more hour

C．Giving me one more hour

D．Give me one more hour