Compared with others, Jackson ________ chess very well．Yesterday I tried my best to play against him, but I lost．

A．played

B．plays

C．have played

D．had played

The strong man stood there still for quite a long time, as though ________ to a stone．

A．turn

B．to turn

C．turning

D．turned

Thousands of people ________ to watch yesterday's match against Ireland．

A．turned on

B．turned in

C．turned around

D．turned out

After the earthquake, the first thing the local government did was to provide ________ for the homeless families．

A．accommodation

B．occupation

C．equipment

D．furniture．

The educator ________ combining brain work with manual labor is being widely accepted throughout the country．

A．to aim at

B．aims at

C．aiming at

D．aimed at

I wonder how long it will take ________ we can get together again, but the field research is said to take Joan and Paul about five months．

A．after

B．before

C．since

D．when

Up to now, ________ a certain doubt among the people as to the practical value of the project．

A．It is

B．There have been

C．It remains

D．There remains

Just as Professor Scot often ________ it, success is ninety－nine percent mental attitude．

A．gets

B．makes

C．puts

D．means

I can ________ the house being untidy, but I hate it if it's not clean．

A．come up with

B．put up with

C．turn to

D．stick to

Every year a flood of farmers arrive in Shenzhen for the money－making jobs they ________ before leaving their hometowns．

A．promised

B．were promised

C．have promised

D．have been promised