He just _______ the headlines because he was too busy to read the whole newspaper.

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• 1—What's the matter with John? He has been sitting there for hours． —A postcard from his father _______ an attack of home - sickness in him．

  A.took up

  B.set off

  C.brought in

  D.built up

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• 2His father demands that he not go to any country _________ China, which is his motherland.

  A.rather than

  B.more than

  C.other than

  D.better than

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• 3Having walked in the desert for several days, we felt exhausted, but we had to find a pool before water in the bottle ____.

  A.ran out of

  B.ran away

  C.ran out

  D.ran off

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• 4The money collected should be made good use ____________ the people in South Asia who suffered a lot in the earthquake and the tsunami (海啸).

  A.of helping

  B.to help

  C.to helping

  D.of to help

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• 5We tried to find a seat on the bus, but they were all_________.

  A.used up

  B.kept away

  C.taken up

  D.given away

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• 6American Indians ________ about five percent of the U.S. population .      

  A.fill up

  B.bring up

  C.make up

  D.set up

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• 7I received a call one morning from a lady, but she phoned________, as she kept asking to speak  to someone else who I didn't know at all.  

  A.by accident

  B.by mistake

  C.by chance

  D.by force

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• 8Passengers on board aren't allowed _____ calls during take-off.   

  A.making or receiving

  B.having made or received

  C.to have made or received

  D.to make or receive

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• 9_______the money shortage, many small companies closed down.

  A.As a result from

  B.As a result

  C.Resulted in

  D.As a result of

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• 10We won't _____ other athletes in the 100-meter race if we don't spend more time training hard.

  A.compete for

  B.compete with

  C.compete in

  D.compete

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