Bored with his plain life, he wanted to seek excitement and ________(冒險(xiǎn)).

B the old world and build a new one

The writer had his first novel p_____________ in his early twenties.

This meeting room is a non-smoking area. I would like to warn you ______ that if you smoked here you would be fined.

A. in advance B. in detail

C. in total D. in general

The explorers had to make a fire at the edge of the forest to ________ wild animals at night.

A. scare up B. scare away

C. scare out D. scare in

As we know, Britain, America, New Zealand and Canada share a ________ language.

A. usual B. general

C. common D. popular

At the 2013 press conference the Chinese foreign minister _______that China was strongly against the terrorism.

A. declared B. announced

C. told D. showed

When Tom knocked at the door, I was busy ________ my homework and my brother was busy ________ a model plane.

A. to do; with B. doing; with doing

C. with; making D. with; to make

Every evening after dinner, if not ________ from work, I will spend some time walking my dog.

A. being tired B. tiring

C. tired D. to be tired

Tom was about to close the windows_______ his attention was caught by a bird.

A. when B. if

C. and D. till