Most of us know we should cut down on fat,but knowing such things isn’t much help when it______shopping and eating.

A.refers to                                  B.speaks of

C.focuses on                               D.comes to

______me up so early.I don’t have to go to school today and I can sleep for more hours.

A.You needn’t wake                                  B.You don’t need to wake

C.You needn’t have woken                         D.You didn’t need to wake

Though______，swimming does us much good.

A.tired          B.we tire out         C.tiring         D.it is tired

Seeing the road______with snow,we had to spend the holiday at home,watching TV.

A.blocking                          B.to block

C.blocked                            D.to be blocked

_____to his research work,the professor cared little about any other things.

A.Devoting                                 B.Devoted

C.Having devoted                 D.To devote

)“Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.” is a proverb, ______life is beautiful and full of frustrations as well.

A.meaning                           B.to mean

C.means                                    D.meant

We all hope that the sunny weather _____ for Saturday's tennis match.

  A. keeps up    B. stays up    C. puts up    D. picks up

The doctor gave her some tablets to ______ the pain and ______ her to stop working

   A. carry away; demanded       B. turn away; suggested    

C. break away; hoped          D. take away; required

LiYang, a famous English expert, will deliver a speech telling us a good way to have our oral English______in a short period.

  A. to improve    B. improving     C. improved    D to be improved

Toddy couldn’t clearly remember the exact date of the bus accident, but he knew it was______ Sunday because everybody was at _______church．

A．不填；the      B．the；不填       C．不填；a    D．a(chǎn)；不填