Dressed untidily and speaking in a strange way, Father must have ______ to the people present to be a silly old man.

A. appeared        B. pretended        C. shown        D. thought

Alice ,______careful with your pronunciation.

A. is        B.do be         B.does be     D.do

Elephants would ______ if men were allowed to shoot as many as they wished.

A. die down    B. die out              C. die away    D. die off

 If no one ______ a coat with red buttons on it,I’ll have to keep it or send it to the Lost and Found.

A. claims           B. demands               C. asks             D. deserves

Jenny worked hard before the final examination, and it _______ .She got an A.

A.showed off        B.paid off        C.put off             D.took off

People have planted a great many trees in order to ____wind and sand in the desert.

A. hold down       B. hold up         C. hold back        D. hold out

 The first color TV set was considered by most people________this century.

A. having been invented it    B. one of whom invented

C. who had invented it        D.to have been invented

All the girls swam in the lake except two, who _____ halfway.

A. gave off     B. gave up      C. gave away  D. gave out

The police have ________anyone with information to come forward and talk to them.

A. admitted to          B. appealed to        C. allowed for         D. called for

—What field will your son go into after graduation from Nanjing University?

—I’m not quite certain, but he ____ a good teacher of English.

A.promises           B.becomes          C.makes         D.proves