He is a thoughtful and qualified father; He ____some time every day to read to his children.

  A. sets down    B. sets off     C. set out     D. set aside

Young people usually ______ sports heroes,like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods,who are really amazing.

A.live up to                          B.go up to                           C.look up to                        D.play up to

—Tell Jack I will wait for him at the school gate.

—______ he doesn’t come?

A.How about                                                                     B.What if

C.If only                                                                              D.Whatever

In spite of failing to save all endangered wildlife, we are able to preserve the majority_____dying out.  

  A. from      B. against        C. beyond     D. with

----______my mailing address is different from my living address?

   ----Then you must write both in the form.

   A. When if     B. What if    C. Even if    D. As if

----Do you mind if I sit here?

  ----________ The seat hasn’t been taken.

  A. Of course not.      B. I’d rather you didn’t.

  C. Go ahead.          D. Absoultely not!

Most people in that area objected with little effect ________ a golf playground there.

A. to build      B. of building

C. to have built      D. to building

My early_______ at learning playing the piano was a failure although I took a fancy to it.

A. attempt      B.effort          C. assumption    D. intention

Tom said he had been working for three hours, _____ ,evidently, was untrue.

  A.he    B. this    C. it   D. which

How I wish it____! If it ___in a couple of days, the crops would survive.  

   A. will rain; rained           B. would rain; should rain

   C. should rain; rains          D. would rain; had rained