Understanding Hawking’s A Brief History of Time is _______ my capacity.

A. above                B. over                         C. off                           D. beyond

 With so much homework to do, students in China are ________ with heavy loads.

A. equipped                                              B. supplied

C. provided                                               D. burdened

 Now a lot of new technology can _______ problems in industry.

A. be applied to solve                                 B. be applied to solving

C. apply to solve                                       D. apply to solving

 I breathed a sigh of ________ when I heard my children were safe at home.

A. relaxation          B. regret                C. recovery           D. relief

Our friend, Jack, has decided to _______ his highly-paid position in his company recently.

A. give                         B. quit                          C. stop                         D. prevent

 What impressed me most was that they never ________ .

A. lost hearts                                            B. lost their hearts

C. lost heart                                              D. lost their heart

 Obama ________ one of the most wonderful speeches in history in the presidential election.

A. stated                B. issued               C. addressed          D. delivered

 Knowing office rules—whether _______ or not—is important, especially for young job seekers.

A. written                                                        B. writing

C. being written                                        D. having been written

________ the moment they heard the starting signal given by the teacher.

A. Ran the children down the hill

B. Down the hill did the children run

C. Down the hill the children ran

D. Down the hill ran the children

Was the large amount of wood _______ our bridge cut from that large forest a long time ago?

A. used to build　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. used to building

C. was used to building　　　　　　　　　　　 D. was used to build