In the old days, his father was not able to earn enough money to ______ his family.

A. raise B. bring up

C. make D. support

Look! What has happened? I’d rather you ______ her about the bad news.

A. would not tell B. hadn’t told

C. didn’t tell D. hasn’t told

______ with what I said, mother agreed that I could go swimming with my classmates.

A. Satisfying B. Satisfied

C. To be satisfied D. Being satisfied

---“Tom spends too much and I am going to rid him _____ his pocket money.” the father said angrily.

---“No, No, you can’t but you can _____ the amount.”

A. from; cut down B. of; reduce

C. with; lessen D. for; decrease

I regret ______ you that my daughter has already regretted ______ out with you. So leave her alone and don’t bother her any more.

A. telling; dating B. to tell; to date

C. to tell; dating D. telling; to date

It was reported that the plane I was to have taken crashed soon after it took off. _______ the traffic jam, I was five minutes late for the plane.

A. As a result of B. Thanks to

C. Because of D. on account of

The flowers _ _ sweet in the botanic garden attract the visitors to the beauty of nature.

A. to smell B. smelling

C. smelt D. to be smelt

You can hardly imagine the difficulty Mrs. Jones had ____________up her children.

A. brought B. to bring

C. bringing D. to have brought

Thanks to the Party’s opening and reform policy, people in China are ______ than they were thirty years ago.

A. well off B. much better off

C. more better off D. quite better off

Don’t be too ______ about what you eat, or you are likely to develop an unbalanced diet, which is harmful to your health.

A. special B. particular

C. concerned D. worried