. It was so noisy out side that he couldn’t     down to read.

A. settle   B. put   C. sit   D. lie

---I find reading comprehension the hardest in learning a foreign language.

   ---Well,    you’d better practise reading short passage every day.

A. so that   B. now that   C. for that   D. with that

Jack’s    brother is    than him.

A. old; elder   B. elder; older  C. old; eld  D. elder; younger

He cut the cake    .

A. in halves   B. in half   C. into halves  D. into half

.They have their reasons for keeping their marriage___ secret for ___ moment.

A. the; a     B. the; the   C. a; the    D. a; a

Yesterday I was invited to the dinner at invited to the dinner at     .

A. Turners   B. the Turners  C. Turners’  D. The Turners’

The party was successful, but we thought it a pity not    you.

A. invite    B. to invite   C. inviting  D. to have invited

1don’t search my book case for your CD-player! Just look where it    be   in the drawer, in your schoolbag, or somewhere else like that.

A. may   B. can  C. must   D. will

. However hard I tried to explain it to her, she just couldn’t understand. I found her impossible to    .

A. get over  B. get along with  C. get through  D. get to

Historical experience can     as a most important source of information.

A. serve   B. use   C. regard   D. prove