In the cross-lake swimming race, a boat will be _____ in case of an emergency.

A. standing by B. turning on C. getting on D. running down

The boy's bad behavior ____ his mother lots of sleepless nights.

A.cost               B. took            C. spent              D. paid

Which of the following phrases is NOT right?

A. reach an agreement  B. come to an agreement  C. draw an agreement   D. arrive at an agreement

What have we said _______ her so happy?

A. makes B. to make

C. made  D. has made

Tony was very unhappy for _______ to the party.

A. having not been invited    B. not having invited 

C. having not invited     D. not having been invited

I would love _______ to the party last night but I had to work extra hours to finish a report.

A. to go  B. to have gone

C. going  D. having gone

_____ it with me and I’ll see what I can do.

A. Leave B. Leaving

C. If you leave       D. When left

You can never imagine what great difficulty I had ______ your house all by myself.

A. found B. finding

C. to find       D. for finding

The purpose of new technologies is to make life easier, ______ it more difficult.

A. not make    B. not to make

C. not making D. do not make

To my surprise， the manager ______ 30 dollars from my salary without any good reason.

    A. cut off                 B. held up

C. brought down            D. kept back