—Your mother becomes more and more forgetful.
— Yes. She searched for her cell phone for a whole day last Sunday but it ______ in her
coat pocket the next day.

Don’t try to cheat the taxman; you’ll never ______it.

He ______ on the bed_____ to his parents that blackbirds had_____ their eggs on Mars.
A. lay; lying; lied                      B. lied; lied; lied 
C. laid; laid; laid                        D lying; lied; laid

Children’s curiosity may _____________ many useful inventions.

25. ------ You know what? Wang Wei wants to be another Yao Ming and play in NBA.
------ Are you kidding? He will never _____ a super star.
A. change      B. make       C. turn      D. Get

16. The story that follows _____ two famous characters of the Rocky Mountain gold rush days.

9. Many rich Americans have long_________money to charities, rather than to their children.

8．_________Shen Xue and Zhao Honbo________a gold medal in Canada in the Winter’s Olympic Games is really a pride for all Chinese people.

31. -- If you don’t bring a birthday present to Lucy, you may    .
-- Thank you for reminding me. Surely I’ll buy her one this evening.

25. -- How does drought _______ in Yunnan?
-- It hasn’t rained for almost 300 days there. The average temperature rises _____ 5 degrees.