________, so they were able to earn their own living by selling newspapers.

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• 1Although he did everything ________ he could ________ the fire, the house was burnt to ashes at last.

  A.which ,put out

  B.that ,put out

  C.which ,to put out

  D.that ,to put out

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• 2Many people think that ________ knowledge of English is ________ important.

  A.a; the most

  B.a; most

  C./; the most

  D.the; a most

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• 3He ________ the prize ________ being the fastest runner.

  A.awarded; for

  B.awarded; by

  C.was awarded; for

  D.was awarded; by

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• 4Please make ______ that the door is safely locked.

  A.sure

  B.positive

  C.surely

  D.possible

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• 5Mr. Black walked into the bedroom ________ tiptoe, ________ of waking up his wife.

  A.with; was afraid

  B.in; afraid

  C.at; was afraid

  D.on; afraid

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• 6The CEOs discussed the new program that they would like to see _______ as early as possible.

  A.carry out

  B.carrying out

  C.carried out

  D.to carry out

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• 7The teacher ________ oxygen ________ a gas.

  A.said us that; was

  B.said to us that; is

  C.said us that to us; was

  D.told to us that; is

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• 8Mr. Wang is ________ to our English evening.

  A.more pleased than to come

  B.more pleased to come than

  C.more than pleased to come

  D.more pleasing than to come

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• 9Since we had to move all the time among masses of visitors at the lantern show I got _________ from my friends. But soon we found one another with the help of mobile phones.

  A.separated

  B.spared

  C.lost

  D.missed

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• 10The diamond is ________.

  A.great valuable

  B.of great value

  C.of very value

  D.great value

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