The manager was absent because of illness； ______，the meeting was put off until tomorrow.

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• 1He was a heavy smoker. I _______ him to give up smoking but he just wouldn't listen to me.

  A.suggested

  B.tried to persuade

  C.persuaded

  D.tried to advise

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• 2.Not only food and clothing but also medical treatment has been _________the people who need it in the flooded areas.

  A.supplied with

  B.provided for

  C.turned in

  D.set to

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• 3In order to go to the palace ball, the pretty girl ____ herself ____ carefully.

  A.is dressed; up

  B.is dressed; in

  C.is dressing; in

  D.is dressing; up

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• 4Economic growth in the world remains weak throughout 2013 and it is hoped that it will _________ gradually in 2014.

  A.break up

  B.make out

  C.work out

  D.pick up

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• 5With the living expense increasing rapidly, I, a fresh clerk in a company, have to take three part-time jobs, which _____ about extra $ 4,000 a year．

  A.take in

  B.bring in

  C.get in

  D.put in

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• 6The anti-government army ____the entrance with big stones in order to stop the government army marching in.

  A.stood

  B.dug

  C.buried

  D.blocked.

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• 7---Does your wife like tea? ----Well, she doesn't really ______ tea, she likes coffee better.

  A.care for

  B.care

  C.care about

  D.care of

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• 8His aunt's letters ________ memories of those beautiful days when they used to live together in his hometown.  

  A.call at

  B.call for

  C.call on

  D.call up

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• 9You'd better take a map with you when you go to a strange place _________ you get lost.       

  A.even though

  B.according to

  C.due to

  D.in case

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• 10What a great _____ do you think a word of praise from the teacher will have on pupils?

  A.result

  B.account

  C.effect

  D.cause

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