The meeting began ____ 7 o'clock, and ended up ____ a speech by Mrs. Black.

A.at; with                    B. with; at                   C. with;                             D. at; at

 I tried millions of times, but I can never ____ him ____ smoking.

A.ask; for                   B. persuade; into           C. talk; to                    D. talk; out of

 The manager ____ one of the hotel servants of stealing the money.

A.denounced                      B. complained               C. accused                  D. charged

 It was the serious water pollution that ____ the death of thousands of fishes.

A.led                          B. caused to                       C. resulted from          D. led to

 She made a quick ____ at herself in the mirror and hurried out.

A.gaze                        B. glance                     C. stare                              D. glare

 The great success is due to his hard work and the terrible failure ____ your carelessness.

A.resulted from           B. resulted in                 C. resulted                  D. is result of

 He said he would come, he didn't, ____.

A.however                        B. though                    C. although                 D. still

 ____ I accept that he is not perfect, I do actually like the person.

A.While                             B. Since                             C. Before                    D. Unless

It ____ we had stayed together for a couple of weeks ____ I found we had a lot in common.

A. Was until; when B. was until; that C. wasn't until; when D. wasn't until; that

There was never any time for Kate to feel lonely, ____ she was an only child.

A.ever since B. now that C. even though 　　　　 D. even as