However hard I tried to think about it, what he said didn’t really __________to me.

A. figure out                  B. make out  C. turn out      D. get across

The train goes at 8 o’clock. I’m afraid I can’t ________.

A. make it                       B. take it      C. reach for it D. catch up with it

The thief ran away when the burglar alarm ________.

A. went up B. went off　　 　　　

C. went out　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. went away

What will happen to the child if Jim and Mary ________?

A. break down B. break up　　 　　　

C. break out　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. break off

The philosophy class began with twenty students but three _____ after the mid-term exam.

A. picked up                   B. turned out      C. dropped out       D. kept up

—You’d better walk out more.

—I _________. I had a walk after supper yesterday and I’ll go to the gym tonight.

A. did           B. would             C. do                 D. have

Who will you _________ the article into English?

A. have translated          B. have translating             

C. have translate                D. have to translate

He speaks English well indeed, but of course not _____ a native speaker.

A. as fluent as                   B. more fluent than  

C. so fluently as              D. much fluently than

The house rent is expensive. I’ve got about half the space I had at home and I’m paying ______ here.

A. three times as much      B. as much three times 

C. much as three times      D. as three times much

The little girl couldn’t work the problem out. She wasn’t ____ clever.

A. that                            B. much              C. enough        D. too