Kate closed her bedroom window because the sound of the construction on her street was ____________ her.
judging
detecting
irritating
exchanging
The police had ___________ that showed the man had robbed the bank. His face could be seen on a video taken by the bank’s security cameras.
rhythm
evidence
praise
harmony
A: I can’t get the Internet to work. B: You need to _____________ that blue cable to the computer. Then it should work.
reflect
define
investigate
connect
This morning, Mr. Ikeda was tired at work he _____________ all night taking care of his baby girl.
left over
spoke up
stayed up
looked over
Victor cannot be captain of the badminton team anymore because be is too busy with his school work. Michael is going to _____________ as captain.
drive off
make sure
pull down
take over
If Tom’s grandparents __________ a computer last year, they’d still be using their old typewriter.
wouldn’t buy
haven’t bought
hadn’t bought
don’t buy
Andy focused on ____________ for his science report. It was about how certain birds lost the ability to fry over millions of years.
humanity
evolution
landscape
psychology
Joe made a web page to sell some of old items. He put pictures on the web page and wrote a detailed ____________ of each item.
hammer
route
symphony
description
George is respected by all the other people in the marketing department. Everyone in his section ____________ him for his wonderful ideas and hard work.
moves on with
takes away from
looks up to
does away with
A: Do you think $400 will be _________ there days in New York? B: No, I think you’ll need at least $800. Hotels are expensive there.
sufficient for
particular about
capable of
obliged to
Many people in the United State choose ___________ products instead of foreign ones so as to support American industry.
routine
formal
domestic
manual
Carrie wants her children to speak more ____________, so she often reminds them to say “please” and “thank you” to other people.
silently
luckily
politely
commonly
Shuntaro has always tried to help the other members of the chess club. He has been doing so ____________ since he become the club’s president earlier this year.
all the most
all the best
all the more
all the better
Lisa and her brother had an ___________ about whose turn it was to wash the dishes. They each thought that they were the one who had done it last time.
argument
expense
occasion
identity
Monica trained very hard for the state tennis champ longship. ____________ her efforts, she could not win.
Despite
Above
Within
Outside
Johann’s hoppy is ___________ music. He wrote a beautiful song for his wife’s birthday and played it on the piano at her birthday party.
flattering
rescuing
composing
declaring
During his lifetime, the scientist made outstanding contributions to the study of the solar system, to say __________ of his research in physic.
nothing
worse
better
further
A: Janet is always complaining about her job. B: Yeah, I’m getting ___________ of it. I wish she’d stop.
low
sick
hard
lazy
A: I’m going to be away next week, so please ___________ your assignment to Ms. Edwards. B: OK, Professor Clifton. I’ll give it to her as soon as I’m done.
convent
imply
submit
beat
A: This car is great, but it cost too much money. B: Don’t worry, honey. Let me see if I can ____________ the car salesperson into giving us a discount, so we can buy it at cheaper price.
burst
run
talk
divide