The machine is so advanced that it will start ______ you press the button.

A. constantly B. cautiously

C. instantly D. severely

If you ______ Mary, ask her to come and see me.

A. lose sight of B. catch sight of

C. are in the sight of D. are at the sight of

After the former manager returned from abroad, our company _______ and the production doubled.

A. came to life B. came back life

C. recovered to life D. returned to life

As you know, the castle was ______ the famous castle in London.

A. modelled after B. modelled by

C. named by found after

The man was to make some reply ______ his friend when he entered the room again.

A. for defence of B. in defence of

C. with defence of D. at defence of

He was afraid of failure because he didn’t want to _______ his colleagues.

A. lose face with B. lose face

C. pull a long face D. save face

You cannot accept an opinion ________ to you unless it is based on facts.

A. offering B. to offer

C. offered D. having offered

I did very ______ the first time I took my entrance exam.

A. poorly B. poor

C. poverty D. poorness

He got up late and hurried to his office, _______ the breakfast untouched.

A. left B. to leave

C. leaving D. having left

On AIDS Day, the minister of Health Department demanded that the problems ______ paid special attention to.

A. referred to being B. referred to be

C. refer to being D. refer to be