Where on earth have you been? We __ you back much earlier.

A. were expecting   B. are expecting   C. had expected  D. expect

Her face gave her___ when she told a lie.

A. off   B. away  C. up   D. out

---Are you ready to leave?

   ---Almost, I’ll be ready to go just as soon as I ___ putting the clean dishes away.

A. get through  B. give up   C. carry out  D. set about

They always lay _____ a large supply of tinned food in winter in case they are snowed up.

A. out    B. off  C. in   D. with

For miles around me there is nothing but a desert, without a single plant of tree____.

A. in sight   B.  on the earth   C. at a distance   D. in a place

His success is____ by talent as by energy.

A. not so much   B. so not much  C. much not so   D. so much not

To pay to see that movie will be foolish when you can see it on television for___ .

A. everything    B. anything   C. something   D. nothing

Food and ___ are very important to us all.

A. clothes  B. cloth   C. clothing  D. dress

．Peter won't drive us to the station．He has___________ to take us all．

       A．a(chǎn) very small car          B．too small a car  C．a(chǎn) too small car            D．such a small car

I've visited a lot of different places and stayed in lots of different hotels, but none of them___________ this one．

       A．makes       B．beats           C．compares            D．matches