Only ticket-holders were __________ to the stadium for the concert given by Jay Chou, so many of his fans were turned away.

A. allowed          B. permitted             C. agreed       D. admitted

The performance supposed to be popular _____ to be a great disappointment after it was over.

A. turned up        B. turned down      C. turned out         D. turned over

Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent. _____, I can't speak too highly of him.

      A. As a result     B. By the way      C. On the whole    D. In a word

Parents need to teach their children how to behave______.

A. in public     B. in company        C. in peace            D. in trouble

_____ not to miss the flight at 15:20, the manager set out for the airport in a hurry.

A. Reminding               B. Reminded       C. To remind       D. Having reminded

During the war there was a serious lack of food. It was not unusual that even the wealthy families had to ______ bread for days.

A. eat up        B. give away       C. do without       D. deal with

Would you take my old TV in _______ for this camera?

 A. place     B. return      C. exchange      D. business

I have read the material several times but it doesn't make any ________ to me.    

A meaning         B. importance        C. sense        D. significance

What the expert has said and done will be _______ to the department managers.

A. value        B. benefit        C. of valuable    D. of benefit

The ____________ shoes were covered with mud, so I asked them to take them off before they got into __________ car.

A. girl’s; Tom’s    B. girls’; Toms’   C. girls’; Tom’s     D. girl’s; Toms’