III Match

1. Don't ring off a. call up

2. Not abstract b. now and then

3. Telephone sb; bring sth back to one's mind c. hang on

4. be successful in or pass the examination d. practical

5. Occasionally; from time to time e. get through

IV. Multiple Choices

1. The boy tried his best to make himself ________in his _______ English.

A. understood, breaking B. understand, broken

C. understand, breaking D. understood, broken

2. English is a language_________ all around the world and is the ________ language of most international organizations.

A. to speak, working B. spoken, working

C. speaking, worked D. spoken, worked

3. A: Who are those people with the banner?

B: A group_________ itself the League for Peace.

A. Calling B. calls C. called D. is called

4. When _________about the secret of his success, Spielberg said that he owed

much of his success and happiness to his wife and children.

A. asked B. being asked C. was asked D. asking

5. The problem __________now is very important.

A. being discussed B. discussed

C. discussing D. to be discussed

6. There was a terrible noise _________ a sudden burst of light.

A. followed B. following C. To be followed D. being followed

7. The computer center, ________last year, is very popular among the students in

this school.

A. open B. opening C. having opened D. opened

8. A: How did the audience feel when they saw the ending of the play?

B:________

A. Excited B. Excite C. Exciting D. To excite

9. How to feed a ________ population is a problem that is _________ many people.

A. growing, troubling B. grown, troubled

C. growing, troubled D. grown, troubling

10. He found a magazine ________with the owner's name ________on the desk

with the back cover ________off.

A. marking, lying, torn B. marked, lying, torn

C. marked, laid, tearing D. marking, laying, tearing

11. His aunt's letters ________ of those beautiful days when they used to live

together in his hometown.

A. call him on B. call him for

C. call him up D. call him up

12. We have to __________finding a solution.

A. set about B. set down C. set out D. set up