[单项选择]I have to study hard in order to ______ the other students in my class.
A. keep up with
B. keep in touch with
C. put up with
D. keep away from

[单项选择]I have to study hard in order to ______ the other students in my class.
A. keep up with
B. keep in touch with
C. put up with
D. keep away from

[单项选择]I'll try as hard as I can but I don't think I have much ______ of winning the game.
A. luck
B. opportunity
C. chance
D. destiny

[单项选择]I have worked very hard for the exam, but the result doesn't quite ______ .
A. find out
B. give out
C. hand out
D. work out

[单项选择]Working part time, I have a hard time making ______ meet.
A. hands
B. arms
C. days
D. ends

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Like all other mothers who have small children, I, too, have to steal time--from my own children at home and from the children who know me as their teacher--just to put a few words down on paper. Many times I’ve wanted to write for myself, for other women, for my parents, for my husband, and especially for my children. I would have liked to leave a legacy (遗产) of words explaining what it has meant to have twins (双胞胎). One reason there is not a great deal written about being a mother of a new baby is that there is seldom a moment to think of anything else but the baby’s needs.
With twins, I did not have a spare hand to write with.
Before my twins were born, my days were long and I had nothing to write about. After the twins’ birth I did have something to write about, but I found myself facing not a pen and paper but milk bottles.
Some nights, friends would visit. They would leave at 11 p.m. , heading for bed, and for us the night was only
A. Her role as a wife
B. Her work as a writer
C. Her role as a teacher
D. Her experience as a mother

[单项选择]I have five other courses ______Computer.
A. besides
B. exception
C. except
D. beside

[单项选择]I did poorly in the examination, ______ how hard I had studied for it.
A. consider
B. considered
C. considering
D. being considered

[单项选择]The door was jammed and no matter how hard I tried I could't get it open.
A. locked
B. stuck
C. fastened
D. broken

[单项选择]No matter how hard I tried to explain how to operate the machine, they were still at a loss.
A. 尽管我努力把机器开动了，他们还是觉得非常失望。
B. 无论我怎么努力地说明机器的用法，他们都不理解我。
C. 即使我努力地对机器做了解释，他们还是不相信我的话。
D. 不管我怎么努力地解释如何操作这台机器，他们依然听不懂。

[单项选择]I'll try as hard as I can, but I don't think I have much ______ of winning.
A. chance
B. luck
C. fortune
D. opportunity