[单项选择]Before she went abroad she spent as much time as she could ______ English.


A. practise to speak
B. practising speaking
C. practise speaking
D. to practise speaking

[单选题] ---Do you know what he did all day?
---He spent as much time playing as he （）.
A. studying
B. was studying
C. studied
D. did studying

[单项选择]Before the tourists set off, they spent much time setting a limit ______ the expenses of the trip.


A. for
B. in
C. to
D. about

[单项选择]Michael failed the exam. He（）have spent so much time playing computer games and chatting online.
A. mustn't
B. couldn't
C. wouldn't
D. shouldn't

[单项选择]She ______ her vacation so much that she didn't want it to end.
A. missed
B. budgeted
C. loathed
D. relished

[单项选择]As time went on, the theory she had stuck ______ correct.


A. proved
B. to proving
C. to proved
D. to prove

[单项选择]She said that she ______ much progress since she came here.
A. makes
B. have made
C. had made
D. made

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It is often observed that the aged spend much time thinking and talking about their past lives, rather than about the future. These reminiscences are not simply random or trivial memories, (1) is their purpose merely to make conversation. The old person’s recollections of the past help to (2) an identity that is becoming increasingly fragile: (3) any role that brings respect or any goal that might provide (4) to the future, the individual mentions their (5) as a reminder to listeners, that here was a life (6) living (7) , the memories form part of a continuing life (8) , in which the old person (9) the events and experiences of the years gone by and (10) on the overall meaning of his or her own almost completed life.
As the life cycle (11) to its close, the aged must also learn to accept the reality of their own impending death. (12) this task is made difficult by the fact that death
A. under
B. above
C. beyond
D. within