---Were you busy last weekend?
---Very．Rather than ____________ time playing cards as usual, I devoted every effort to________ an advertisement.
A．wasting; making B．waste; make
C．to waste; make D．a waste of; making
He argued __________ smoking, and insisted that it was ____________ argument that
smoking is harmful to health.
A．for; beyond B．against; over C．for; over D．against; beyond
He had to do an extra job after work, for he had a big family to ___________.
A．support B．look at C．provide D．observe
He asked us to write an article in_____________ of pollution caused by the nearby factories.
A．honor B．search C．respect D．charge
______________ that he was in great danger, Eric walked deeper into the forest.
A．Not realized B．Not to realize
C．Not realizing D．Not to have realized
A small plane crashed into a hillside five miles east of the city, __________ all four people
on board.
A．killed B．killing C．kills D．to kill
