Time is pressing; it’s impossible for me to get there in an hour, ________ the possible delays.
A. accounting for B. answering for
C. allowing for D. heading for
_____ to improving services, we will provide customers with all the information they need.
A. Being committed B. Having committed
C. Committed D. Committing
That’s why, as a country, we offer temporary unemployment insurance – so that job-seekers don’t fall into poverty, and _________ when they get that job, they bounce back more quickly.
A. therefore B. because
C. in case D. so that
---I didn’t expect that John would be absent from my last Sunday’s birthday party.
--- As far as I know, he ______ to see his parents in the countryside on Sundays.
A. goes B. went
C. has gone D. had gone
Nelson Mandela’s fellow campaigner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, said Mr. Mandela was “not only an amazing gift to humankind, but he also made South Africans and Africans feel good about being _______ we are. He made us walk tall.”
A. what B. where
C. when D. who
Raising _______ retirement age in progressive steps is in _____ line with China’s labor market realities and should be prioritized, an official said Tuesday.
A. the ; / B. /; the
C. /; / D. the; the
