Unfortunately, the young mother has trouble ______ a balance between work and family.
A. being striking B. to strike
C. to be stricken D. striking
A proposal has been put forward at a recent video conference that measures______ to raise the citizens’ awareness of traffic safety.
A. be taken B. must be taken
C. should take D. would take
—Tony, it seems that you have been very busy all the time. What do you think of your occupation now?
—Just so-so. I’ve decided to quit my job in the company next month, where I ____ for five years.
A. work B. had worked
C. will be working D. will have worked
________________, they couldn’t make their teacher change her mind.
A. Whatever hard they try
B. No matter how they tried hard
C. As they tried hard
D. Hard as they tried
But for the fact that George __________ the exam, he would have driven his car to our college yesterday.
A. didn’t pass B. would not pass
C. hadn’t passed D. doesn’t pass
Contrary to what I had expected, Mickey Stewart, ________ the German headquater, was doing his best to convince me not to leave.
A. at the mercy of B. in terms of
C. in favor of D. on behalf of
