How can you blame others? It was your carelessness that _______ the loss of the company.
A. resulted from B. led to
C. lay in D. counted on
Over the last few years, the number of students participating in volunteer programs _______ sharply in our school.
A. was increasing B. has increased
C. had increased D. increased
No one is beyond the law, so it is _______ that the young talented university student was sentenced to death for murdering his roommate with poison.
A. avoidable B. surprising
C. reasonable D. astonishing
_______ is part of children’s nature. They always insist on getting to the bottom of everything.
A. Motivation B. Imitation
C. Generosity D. Curiosity
If you join our club, I will be with you every step, _______ you to speak English.
A. to push B. pushed C. pushing D. being pushed
—Thank goodness! You came here at last.
—You can hardly imagine what great trouble I have taken _______ your house.
A. to find B. finding C. found D. having found
