The Evening Party, turning out to be ________ great success, came to ________ end after midnight.
A. a; anB. /; anC. /; /D. the; an
The winner said that he had owed his success to many people his parents ________.
A. after allB. by chanceC. on purposeD. in particular
—Why did you leave that position?
—I ________ a better position at IBM.
A. offerB. offeredC. am offeredD. was offered
Hearing the steps of their teacher on the floor, the students pretended ________ something attentively.
A. having readB. readingC. to readingD. to be reading
Some students take ________ for granted that they can learn English well so long as they do many exercises.
A. thisB. thatC. itD. them
On a ________ cold night, the little girl was ________ to death in a street corner.
A. frozen; frozenB. freezing; freezing
C. frozen; freezingD. freezing; frozen