My house is full of dust because the old house just opposite ______.A. will be pulled d

I know you will try your best in the contest — you won't let me ______.

A. in

B. up

C. down

D. Out

The audience stared open-mouthed as the acrobat walked on the steel wire ______ high above the ground.

A. being fixed

B. has fixed

C. fixed

D. having fixed

Jane takes delight ______ reading novels and watching TV when she stays at home.

A. in

B. into

C. from

D. By

Not only ______ well told, but the characters are vividly drawn.

A. is the story

B. has been the story

C. the story is

D. the story has been

The number of people going to the library on weekends is ______ the increase.

A. in

B. above

C. beyond

D. On

The streets are all wet. It ______ during the night.

A. must rain

B. must have rained

C. must be raining

D. must have been raining

They promised to release the hostage in exchange ______ fifty thousand dollars.

A. with

B. of

C. for

D. between

“The market isn't open tonight. ”

“If I had known, I ______ to drive over here. ”

A. wouldn't bother

B. B. wouldn't have bothered

C. didn't bother

D. shouldn't have bothered

______ your absence; I won't listen.

A. It has no use explaining

B. It has no use to explain

C. It is no use explaining

D. It is no use to explain

The tennis finals will be put off if it ______ tomorrow afternoon.

A. rains

B. will rain

C. were to rain

D. was to rain