It's too noisy here. Please ask him to ________ the radio a little.

A. turn down

B. fall down

C. shut down

D. come down

Willie will learn swimming, no matter how much it ________.

A. costs

B. takes

C. spends

D. pays

Last Thursday when I got to the airport, I ________ I had left my ticket at home.

A. forgot

B. realized

C. believed

D. seemed

Yao Ming is ________ as one of the most popular basketball players in the world.

A. regarded

B. made

C. kept

D. watched

In some places there are watchtowers on the beaches to ________ people about sharks in the water.

A. prevent

B. allow

C. warn

D. advise

English ______ in many countries, but Chinese ________ their own language.

A. is spoken; speaks

B. speaks; is spoken

C. is spoken; speak

D. is spoken; is spoken

Tom likes cars. He enjoys ________ model cars of all kinds.

A. collects

B. collecting

C. to collect

D. collected

桰s that Jack speaking?

桽orry, he isn't in right now. He ________ the cinema with his aunt.

A. has been to

B. has gone to

C. have been to

D. have gone to

Some birds ________ to the south before winter.

A. run

B. swim

C. walk

D. fly

Before 2008 we will finish ________ the Olympic Park.

A. build

B. built

C. building

D. to build