. I remember her face but I cannot _____ where I met her.

A. recall    B. remind    C. remember    D. remark

. While typing, Helen has a habit of stopping _____ to give her long and flowing hair a smooth.

   A. occasionally    B. simultaneously

   C. eventually      D. directly

These continual _____ in temperature make it impossible to decide what to wear.

A. alterations  B. vibrations C. waves   D. fluctuations

 He's _____ drink and never does a stroke of work.

        A. gone to            B. taken to                    C. taken up            D. gone for

 In a typhoon, winds _____ a speed greater than 120 kilometers per hour.

        A. assume                 B. accomplish                 C. attain                  D. assemble

Though _____ in San Francisco, Dave Mitchell had always preferred to record the plain facts of small-town life.

   A. raised                    B. grown                    C. developed                    D. cultivated

 John was very upset because he was _____ by the police with breaking the law.

        A. accused                   B. arrested                   C. sentenced                   D.charged

. Bill is not a fast runner and he doesn't have a chance of winning the marathon, but he will _____ the race even if he finishes last.

A. keep on    B. keep to    C. stick out    D. stick to

. Mary had taken _____ to see that her guests had everything that they could possibly want.

   A. efforts    B. pains    C. attempts    D. endeavors

The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more _____.

A. at length    B. at last    C. at stake    D. at ease