15、It took her ten years to __________ her publishing business.

A. take up                 B. put up         C. build up               D. bring up

14、What parents say and do will have an e          on their children’s behavior.

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13、It is i          for you to sell cigarettes to people under eighteen in that county.

12、You left home without leaving a word. Your parents must be a        about you.

11、It is impossible to p          what will happen in the future.

10、There are serious d          between the two political leaders over the problem.

9、The parents felt helpless when they found their son had been a          to playing computer games for long.

8、The English teacher laid particular s         on the need of reading aloud.

7、He worked very hard and e          made himself ill.

6、I passed my driving test at the first a          .