All the studentsare looking forward spending their free time relaxing in the sun this summer.

Choose the word or phrase that can substitute for the underlined word:

His recreations include golf, football and shooting.

The police at first knew where the bandit was hiding, but later lose track of him.

Almost all ships move through the Suez Canal with their own power, but large ships must be assisted by a tugboat.

___ hard he worked, he could earn enough money to support the family.

Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

Like the area in and on the Rocky Mountains, the Western Basins and Plateaus region of the United States offers much for the tourists.

He is saving_______ he can go on vacation.

In some species of fish, such the three-spined stickleback, the male, not the female, performs the task of caring for the young.

As the numeral of older people increases, services for the elderly will soon represent one of the fastest-growing areas of employment.

It's raining, _______ I can't go to the beach.

Chicago’s Sears Tower, now the taller building in the world, rises 1,522 feet from the ground to the top of its antenna.

Rainwater carries unused chemicals from fields into streams or lakes, where various compounds promote the rate growing of weeds.

How much times did Rick and Jennifer have to do the experiment before they obtained the results they had been expecting?

Someone who has ever tried to pick up spilled Mercury will agree that this element is hard to handle

A professor of economy and history at our university developed a new theory of the relationship between historical events and financial crises.

Could you mind telling me the way to the nearest restaurant?

Psychologists at the University of Kansas has studied the effects of the color of a room on people’s behaviors

There is a widespread belief that the economical situation will improve.

Rattan, a close relative of bamboo, is often used to make tables, chairs, and other furnitures .

Either Mr. Anderson or  Ms Wiggins are going to teach our class today.