1 . It has rained cats and dogs for days.I hope it will___________next week.

A．step up

B．make up

C．take up

D．clear up

2 . I must say he reads very well, and I shouldn’t be surprised if he ______ acting for a living one day.

A．had taken up

B．would have taken up

C．have taken up

D．takes up

3 . If you don’t get any response, you should _____your fax by giving them a call.

A．take up	B．make up
C．pick up	D．follow up

4 . Kathy _________ a lot of Spanish by playing with the native boys and girls.

A．picked up	B．took up
C．made up	D．turned up

5 . Try to ________ half an hour each day for keeping a diary, and you’ll achieve distinction in writing.

A．take up	B．set aside
C．put away	D．make out

6 . The doctor ________ me to spend several days at the seaside, so that I’ll ________ soon.

A．considered; hold up

B．hoped; bring up

C．suggested; take up

D．advised; pick up

7 . These remarkable findings suggest the elephants have ________ a memory capacity to make distinctions between human voices.

A．built up

B．packed up

C．brought up

D．took up

8 . Many memories of old times were          by the conversation we had together that evening.

A．called up

B．turned up

C．taken up

D．kept up

9 . While studying, fix your mind on what is really important,or you will _____ remembering nothing.

A．end up	B．take up
C．lead to	D．stick to

10 . Kathy ______ some French while she was away on a business trip in France.

A．picked up	B．took up
C．made up	D．turned up