Complete each blank with ONE suitable word.
1. The police have started to _______ the problem very seriously.
(2004-HKCEE-B)
2. The Labour Department has _________ up a hotline to help schoolleavers to
find a job. (2004-HKCEE-B)
3. If I don't give up, something is bound to ______up, I am sure .
(1979-HKCEE-B)
4.Nearly 50 lives were _______ when the ship sank. (1980-HKCEE-B)
5. I regret to _______out that the service at your restaurant has not improve a bit.
(1981-HKCEE-B)
6. I _______ if you can make sure that the corridors are swept at least twice
a day. (1981-HKCEE-B)
7. I am grateful that you ______ the trouble to write to us. (1981-HKCEE-B)
8. The show will _______ place next week. (1981-HKCEE-B)
9. I must leave now. I need to ____ ready for the next lesson in a few minutes .
(1983-HKCEE-B)
10. I am here to _______ out if residents living on this estate need a
kindergarten. (1984-HKCEE-B)
11. Would you be ______ in joining the new scheme? (1984-HKCEE-8)
12. He _______ through all the notes, but he could not remember anything.
(1985-HKCEE-B)