[单选题] I’ll spend as much time as I can （） after the flowers in the garden.
A. look
B. to look
C. looking
D. looked

[单项选择]Since there isn't much time left, you can just tell usabout it______.
A. in detail
B. in short
C. in all
D. in brief

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After much deliberation, the bank clerk（）agreed to offer Ms. Johnson a loan inspite of her poor credit history.
 

A. steadily
B. reluctantly
C. comfortably
D. inevitably

[单项选择]After much questioning, the policeman ________ enough information from the witnesses.


A. induced
B. withdrew
C. imparted
D. elicited

[单项选择]Before the tourists set off, they spent much time setting a limit ______ the expenses of the trip.


A. for
B. in
C. to
D. about

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It is often observed that the aged spend much time thinking and talking about their past lives, rather than about the future. These reminiscences are not simply random or trivial memories, (1) is their purpose merely to make conversation. The old person’s recollections of the past help to (2) an identity that is becoming increasingly fragile: (3) any role that brings respect or any goal that might provide (4) to the future, the individual mentions their (5) as a reminder to listeners, that here was a life (6) living (7) , the memories form part of a continuing life (8) , in which the old person (9) the events and experiences of the years gone by and (10) on the overall meaning of his or her own almost completed life.
As the life cycle (11) to its close, the aged must also learn to accept the reality of their own impending death. (12) this task is made difficult by the fact that death
A. which
B. what
C. as
D. that