21. It is reported that the floods have left about _________ people homeless.
A. two thousand B. two-thousands C. two thousands D. two thousands of
22. Work gets done ______ when people do it together，and the rewards are higher too.
A. easily B. very easy C. more easily D. easier
23. The children talked so loudly at dinner table that I had to struggle ______.
A. to be heard B. to have heard C. hearing D. being heard
24. —— My cat's really fat.
—— You ______ have given her so much food.
A. wouldn't B. couldn't C. shouldn't D. mustn't
25. The play had already been on for quite some time when we ____ at the New Theatre.
A. have arrived B. arrived C. had arrived D. arrive
26. The open-air celebration has been put off _______ the bad weather.
A. in case of B. in spite of C. instead of D. because of
27. Many of them turned a deaf ear to his advice，_______ they knew it to be valuable.
A. as if B. now that C. even though D. so that
28. The moment I got home，I found I my jacket on the playground.
A. had left B. left C. have left D. was leaving
29.Not until the motorbike looked almost new repairing and cleaning it.
A. he stopped B. did he stop C. stopped he D. he did stop
30. He doesn't have furniture in his room ——just an old desk.
A. any B. many C. some D. much
31. around the Water Cube，we were then taken to see the Bird's Nest for the 2008 Olympic Games.
A. Having shown B. To be shown C. Having been shown D. To show
32. The man pulled out a gold watch，_______ were made of small diamonds.
A. the hands of whom B. whom the hands of C. which the hands of D. the hands of which
33. ________ we will build a new power plant hasn't been decided yet.
A. If B. What C. Whether D. That
34. Parents should take seriously their children's requests for sunglasses _____ eye protection is necessary in sunny weather.
A. because B. though C. unless D. if
35. In many places in China， bicycle is still poplar means of transportation.
A. a; the B. /; a C. the; a D. the; the
36. -Did you go to the show last night?
-Yeah. Every boy and girl in the area invited.
A. were B. have been C. has been D. was
37. -Which of the two computer games did you prefer?
-Actually I didn't like _____.
A. both of them B. either of them C. none of them D. neither of them
38. It was along the Mississippi River _______ Mark Twain spent much of his childhood.
A. how B. which C. that D. where
39. You didn't use to like him much when we were at school ，_______?
A. were we B. weren't we C. did you D. didn't you
40. -Sorry，I made a mistake again.
- ______. Practice more and you'll succeed.
A. Never mind B. Certainly not C. Not at all D. Don't mention it
