23、---         is the population of Canada?

--- I don’t know exactly, but I’m sure that it has          population than China.

       A．How much; much less                         B．How many; a much less

       C．What; much smaller                             D．What; a much smaller

22、--- Mary, what would you say to a camping holiday for the weekend?

---         I am simply tired of life here.

       A．You’ve taken the words out of my mouth.

       B．Enjoy yourself.

       C．I can’t afford the time.

       D．Where should we go?

21、Examination compositions, together with most business letters and government reports, are the main situations           formal language is used.

       A．on which             B．in which              C．of which             D．for which

20、Thousands of teachers          into their new flats and the rest of them          for theirs. The government says many more apartment buildings          .

       A．have moved; is waiting; are to be built   

       B．have been moved; are waiting; will be completed

       C．have been moved; is waiting; will have been putting up

       D．have moved; are waiting; are to be set up

19、--- How are you getting on with your study at university?

--- Quite well. Not so smoothly as I hoped,         .

       A．too                     B．instead                C．though                D．either

18、Great changes have taken place in our hometown. It is no longer          it was a few years ago        visited.

       A．what; when         B．that; which          C．what; which        D．which; that

17、--- You were driving at 100 km an hour, sir.

--- But officer, I       . My car cant go more than 80.

       A．may not have been                                  B．couldn’t have been

       C．wouldn’t have been                              D．needn’t have been

16、        she is not so healthy         she used to be?

       A．It was why that; that                            B．Is it why that; as

       C．Why is it that; as                                 D．Why it is that; that

15、Since he has no sense of         humor, I’m sure he didn’t catch         humor in your remarks.

       A．/; the                   B．a(chǎn); the                  C．a(chǎn); /                     D．the; a

14、I can         some noise while I’m studying, but I can’t stand very loud noise.

       A．keep away from   B．get rid of             C．have effect on      D．put up with