18、My cellphone in my office_____，but by the time I got indoors it stopped．

A．had rung         B．was ringing            C．has rung                D．would ring

17、It’s already 8 o’clock．I wonder how it_____ that she was late for us as she is always punctual． 

A．came over           B．came out              C．came about              D．came up

16、Due to the desertification，huge quantities of soil _____each year．

A．is washing，away                                   B．is being washed away

C．a(chǎn)re washing away                                      D．a(chǎn)re being washed away

15、After three hours’ heated discussion，they brought an end _______the meeting．

A．from            B．with             C．to               D．for

14、As my brother works in a remote city in South China，he only visits us ______each year．

A．urgently         B．practically            C．a(chǎn)nxiously               D．occasionally

13、At the meeting they discussed five different ____to t he problem of local economic crisis（危機(jī)） ．

A．a(chǎn)pproaches           B．means          C．methods               D．ways

12、—Could you do me a favor and take these books to my office?

一Yes，________

A．for pleasure            B．I could             C．my pleasure            D．with pleasure

11、The news has spread all over the country _____the spaceship succeeded in returning to the earth．

A．that               B．which         C．whether             D．what

10、一Do you have anything in mind ______ you’d like for supper，dear?

一Well，______ but Korean food．I hate it．

A．that；anything                                         B．which；everything

C．that；nothing                                            D．which；something

9、How can you expect to get higher marks in the English exam _____you never work hard?

A．in case            B．even if              C．unless            D．when