18、----Tommy, your mum has been out without glasses!

----Well, take it easy．           she will be back home for them．

A．It is long before that                    B．It won’t be 1ong since

C．It won’t be long before                        D．It will be long before

17、The community university was started last month in order to help the old who      having a university education when they were young．

A．stopped          B．failed           C．passed         D．missed

16、The newly-built skyscraper,        , is thought the first one in this city．

A．one hundred and twenty-five meters as high as 

B．a(chǎn)s one hundred and twenty-five meters as high

C．a(chǎn)s high as one hundred and twenty-five meters

D．a(chǎn)s high one hundred and twenty-five meters as

15、It is widely believed that Xi’an Subway is to play an important part in our lives, once it _______ by 2016．

A．will be completed                       B．is completed

C．can be completed                     D．is going to be completed

14、This experiment will show us _______ can be used in the modern laboratory．

A．that you have invented                    B．how that you have invented

C．that how you have invented'               D．how what you have invented

13、-----Computers now can do almost everything people can do．

-----Yes．Most scientists, _______, agree that computers cannot completely take the place of humans．

A．though            B．therefore         C．too         D．then 

12、After the terrorist attack last month, anyone at the airport _______ heavy bags, bottles of liquid, or whatever, could be stopped and questioned by the police．

A．seen carrying                        B．seen carry

C．seen to carry                         D．seen to be carrying

11、------Most foreigners can hardly understand Shanxi Opera． 

------        , an overseas Chinese living abroad for decades．

A．So could Mr. Wang:                   B．Neither can Mr. Wang

C．So couldn't Mr. Wang                  D．Hardly can Mr. Wang

10、-----Was it under the tree         you laid your bike when away posting the letter in the post office?

-----Sure．But when I got back, it was gone．It's a gift bike from my parents．

A．that         B．where             C．While           D．which

9、What evidence does the Japanese team_______that they really reached the summit of Mt．Qomolangma?  

A．have been proved               B．have being proved

C．have to prove                   D．have proved