18、While reading in the garden,__________________.

A．a(chǎn)n apple hit him on the head                               B．his head was hit by an apple

C．he was hit on the head by an apple              D．he was hit on his head by an apple

17、Was it 1949             our school was set up?

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

16、The traffic problem we are looking forward to seeing         should have attracted the local government’s attention.

A．solving             B．solve          C．to solve            D．solved

15、It’s         me why Alice, aged 28, gave up her job and got married to a man of 82.

A．beyond          B．under          C．a(chǎn)bove           D．over

14、—Why didn’t you buy the gold ring?

—I         , but I didn’t have the money.

A．would have         B．bought        C．would like to          D．had bought

13、In no city of China         little about the economic development

A．the government cares                             B．does the government care

C．doesn’t the government care            D．the government doesn’t care

12、—If you keep on breaking the rules, you will be fired.

—         ? I don’t care.

A．What for        B．How come         C．So what        D．Why so

11、—Look at the noisy kids!

—Haven’t you heard the saying         ?

A．There’s plenty of fish in the sea

B．All that glitters is not gold

C．When the cat is away, the mice will play

D．A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

10、The year I went away to college was a very difficult transition（過渡期）for me.   1   is probably true with many people．I got quite homesick and   2   thought about going home.

Although the   3   time for many students is getting   4   from home, my mailbox was frequently   2   . One day when I went to the mailbox, there was a postcard   6   out at me．I sat down to read it,   7   a note from someone back home.  8   I became increasingly puzzled as   9   postcard were like this: It was a full news report about a woman named Mabel and her newborn baby. I took the card back to my room and   10   about it.

Several days later I   11   another postcard, this one  12   news about Maybe line, Mabel’s cousin. Soon after, another card arrived and then another,   13   full of news of different people. I began to   14   look forward to the next one, 15 to see what this author would come up with 16   . I was never  17   .

Finally, the cards   18   coming, right about the time I had begun to feel   19   about college life. They had been such a happy distraction （調(diào)劑） that, I have 20  all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever I need a life.

1．A．If                        B．So                      C．As                     D．What

2．A．often                    B．carefully             C．seldom               D．merely

3．A．hard                     B．last                     C．busiest               D．happiest

4．A．visitors                 B．letters                 C．calls                   D．directions

5．A．empty                  B．full                     C．closed                D．open

6．A．pouring                 B．reaching             C．staring                D．rolling

7．A．describing             B．considering          C．enjoying             D．expecting

8．A．But                      B．Thus                  C．Also                   D．Even

9．A．a(chǎn)ny                      B．no                      C．some                  D．such

10．A．joked                  B．talked                 C．forgot                D．cared

11．A．mailed                B．a(chǎn)ccepted             C．wrote                 D．received

12．A．delivering            B．demanding          C．discovering         D．developing

13．A．one                    B．each                   C．either                 D．both

14．A．hardly                B．possibly              C．usually               D．really

15．A．promising           B．surprised            C．interested            D．pretending

16．A．below                 B．lately                  C．next                   D．behind

17．A．frightened           B．disappointed        C．excited               D．pleased

18．A．continued            B．stopped              C．started                D．a(chǎn)voided

19．A．easy                   B．safe                    C．tired                   D．a(chǎn)nxious

20．A．lost                     B．collected       C．torn                     D．saved

9、Within a few short years, girls in Europe have become heavier smokers than boys, for reasons experts still fail to understand, according to a British study, presented（遞交） last week to an international conference on smoking.

       Anti-smoking activists at the second “Tobacco or Health” conference in the Canary Islands pointed out that while grown-ups were giving up smoking in ever-growing numbers, more and more young people were taking up the habit, particularly girls.

       One 15—year—old in four is a regular smoker, according to a study made in 27 countries in Europe and the United States, Canada and Israel——Edinburgh University together with the World Health Organization.

       In Western Europe, girls were more likely than boys to smoke. In Germany or In England, one third of the girls were smokers compared to one in four boys. In Eastern Europe, the girls “still fall behind” those in the Western Europe but were “catching up” quickly, said the study.

       The study dealt with the behaviour of 15—year—old in seven European countries over four year periods between 1986 and 1998.

       The percentages of young women smoking went from 17 percent to 36 percent in Austria, from 17 percent to 28 percent in Norway, from 21 percent to 28 percent in Hungary.

       In the seven countries Austria, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Wales—more girls smoked than boys in 1998, except Hungary.

1．According to the article, more and more           in Europe were giving up smoking.

       A．grown-ups          B．boys                   C．girls                    D．old men

2．The number of boy smokers is           that of girl smokers.

       A．larger than           B．a(chǎn)s large as           C．smaller than         D．a(chǎn)s small as

3．The study was made by            .

       A．Edinburgh University

       B．the World Health Organization

       C．Oxford University

       D．Edinburgh University and the World Health Organization

4．The country where the number of young women smokers increases fastest is           .

       A．Norway              B．Austria                C．Hungary              D．Sweden