248. A group of the red scarves are playing on the seaside_______.

A. sand                     B. sands                   C. sail                       D. Salts

228. Now more and more people prefer to have a ______ at home --- a little dog, a cat or some other animals.

A. habit                      B. hobby                      C. parrot                    D. Pet

208. His _________, his sister's son, was admitted to Beijing University this year.

A. cousin                      B. niece                        C. nephew                    D. Grandson

188. The truck is carrying a _____of bananas.  All these will be sent to the north of China.

A. loaf                    B. lid                       C. load                           D. Burdens

168. Read the ______ on the box carefully before you take the medicine.

A. instructions             B. teachings               C. advices                  D. interpretation

148. _____ helps those who help themselves. (prov.)

A.Sky                          B. Heaven                    C. God                         D. Glory

128. If you want to speak English fluently, you should first practise _____ English _____.

A. everyday; everyday                       B. every day; everyday 

C. everyday; every day                      D. everyday; everyday

108. What you said just now is out of my depth. This sentence probably means _____.

A. I don’t like what you said.                                   B. I don’t mind what you said just now.

C. I can’t understand what you said.                   D. I didn’t hear what you said.

88. We wanted to buy a bigger house than this but we had to cut our      according to the cloth.

A. clothing                   B. clothes                            C. dress                        D. Coat

68. Mind you. Don’t bump your head on the low________when you go upstairs for sleep.

A.top                     B. tip                     C. bottom                D. Ceiling