With sufficient scientific information a manned trip to Mars should be _____.

　　A. obtainable B. potential C. considerable D. feasible

We were swimming in the lake ________ suddenly the storm started.

       A. when               B. while                 C. until               D. before

 Once a decision has been made, all of us should _________ it.

       A. direct to                B. stick to           C. lead to              D. refer to

I was going to offer you some money but there’s _________ left on me.

       A. none              B. no one                      C. nothing                 D. no any

. Boris has brains. In fact, I doubt whether anyone in the class has _________ IQ.

       A. a high            B. a higher              C. the higher             D. the highest

He got to the station early, _________ missing his train.

       A. in case of              B. instead of              C. for fear of             D. in search for

 It was raining heavily. Little Mary felt cold, so she stood _______ to her mother.

       A. close             B. closely                 C. closed                D. closing

 I didn’t like Aunt Lucy, who _______ without warning and bringing us presents.

       A. always turned up                           B. has always turned up

       C. was always turned up                 D. was always turning up

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People joke that no one in Los Angeles reads; everyone watches TV, rents DVDs, or goes to the movies. The most popular reading material is comic books, movie magazines, and TV guides. City 21      has only 10 percent of the traffic that car washes have.

     But how do you explain the following? An annual book festival in west Los Angeles is “22      ”，year after year. People wait half an hour for a parking space to become 23      ．

    This outdoor festival, 24       by a newspaper, occurs every April for one weekend. This year’s attendance was about 145,000. There were about 90 talks given by authors, with an       25        question period following each talk. Book lovers were also able to collect some of the signatures of their favourite authors. A food store sold all kinds of popular foods. 26           a＄7 parking fee, the festival was free. Even so, some people 27          the food store prices by 28       taking in their own sandwiches and drinks．

     The idea for the festival occurred years ago, but nobody knew if it would succeed.       29    book festivals were already popular in other US cities, would Los Angeles people welcome one?“Los Angeles people are very 30         ，”said one of the festival founders．

1. A. cinemas     B. libraries       C. supermarkets   D. parkings

2. A. broken out   B. carried out     C. sold out       D. run out

3. A. possible     B. available      C. acceptable     D. useful

4. A. bought      B. discovered     C. taken         D. sponsored

5. A. expert       B. accurate       C. audience      D. optimistic

6. A. Except for    B. Consisting of   C. Rather than    D. Along with

7. A. avoided      B. increased      C. asked         D. bargained

8.  A. openly     B. secretly       C. slowly         D. naturally

9.  A. As if      B. When         C. Even that       D. Although

10. A. confident   B. unexpected     C. friendly        D. unpredictable

 This kind of cancer can be cured, provided it is ______ early.

A. got                  B. gained

C. seen                 D. caught