258. As soon as the principal______ the news on the bulletin, the students began gathering in the schoolgarden.

　 A. mailed　　　　 　　　　　　 B.sent　　　　　 　　　　　　 C.posted　　　　 　　　　　　 D.handed

257. It is no use to _____ thestupidity of his behavior to him, because he will never listento your advice.

　 A. call out　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.pick up　　　　　　　　　　 C.put out　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.point out

256. A few years ago, someauthorities _____ that our NMET was not a good way to test students’ ability..

A.pointed to　　　　　　　　 B.pointed out　　　　　　　 C.pointed at　　　　　　　　 D.pointed off

255. The college entranceexamination is drawing near and all the students are ploughing through theirstudies. What does the underlined part means _____.

A.learning to plough　　　　　　 B.studying hard　　　　　　 C.ploughing the field　　 D.studying the plough

254. --- We are going to have avolleyball match on the playground tomorrow afternoon.

　 　--- Really? I ________ watch it.

　 A. will　　　　　　 　　　　　　 B.am going to　　　　　　　　　　 C.can　　　　　　　　　 　　 D. am able to

253. Great changes ________ forthe latest twenty years in China.

A.have taken place　　　 　　　 B. havebeen taken place 　　 C.have happened　 D. have takenthe place of

252. My little brother _________the Young Pioneer Team last year.

A.took part in　　　　　　　 　　 B. attended　　　　　　 　　 C. joined　　　　 　　　　　　 D.accepted

251. The weather turned to bevery bad. Very soon the wind had ________ the snow into drifts.

　 A. collected　　　　 　　　　　　 B.gathered　　　　　　 　　 C. piled　　　　　 　　　　　　 D.placed

250. Jack is a very stubborn(顽固的) person. I was unable to _____ him to do as I said. I want to ask you to have aword with him.

A.let　　　　　　　　　　 　　 B. make　　　　 　　　　　　 C.prevent　　　　　　 　　 D. persuade

249. Weather _____, we’ll goboating in the West Lake tomorrow.

　 A. permits　　　　　　　　　　　 B.permitted　　　　　　　　 C.permitting　　　　　　　　 D.permit