19、I used to be a very delightful girl. I guess no human being could have passed ______ childhood.

A. a happy               B. a happier      C. the happier     D. the happiest

18、Wood will get        if it is put quite close to a fire.

A. burn                  B. to burn         C. burnt       D. burning

17、 _________, we get the itch to travel.

A. More or less          B. Rather than      C. Every now and then   D. From then on

16、 Everything will be done        ，if nothing unexpected turns up.

A. like it planned          B. as it planned     C. like planned      D. as planned

15、prison               A. absorb        B. arrest              C. houses         D. decrease

14、range     A. grasp         B. curtain        C. botany        D. arrangement

13、chorus    A. Christmas     B. cheer         C. check         D. machine

12、atom      A. solid         B. sailor        C. politics        D. constitution

11、achieve    A. collision      B. failure       C. private         D. league

10、Black children used to go to  __________ （单独的）schools.

二、选择题

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