25、He stood _______ to his professor and watched _______ what he was doing.

A．close, close             B．closely, close        C．close, closely       D．closely, close

24、―Please tell Bruce he has won the first prize in the maths contest.

―________! He never did so well before.

A. Congratulations                              B. Good luck 

C. That’s right                                 D. What a good surprise

23、

People say that the Englishman’s home is his castle，_________ means that the home is very important and personal．

 A．where                B．that              C．which                    D．as

22、

I      you off yesterday，but I didn’t  have time．

 A．hope to have seen                      B．hope to see

 C．hoped to have seen                    D．hoped to see

21、          being late for the important conference，the secretary was fired．

    A．In reference to                                          B．In exchange for

    C．In case of                                                 D．On account of

20、          really matters is not whether you succeed or not，but rather whether you’11 try or not．

    A．What                   B． Whether             C．If                          D．Which

19、The Sanlu milk powder incident happened in September 2008,         many countries around the world paid close attention to．

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

18、－I’ve been working on this problem for a long time．But I still can’t  work it out．

－          You might as well do something else now．

    A．Cheer up              B．Take it easy           C．Come on                D．Never mind

17、We saw piles of goods containers lie on the port,         away．

    A．waited to be carried．                                 B．to wait to carry

    C．waiting to be carried                                   D．and waited for carrying

16、Luckily，the loss         great；otherwise，our company would have closed down．

    A．isn’t                   B．hadn’t  been        C．hasn’t  been          D．wasn’t