22、A severe drought        to hit several regions in the country in February，      at least 3. 7 million people short of water and endangering crop yields.

    A. has continued; having left      B. continued; leaving

    C. continued; and left               D. was continuing；to leave

21、I feel upset，for there are so many troublesome problems         .

    A. remaining to settle         B. remained to settle

    C. remaining to be settled   D. remained to be settled

20、―Did your manager phone you again the next day?

―No，it was a fortnight，       he gave me a second call.

A. when    B. since    C. before   D. that

19、The largest collection ever found in England was one of about 200,000 silver pennies,       over 600 years old.

A. all of which    B. all of it    C. all of that  D. all of them

18、Mr. White should have arrived at 8：30 for the meeting，but he didn't          .

A. turn up    B. get up    C. hold up   D. keep up

17、―You've agreed to go. So why aren't you getting ready?

―But I        that you wanted me to start at once.

    A. don't realize        B. hadn't realized

    C. haven't realized   D. didn't realize

16、       their son away to college, the old couple goe more room in the house.

A. As   B. With    C. For  D. Through

15、―Thank you ever so much for the reference book you lent me.

―              .

    A. No, thanks                 B. I'm glad you like it

    C. Please don't say so      D. No，it's not so good

14、―I bought this MP4 for only 300 yuan.

―You really got a wonderful         .

    A. price    B. value    C. bargain    D. gift

13、It is not rare in     that people in      fifties were going to university for further education.

    A. 90s; the    B. the 90s；/    C. 90s; their   D. the 90s; their