23、--- Good evening, Mr. Green. I’m sorry to bother you. But it’s      fourth of December.

--- Oh, Mrs. Baxter,       rent! I’m sorry it’s late. I’ll write you      check right now.

A．the, the          B．the, the, a            C．the, a, a         D．a, the, a

22、      the problem of land erosion getting more serious, the local government is searching for a way to deal with it.

A．As             B．With           C．When            D．If

21、The way he did it was different        we were used to.

A．in which        B．in what       C．from what              D．from which

20、Mum        my suggestion while Dad spoke      my idea.

A．turned off, in favour of                                                               B．turned down, in favour of

C．turned down, in need of                              D．turned on, in hope of

19、        the green valley, we thought we had reached the         land.

A．Seeing, promised                                        B．Seeing, promising

C．Seen, promising                                          D．Seen, promised

18、He kept a little notebook, in which        the names and addresses of his friends.

A．wrote              B．writing          C．was written              D．were written

17、--- Flight 321         . I’d better be on my way. Bye.

--- Bye, Happy landing!

A．was announced                                   B．is being announced

C．had announced                                    D．is announced

16、Sometimes we just believe what we see,      the reality may be different.

A．even though          B．as if          C．since          D．unless

15、They were pretty poor but most of their friends were even          .

A．richer            B．badly off          C．worse off                D．well off