22、The old man         the child not to play in the river but they wouldn’t listen.

A．suggested        B．warned         C．hoped            D．persuade

21、It is reported that the United States uses     energy as the whole of Europe.

A．as twice        B．twice much         C．twice much as       D．twice as much

20、Television has many advantages. It keeps us      about the        news and also provides entertainment.

A．informed; lasted          B．to know; later         C．learning; latter       D．to think; latest

19、When he was there, he       go to that coffee shop at the corner after work every day.

A．would           B．should           C．had better           D．might

18、It may be fairly cheap to buy, but you’ve got to        the money you’ll spend on repairs.

A．take change of                                           B．take into consideration

C．make notes of                                            D．complain about

17、      is to struggle.

A．Living          B．Live         C．To live         D．To be lived

16、Mr. Green stood up in defence of the girl, saying that she was not the one        .

A．blamed          B．blaming         C．to blame           D．to be blamed

15、Under no circumstances         my bike tomorrow.

A．he is borrowing                                         B．is he to borrow

C．he will borrow                                            D．could he be borrowing

14、By the middle of the 1920s the farthest corners of the earth        explored.

A．are          B．were           C．have been           D．had been

13、If their oxygen      , the two British men      a chance of surviving.

A．ran out, had                                              B．didn’t run out, would have

C．had run out, didn’t have                          D．hadn’t run out, would have had