28、The singer and the dancer ______ come to the meeting.

A．has　　       B．have　　        C．are　　　       D．is

27、Because of her fear of flying, Alice would rather take a long train journey ______ travel by air.

A．as        B．to           C．than         D．while

26、Can you ______ your sister from that group of girls?

A．bring out         B．pick up           C．pick out           D．bring up

25、—Do you know the tall man ______ to Mr. King over there?

—Sorry, I don’t know him．

A．to speak       B．speaking         C．is speaking          D．has spoken

24、After the new technique was introduced, the factory produced ______ tractors in 1998 as the year before．

A．as twice many                                     B．as many twice

C．twice as many                                            D．twice many as

22、I didn’t realize putting on a play _________ so much work．

A．included            B．have           C．involved            D．need

21、Is this the reason ____ at the meeting for his carelessness in his work ?

A．he explained                                              B．what he explained

C．how he explained                                        D．why he explained

20、To keep the town clean, the truck ____ garbage is prevented ____ entering the town．

A．loaded with; /                                            B．loading with; from

C．loaded of; from                                         D．loading of; /

19、    is reported in the newspapers, talks between the two countries are making progress．

A．It          B．As           C．Which          D．What