16、Either you or he _____ interested in playing chess．_____ you or he fond of music at present?

A．are; Are          B．is; Are            C．are; Is              D．is; Is

15、Many a professor _____ looking forward to visiting Germany now．Many scientists _____ studied animals and plants in the last two years.

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

14、A knife and a fork _____ on the table．A knife and fork _____ on the table.

A．is; is          B．are; are              C．are; is              D．is; are

13、Her family _____ much larger than mine four years ago．Her family _____ dancing and singing when I came in last night.

A．were; was         B．was; were          C．was; was           D．were; were

12、He asked ____ for the violin.

A．Did I pay how much                                   B．I paid how much 

C．how much did I pay                                    D．how much I paid

11、Someone is ringing the doorbell．Go and see _____.

A．who is he                B．who he is                C．who is it                 D．who it is

10、Can you tell me ____?

A．how good is his spoken English                    B．how well his spoken English is

C．how well he speaks English                         D．how good he can speak English

9、My little son _____ out alone at night．

A．dares not go                                               B．dares not to go

C．dare not to go                                             D．doesn’t dare to go

8、At last he _____ finish the work ahead of time.

A．could         B．was able to         C．could be able to            D．can be able to

7、Last Tuesday I took my two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car．It began to rain__1__ so I decided I would leave the children in the car__2__ I rushed into a shop．I warned the girls not to __3__ anything and told them I would be __4__ within a few minutes．Then I locked all the doors and left __5__happily looking out of the window.

I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had __6__! I could hardly believe my __7__．The car doors were __8__ locked, the windows tightly shut and on the back seat __9__only two coats．Being __10__, I ran to the corner of the street __11__ there was no sign of them．I __12__up to an old lady nearby and asked __13__ she had seen two small girls but she said “No”.

Feeling quite sick with fear, I sat on the driver’s seat, and __14__ to stop trembling（发抖）．Suddenly, I __15__ a merry laugh _16__ me．I got out of the car, ran round to open the boot（车尾行李箱） and __17__ were two very red-face and __18__ children．They had obviously pulled out the back seat, __19__ behind it and then been unable to push the seat forward again．__20__ tears in my eyes, I leaned forward and pulled their ears.

1．A．heavy                   B．hard                    C．big                      D．hardly

2．A．before                   B．since                   C．after                   D．which

3．A．talk                       B．reach                  C．hear                    D．touch

4．A．away                    B．out                      C．back                   D．along

5．A．them                     B．her                      C．herself                D．themselves

6．A．discovered            B．disappeared          C．described            D．delivered

7．A．ears                      B．words                 C．eyes                    D．heads

8．A．even                     B．again                   C．already                D．still

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

10．A．foolish                B．proud                  C．frightened            D．pleased

11．A．where                 B．which                 C．that                     D．when

12．A．arrived                B．looked                 C．rushed                D．left

13．A．what                   B．when                  C．whether              D．how

14．A．tried                    B．had                     C．tired                    D．ought

15．A．felt                     B．listened                C．smelt                  D．heard

16．A．behind                 B．over                    C．before                 D．with

17．A．outside                B．among                 C．inside                  D．between

18．A．worried               B．excited                C．surprised             D．interested

19．A．climbed               B．flew                    C．threw                  D．jumped

20．A．For                     B．About                  C．With                   D．Down