18、—Shall I book a table for the dinner?

— ________. The restaurant won't be full this evening.

A．Yes, you may          B．No, you mustn't   C．No, you needn't   D．I'd rather not

17、I think it advisable that he ________ for Tokyo soon.

A．leave        B．may leave        C．will leave D．leaves

16、Everyone fails now and then. It is how you react that makes a________ in life.

A．development         B．point          C．progress             D．difference

15、_______ is no chance that they'll show up at the meeting.

A．That               B．There          C．It       D．This

14、Before the war broke out, many people ______ in safe places possessions they couldn't take with them.

A．threw away              B．give away        C．put away           D．carried away

13、The number of registered participants in this year's marathon was half _________.

A．that of last year's                                         B．those of last year's

C．those of last year.                                       D．of last year's

12、_______ at the news that I didn't know what to say to comfort her.

A．So sad she looked                         B．So sad did she look

C．So sadly she looked                        D．So sadly did she look

11、Don't _______ that all those who get good grades in the entrance examination will prove to be most successful.

A．take as granted                                         B．take this for granted

C．take that for granted                                  D．take it for granted

10、Our headmaster and secretary _______ mother has been in hospital ________kind and strict.

A．whose ; is       B．who ;are        C．whom ; was         D．as; were

9、_________ made him worried.

A．Not known how to do it                        B．Unknown what to do

C．Our Knowing not how to do                    D．Our not knowing how to do it