16、He has always kept an ideal          due to constant and regular physical exercise.                                                               

A. body              B. figure             C. appearance      D. form

15、Two men stood under a tree smoking and chatting for more than an hour, and then        

A. left               B. leaving            C. to leave          D. leave

14、These old pictures bring to their mind the college days           they spent together,           life was hard but happy.                      

A. which; when     B. when; which      C. which; which    D. when; when

13、The woods and the newly dug river through the campus         the beauty of this world--known university                                        

A. add up    B. add to       C. are added up     D. are added to

12、The hills in my hometown which used to be covered with green trees are now mostly___                                                             

A. empty             B. blank             C. vacant           D. bare

11、Our legal system is being perfected to prevent some government officials   their power.                                                            

A. wasting           B. controlling        C. sharing          D. abusing

10、Addicted to reading and writing since a pupil, Benjamin easily got the chance to work       a big newspaper after graduating from college.            

A. away             B. off               C. on              D. out

9、No one can attain great achievements          he concentrates on what he is doing, even though a talent.                                                    

A. because           B. while             C. unless           D. if

8、         at the end of next month, the gymnasium is being built day and night by the construction workers.                                       

A. Completed        B. To he completed   C. To complete     D. Completing

7、To my astonishment, everyone present took on a           look hearing the ____news.                                                           

A. surprised; expected                       B. surprising; expected

C. surprised; expecting                      D. surprising; expecting