32、I         not get away any sooner although I had planned to leave earlier.

       A．could                  B．would                 C．should                 D．might

31、―What a surprise! There used to         many trees here.

―Yes. Something must be done         people         too many trees in the area.

       A．have; stopping; from cutting down        B．having; to stop; from cutting off

       C．be; to shop; cutting down                     D．being; stopping; to cut off

30、Which sentence is wrong?

       A．He charged me a great deal of money to the room.

       B．He spent much money renting the room.

       C．He paid quite a lot of money for the room.

       D．It cost him lots of money to rent the room.

29、I like this jacket better than that one, but it costs almost three times______.

A. as much    B. as many    C. so much    D. so many

28、

John was dismissed last week because of his            attitude towards his job.

A．informal

B．casual

C．determined

D．earnest

27、My morning               includes jogging in the park and reading newspapers over breakfast.

A．drill

B．action

C．regulation

D．routine

26、Since Tom              downloaded a virus into his computer, he can not open the file now.

A．readily

B．horribly

C．accidentally

D．irregularly

25、At minus 130 ℃, a living cell can be            for a thousand years.

A．spared

B．protected

C．preserved

D．developed

24、The traditional view is           we sleep because our brain is “programmed”to make us do so.

A．when

B．why

C．whether

D．that

23、             he referred to in his article was unknown to the general reader.

A．That

B．What

C．whether

D．that