23、Cameras can be ______ to ______pictures according to the weather conditions.

A. adapted, taking       B. adjusted, take   C. adapted, to take       D. adjusted, taking

22、The purpose of new technology is to make life easier, but ____ it more difficult.

A. not making               B. not make           C. not to make                     D. nor to make

21、______, they fired to win the F1 held in their own country.

A. Despite they made great efforts               B. In spite of the efforts they made

C. Though the efforts they made                 D. Because of the efforts they made

20、The company was the first ____ portable radios as well as cassette tape recorders .

A. producing              B. to produce       C. produced               D. having produced

19、The activists insisted that their leader of their fight for freedom _____ the law and that he _____set free at once.

A. not break, be                                          B. hadn’t break, be 

C. didn’t break, should be                          D. hadn’t break, would be

18、The soldier saved the drowning boy _____ the sacrifice ___ his own life.

A. at; of                       B. in; of                 C. at; with                    D. in; for

17、Today there are more opportunities for disabled people to make ___ contribution to ___ society.

A. a; the                       B. a; /                    C. /; the                        D. the; a

16、

母亲节到了。假设你是图1中的男孩。请根据以下图画提供的情节线索，以Sharing House-work为题，用英文叙述你帮妈妈做家务的经过及感想。

注意：    1. 书面表达必须包括图画所表现的主要内容， 可以适当增减细节，使其连贯，完整；        2． 100词左右。

14、 We should __________(加深) the movement to increase production and practice economy.