24、―What should I do now?

―I’d prefer ______if you didn’t smoke in front of children.

A. one                          B. that                          C. it                             D. this

23、I think we paid too much for the house, ______ that we needed to get the roof repaired.

A. considered        B. considering               C. if considered             D. to consider

22、― I’m bored. I have almost wasted the whole afternoon on it.  

― _______

A. Don’t mention it.  

B. I would leave that question alone if I were you.  

C. You always have no patience.  

D. Leave me alone. I’m bored too.

21、The teacher insisted _______ until we finished the work.  

A. we not rest             B. on our resting

C. we rested               D. we would not rest

20、I’m considering _______ a washing machine, which is considered _______ a great help to my wife.  

A. buying; to be              B. buying; being

C. to buy; being              D. to buy; to be

19、Tears were in Mother’s eyes and she was ______ about Father ______ for Iraq.  

A. upset; leaving               B. upsetting; leaving

C. upset; would leave        D. upsetting; would leave

18、The couple looked at the score their son had got in the exam, ________.  

A. disappointed                     B. disappointing

C. disappointedly                  D. disappointingly

17、

 My parents suggested I should ________ regularly to keep fit.  

A. give out  B. turn out  C. come out       D. work out

16、It was ________ computer games that took the boy a lot of time that he ought to have spent on his lessons．

A. to have played                    B. playing

C. played                               D. having played

15、More attention should be paid ______good habits of reading carefully

A. for forming        B. to form          C. to forming           D. in forming