17、When I first set ____ in Australia, I didn’t know what the future might have in____ for me.

A. my foot; the store            B. a foot; the store         C. foot; store                    D. feet; stores

16、Scientific discoveries are often _______ industrial and agricultural productions．

A．applying for         B．applied to               C．applying to              D．applied for 

15、―I’m tired , Dad.      

----Tired? __________?

A. For which                      B. For what                 C. From which             D. Of what

14、Sorry, I don’t know you _____ what I said just now．

A．throw light upon          B．have effects on        C．have advantage of         D．are sensitive to

13、Can you give us a talk on the ______of water?

A. property                   B. properties                 C. capacity                   D. capacities

12、Guilin, a dreamland, gives us a_____ _beauty.

A. fierce                             B. greedy                       C. breathtaking             D. seasoned

11、The universities have got bigger in size, ________ many more people the chance of higher education.

A. so allowing           B. thus allowing               C .so to allow               D. thus to allow

10、It is the Suez Canal _________ separates Asia ________ Africa.

   A. which; and         B. where; from         C. that; from               D. that; with

9、The director told us the new workshop ________ three years before, while the old one _____ in 1999.

   A. had been built, was set up                    B. was built, was set up

   C. had been built, had been set up             D. was built, had been set up

8、I was ________ in the middle of the call because I had no more coins to put in the telephone box.    

   A. hung up                         B. cut off                              C. put off                      D. cut up