17．Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent ____     _ you respond to it．（　　）

A．

that

B．

whether

C．

how

D．

what

16．The strange man asked me to hand the letter to _____ I met in the police station，saying it was very important．（　　）

A．

whoever

B．

whatever

C．

whichever

D．

whomever

15．I want to be very careful to talk only about ____ we've formally tested．（　　）

A．

which

B．

that

C．

what

D．

whether

14．-What can I do for you，sir？
-I want to buy a flat-large，comfortable and ________ at the seaside．（　　）

A．

in all

B．

after all

C．

above all

D．

first of all

13．There would be not a good harvest of wheat in North China this year_____ the big snow．（　　）

A．

in spite of

B．

apart from

C．

due to

D．

in case of

12．此题要求改正所给短文中的错误．对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上划一个勾（√），如果有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉．该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词．该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词．注意：原行没有错的不要改．
Last Saturday we had a party at home．Dad's friends come                   66．come改为came 
Along with their families．Since Mom was not at home，Dad               67．√
And I had to prepare everything，so it turned out such a miracle           68．so改为but
That they did make it!Everything went perfectly fine.69．they改为we
A lot of kids who came that day．I had the most wonderful time             70．who去掉
With Steven．It was just amazed to find someone to much                      71．amazed改为amazing
Like me．We had a lot of things by common．The time seemed               72．by改为in
short to me，and I wished we could have some more time                         73．had去掉
to continue the conversation．Hopeful we're going on                               74．Hopeful改为Hopefully
a trip together next summer，and also summer after next.75．加the．

11．请你改正下面短文中的错误．文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处．每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改．增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（A），并在其下面写出该加的词．删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉．修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词．注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分．3．请在答题卡上指定的地方作答．
My friend Dick was seven years old，and her sister Katherine was five．One day their mother take them to their aunt，s to play while she went to the city buy some new clothes．They played for a hour，and then their aunt took Dick into the kitchen．She gave him a nicely cake and a knife and said，"Dick，cut this cake in half，and give one of the piece to your sister．But remembering to do it like a gentleman．""How do gentlemen do it"Dick asked．"They always give the bigger one piece to the other person，"answered his aunt．Dick thought out this for a few seconds．Then he took the cake to his sister but said to her，"Cut this cake in half，!Catherine．"

10．She was told to wear fiat shoes          her back problem．（　　）

A．

on account of

B．

regardless of

C．

in terms of

D．

in case of

9．I've no idea how much work it is to be _____ a World Expo but I'm sure they've done a lot．（　　）

A．

in favor of

B．

in response to

C．

on behalf of

D．

in charge of

8．Once made out，the plan must be carried out ______ any difficulty．（　　）

A．

regardless of

B．

instead of

C．

because of

D．

in need of