17. He was proud of his children: he liked to have them ________; he was proud of his tractor: he wanted to have it ________ from morning till night.

  A) admire… worked                   B) admired… working

  C) to admire… to work                 D) admiring… Working

11. Fire insurance is intended to protect people and businesses from possible losses ________ from unexpected fire.

  A) resulted        B) resulting       C) to be resulted     D) that are resulted

9. I don’t allow ________ here and I don’t allow any of you ________ anywhere.

  A) gambling… to gamble              B) to gamble…gambling

  C) gambling… gambling               D) to gamble… to gamble

�3. Mr. Smith would have come to see you if it had been possible, but he ________ so busy then.

  A) were          B) had been        C) was           D) would be

6. -- George and Lucy got married last week. Did you attend their wedding?

  -- No, I ________. Was it splendid/wonderful?

  A) was not invited                  B) have not invited

  C) had not been invited              D) did not invited

 ________ the thick trees, the bitter wind would have blown the house t pieces

  A) But for         B) Due to           C) Except for      D) Thanks for

 – How do you like the essays written by the students?

  – ________

  A) Amazing satisfactory             B) Amazingly satisfactory

  C) Amazing satisfactorily            D) Amazingly satisfactorily

 Don’t all speak at once! ________, please

  A) Each at one time                  B) One by one time

  C) One for each time                 D) One at a time

 What could you imagine Shanghai will be in ________?

  A) the s       B) the         C) s         D) ’s

 When you finish reading the book, you will have ________ better understanding of ________ life

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