9. Some girls are _____; a few, but very few, are _____.

A. beautiful; pretty                            B. handsome; beautiful 

C. pretty; beautiful                            D.pretty; handsome

84. They’d like to see her daughter ____________, get married and have kids.

A.settle on                B. settle up               C. settle for               D. settle down

64. Why did you ask him for help instead of Jim? He is_______helpful than Jim.

A. no more               B. any more              C. not more              D. some more

44. The soldier gave _____ the secret when they punished him.

A. up                        B. back                     C. out                       D. Away

24. China Construction, an edition de luxe is not a weekly or bimonthly magazine but it comes _____ every season (quarterly).

A. over                        B. about                 C. out                         D. Of

4. When Mary finally got there, Tom had left an hour _____.

A. before                 B. ago                    C. later                           D. After

79. There are only five minutes left before the train leaves. You should run _______ .

A. fast as possible as you can                           B. as quickly as you can

C. as fast as possible                                         D. possible as fast as you can

59. As Wei Hua got another “C” in the English test, her parents looked _____ at him, holding the school report.

A. sad                          B. sadly                        C. happy                      D. Happily

39. There are hurricanes here frequently in summer. The underlined part means _____.

A. often                   B. recently               C. sometimes            D. Seldom

19. The orphan was brought _____ by the villagers and 20 years later he became the village Party branch secretary.

A. up                    B. on                  C. down                D. Off