Due to Tom’s joke, the discussion __________and went on in a friendly atmosphere(气氛)。

   A. saw an end   B. came to end    C. came to life    D.cheered up

Children are tired of learning often because they are __________ to do better than they can, both at school and at home.      

A. suggested   B. expected     C. hoped D. helped

The manager decided to give the job to _____he believed had a strong sense of duty .

       A．who  B．whom       C．whomever       D．whoever

That night I felt especially lazy and went to bed ____ earlier than usual.

A. quite                        B. rather                       C. fairly                       D. so

It was dark. We decided to ______for the night at a farmhouse.

A. put away               B. put down        C. put up    D. put on

—I didn’t go to the Museum yesterday.   

—Yes, but I would rather you ______there too.

       A．went        B．had gone   C．should go  D．would have gone

Professor Liu has ________ teach psychology since he came to the Central China Normal University.

   A. determination to        B. been determined to    C. been determining to D. determined to

---How do you like the film?  

---There was nothing special--- it was only ____.

A. average      B. usual        C. normal      D. common

Scientists generally agree that earth’s climate will warm up over the next 50 to 100 years______ it has warmed in the 20,000 years since Ice Age.

A. so long as.  B. as much as   C  as long as.  D  as well as

— I don’t think he is studying English in his room now.

— Oh! ________?

       A. Does he                   B. Doesn’t he                       C. Is he                        D. Isn’t he