268. Yesterday one of my classmates sent me an invitation to take part in an English evening, but I _____ for the reason that I caught a bad cold.

A. refused                 B. accepted                  C. received                   D. Took

248. --- How do you plan to spend this weekend?

--- I’d like to listen to the music _______ by Li Ming.

perform                 B. performing               C. performed              D. to perform

228. Oh, the classroom is so dirty. It needs ______ before we begin our class.

A. cleaned                  B. being cleaned         C. to clean                D. Cleaning

208. Last week, I was ill for some days and I’m determined to___________the lost time.

A. make up               B. make up of           C. make of                D. make up for

188. John _____ on the desk the compositions he had written, and then _____ for a rest.

A. laid; lay                   B. lay; laid                   C. lay; lay                    D. laid; laid

168. In the past, the poor people often _____ hungry. So many of them died ___      hunger.

A. went; of                   B. became; from           C. went; from               D. became; of

148. People poke fun at her because she wears such strange hats. The part underlined means ____.

A. make use of             B. make fun of          C. play tricks on         D. make sure of

128. Their voices __________ to a whisper and I didn’t know what they were talking about.

A. became                B. had                    C. felt                      D. Fell

108. Dr. Manette had been mentally ____ by his long years alone in prison and his hair had turned white.

A.disturbed               B. troubled               C. worried                D. Damaged

88. Around the area of Aswan there are a lot of important old temples, which____ ____about 1250BC.

A.dated from                   B. began with           C. started with                  D. opened from