24. It took ______ people as well as ______ time to build the bridge.

　 A. a large number of; a good many　　　 B. a large amount of; a great deal of

　 C. a great many; a large amount of　　　 D. a great many of; large amounts of

23. If you want to go into that factory, you need a _________.

　 A. permission　　　 B. permitting　　　 C. permit　　　 D. permitting

22. ______ reminds me ______ your father is the way you speak.　

　 A. That; to　　　 B. What; of　　　　 C. Whether; to　　　 D. Why; of

21. She found that the beautiful dress she had been ________ had been ______ to somebody else.

　 A. looked forward; sold　　　　　　 B. looking forward; selling

　 C. wanting; sold　　　　　　　　　 D. wanted; selling

20. Mr. Brown was ________ for half an hour before dinner.

　 A. too tired to lay down　　　　 B. very tired so he lain down

　 C. enough tired to lie down　　　 D. so tired that he lay down

19. You shouldn’t have the machines _________ all the while. You ought to have them ________ now and then.

　 A. run; to repair　　　 B. running; repairing　　 C. run; repaired　　 D. running; repaired

从所给A、B、C、D选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

18.---Are you satisfied with his answer?

---- Not at all. It couldn’t have been _______.

　 A. worse　　 B. so bad　　　 C. better　　　 D. the worst

听下面一段独白，根据你所听到的信息，完成下列表格中第68至70题。每小题不超过三个单词。

注：请同学们翻到第 9 页先将答案转抄到第二卷相应的位置上