31.The students _______busily when Miss Brown went to get a book she had left in the office.

A. wrote　　 B. are writing　 　C. had written;　　 D. were writing

30.I thought her nice and honest ___ I met her; believe it or not, I lost my heart to her.

A. at the first time　　　　　　 B. for the first time

C. the first time; 　　　　D. by the first time

29.The old worker insisted that he ___ old, and should be sent back to the working post again.

A. wasn’t　 B. shouldn’t be　 C. not be　 D. isn’t

28.The poor man is in______. We should do all we can to help him out.

A. surprise　 B. ruin　 C. peace　 D. danger

27.Yesterday I went to visit the school _______ my father used to work at , the teachers and students of which were very kind to me.

A. where　　 B. that　 C. whose　　 D. who

26.I usually cut across the park on my way home so that it won’t take me ____ time.

A. too much　　 B. too many　　 C. much too　　　 D. many too

25.___ great efforts have been made to make her happy, she still feels lonely.

A. Unless　 B. Because 　C. Though　 D. If

24.Only when he got into trouble _____he come to regret ignoring his father’s advice.

　 　A. /　 B. has　 C. had　 D. did

23.John is ___ about football and in order to play it well he practices like crazy every day.

A. crazy;　 B. upset　 C. concerned　　 D. interested

22.We thought _______ necessary to follow the teacher’s and the parents’ pieces of advice.

　 　A. that　　　 B. it　 　C. one　　 D. this