15．Aboriginal (土著居民)is a word 　______ to describe the people living in a place from the earliest _______ times or before European arrived .

　　　 A．used ; knowing　 B．used ; known　 C．using ; known　 　 D.using ; knowing

14．--- Did you went to India as planned ?

--- No , we _____________________

A．would rather go to my home town 　　B．preferred to go to my home town

C．went to my home town instead 　D．went to my home town rather than going to India

13．--- He has never learned French．

　　 ---- __________．

　　　 A．So I did　 　　　　　 B．So have I 　　 C．Nor I have　 　　 D．The same with me．

12．--- What do you think of the good news ?

　--- Wonderful !．It makes us ____．Most of us were ____about it and _____ looks appeared on our faces．

　　　 A．excited ; excited ; excited　　 　　　　　 B．exciting ; exciting ; exciting

　　　 C．excited ; excited ; exciting　 　　　　　 D．exciting　 ; excited ; excited

11．The traffic problems we are looking forward to seeing ____have attracted the government's attention．　　　 A．solving　 　　　 B．solve 　　 C．solved 　 D．to solve

10.Do you mind my opening the door?

A. No, that’s settled　　 B. Yes , please　　 C. No, it’s cold　 D. yes, better not

9. They plant trees in order to avoid the soil ____ away from the hill.

A. washing　　 B. being washed　　 C. washed　　 D. being washing

8. Since you ______ the rules, you can correct these grammatical mistakes by yourselves.

A. learned　　 B. will learn　　 C. have learned　　 D. was learning

7.At the meeting they discussed three different ______ to the study of mathematics.

A. means　　 B. ways　　 C. approaches　　 D. methods