24. _______to get his audience who seemed to be bored interested in what he was talking about, the professor made a ______ of himself by saying that they would get a present each if they _____. He lost a lot of money as a result.

　 A. In his effort; fool; were　　　　　　　　　　 B. With his effort; mistake; did

C. In his effort; mistake; were　　　　　　　　 D. In his effort; fool; did

23. You can’t imagine what a fantastic _______ it is to see a vast golden field of crops ______ in the golden sun, with wind blowing gently, birds singing sweetly in the trees and people harvesting crops happily.

　 A. scenery; taking a bath　 B. sight; bathing　 C. view; having a bath　 D. scene; bathed

22. One feature that is ______ the program is that the file manager has a word processor that understands English

language database queries(查询) and that it combines four powerful productivity products in a single package.

　 A. essential to　　 B. vital to　 C. unique to　 D. valuable to

21.　 ---What do you think of the little girl’s singing on the Walk of Fame, a program on CCTV that appeals to millions and millions of talented people who have unique gifts for certain performances.

　　 ----_______ and everybody present was _______.　

　　 A. Impressing; impressed　 B. Impressed; impressive　 C. Impressive; impressed D. Impressive; impressing

20.　 A ____ his office window ____ a whole view of the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.

　　 A. look through; offers　　　　　　　　　 B. glance through; provides

C. glimpse　 through; supplies　　　　　　 D. glance through; offers

19.　 _______property together with many other things, life is more precious, so we should never ______and try whatever we can to protect it.

　　 A. Compared to; risk it　　　　　　　　 B. Compared with; run risk of it　

C. Comparing it with; put it on risk　　　 D. Comparing; run the risk at it

18.　 With his head covered with ashes, sweat streaming down his face and his whole body trembling, I ______he must be feeling extremely uncomfortable and he ________ in some sort of accident.

　　 A. dare say; must have been caught　　　　　　　 B. bet; must have been caught

　　 C. must say; must be caught　　　　　　　　　　 D. am sure; me caught

17.　 I was so _______ in my reading of the documents about our company’s expansion plan in my uncle’s office　 that I was ________ of the danger that was coming near.　

　　 A. concentrated; unaware　 B. devoted; unconscious　 C. buried; unconscious　 D. employed; unnotable

16.　 _________the college girl was enjoying the rainbow after the thunderstorm when she fell down from the balcony of a six-storey building and got killed.

　 　A. It is reported that　 B. As it is reported,　 C. As is reported that　　 D. It is reported by

15.　 Specialists came to _____ the loss that was caused by the big fire, in which too many buildings were burned to the ground and too many people were burned to death. They worked out a number but the actual number might be _______

　　 A. value; many more　 B. evaluate; much more　 C. assess; much larger　 D. inspect; many bigger