16.The poor man, _________,ran out of the dark cave.

　 A. trembled and frightened　　 B. trembling and frightened

C. trembled and frightening　 D. trembling and frightening

15.----Is the book interesting?

　 ----Yes, but I’m sure it won’t interest_______.

　A. everybody　 B. somebody　 C. anybody　 D. nobody

14.There is still _____ gap between the top and the bottom in some groups in this area.

　 A. too much big a　 B. a too much big　

C. much too big a　 D. much too a big

13.The tower of London is _____ the church tower.

A.　　 twice as high　　 B. higher twice than

C. twice higher as　　 D. three times the height of

12.When their lost son______, the couple were in tears with joy.

　 A. got up　 B. turned up　 C. gave up　 D. looked up

11.Some people think that ____ small talk isn’t interesting and that it’s ____waste of time.

　 A. a, a　 B.不填，不填　 C. a , 不填　 D.不填, a

10.Look at that car. It just drove past with smoke______ out of the back.

　 A. pour　 B. poured　 C. pouring　 D. to pouring

9.It was not until the 19^th century _____ heat was considered a form of energy.

　 A. that　　 B. which　 C. since　 D. when

8.Sally had made _____ a rule to practise on the radio for an hour every day.

　 A. this　　 B. it　　 C. her　　 C. that

7._____is known to the world, Mark Twain is a great American writer.

　 A. It　　 B. That　　 C. What　 D. As