第三节：完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

A. so                B. even              C. yet                D. thus

20. The new machine, as is put in the report, will work twice as fast, _______ greatly reducing costs.

A. terms              B. pace              C. progress            D. touch

19. In a time of social reform, people’s state of mind tends to keep _______ with the rapid changes of society.

A. where              B. as                C. who               D. that 

18. When you come to China you can’t help noticing a “can-do” attitude and a general sense that this is a society _______ is looking ahead.

A. won’t              B. hadn’t             C. hasn’t              D. doesn’t

  ― But she _______. I’ve been alone all day.

17.―Betty promised me to come round to keep you company today.