14. National Day is drawing near,             a new cartoon             to be on.

A. with; expected    B. with; expecting    C. and; will expect   D. and; is expecting

13. It is my          . What would you like to eat?

A. treat                     B. pay                 C. pleasure        D. service

12. During the interview, the boss asked a question          I couldn’t answer.

A. for which             B. how                C. why                     D. which

11. It is stupid           him to play a trick          such an old man.

A. for; on                 B. of; on                   C. for; by                 D. of; by

10. The candle which lights up other candles isn’t shortened, for happiness never decreases by

being            .

A. shared        B. spared        C. divided                  D. lighted

9. In some Asian countries, girls have to live with their families,       they work as slaves.

A. where            B. for whom    C. which                     D. who

8. ―Did the boy feel better when you left?

―No. It seemed that the medicine he had taken didn’t           .

A. result            B. control              C. work               D. succeed

7. I          this amazing video, and it happens to be the material I need about the present

protection of the environment.

A. tried to find       B. looked for           C. managed to find    D. came across

6. The man spoke slowly, trying to make himself           .

A. understand                                 B. understanding      

C. understood                           D. to be understood