3. A. teeth　　　　　 B. people　　　　 C. things　　　　 D. books

2. A. unpleasant　　　 B. happy　　　　 C. funny　　　　 D. pleasant

1. A. spend　　　　　 B. take　　　　　 C. cost　　　　　 D. stay

20、选C。现在土地不可能再种庄稼，说明土地遭到了“破坏”。

(十六)

I was shown into the waiting-room which, as　 I had expected, was full. Any waiting-room--especially a dentist’s --is not the best place in the world to 1_____ an afternoon. No matter how hard a dentist(牙医)tries to make his waiting–room look 2_____, it always has an atmosphere of its own-the unpleasant smell and disordered(混乱的)3_____ in the room.

This waiting-room was no exception. There were 4_____ pictures on the wall and the magazines on the table 5____ like a great pile of waste paper. I took my 6____ and decided to pass the time 7______ the people around me.

A little man beside me was 8_____ the pages of a magazine quickly and nervously. It was 9_____ to understand what he was looking at, for 10____ three minutes or so he would throw the magazine onto the 11_____, take another, and sink back into his chair. Opposite me there was a young mother who was trying to 12____ her son from making a 13_____. He had placed an ash-tray(烟灰缸)on the floor and was making plane-noises 14____he waved a pencil in his hands. The boy had clearly become uninterested in 15______. Near him, and old man was fast asleep, and the boy’s mother was 16_____ sooner or later her son would 17____ the gentleman up. There was a deep silence in the room as the door opened and a nurse 18____. The people looked 19_____ with hope in their eyes, then murmured something as the next luckly 20_____ was led out of the room.

19、选D。make money意为“赚钱”。余者不合习惯表达法。

18、选B。gave away“散发、分发”，got away“离开、出发”，put away“收好，放好，储存”，pass away“死”，根据语境不难排除A、C、D三项。

17、选D。当没什么可开采的时候，采矿公司便离开了当地。

16、选B。it is not long before“时间不长”是一常见句型。

15、选A。由于身处孤岛，所以不可能“乘车”或“步行”回国。

14、选D。因为矿藏很“丰富”，他才决定回国组建一个公司来开采。C与习惯搭配不符。