22．A. won                 B. beat       C. gained         D. failed

21．A. pleased             B. content      C. proud          D. satisfied

20. What he told us about the situation simply doesn’t make any _______.

   A. sense                     B. idea                  C. meaning                    D. mistake  

19. She is _______ being pleased about it; she is very angry.

A. frequent               B. quite               C. far from                D. rather

18. The girl still remembers that she was too nervous _______she gave a speech in the

 face of such a big crowd.

   A. at the first time                                           B. the first time

   C. for the first time                                         D. at first

17. ---Grandpa, what did the doctor say?

   ---He advised me to live_______ the air is fresher.

     A. in where                                                            B. in which     

     C. the place where                                            D. where

16. You’d better give the task to_______ you think can finish it ahead of time.

A. whoever                                                   B. whomever             

C. anyone                                                         D. no matter who

15. Bob said he was going to _______ himself to a vacation in the mountains because he had been so tired.

A. press                           B. add                             C. touch                 D. treat

14.―Jenny took the 8:00 bus to Shanghai this morning.

―Really? She_______ the 9:00 train. It’s much more comfortable and safer to travel by train.

       A. could have taken                                                       B. should take   

C. must have taken                                                          D. can take