24、—I'll be traveling back from London so I can't come to your party on Friday．

— ____ Come round for a drink next week ！

A．I'm terribly sorry．                    B．What a pity!

C．I don't really mind．                 D．Please yourself!

22、--- Stay a bit longer; it’s been such ________ fun having you with us．

---Thanks, anyway．I’ve got ________ early start tomorrow morning．

A．/, the       B．a, an         C．/, an        D．the, an

21、_____ is known to all that good friends _______happiness and value to one’s life．

A．It; add        B．As; add        C．It; add up to          D．As; add to

20、I’m sorry you’ve been waiting so long, but it’ll still be some time _______ Brian gets back．

A．before          B．since        C．till           D．after

19、---May I borrow these four books?

---_______．You may keep all of them for two weeks．

A．Of course not                                         B．By all means  

C．Sorry, I’m afraid not                    D．Out of the question

18、_______ that Marie was able to set up new branches elsewhere．

A．So successful her business was                B．So successful was her business

C．Such successful business she had                   D．So was successful her business

17、A medical team , _______ 10 doctors and 5 nurses, _______ to Taiwan．

A．consisting of; has sent           B．consisted of; has been sent

C．made up of; have sent            D．consisting of; is to be sent

16、Before the Hope Project was carried out in this poor area , children here had no ______ to education．

A．access             B．approach         C．attitude           D．attraction

15、---Where have you been all the time?

---I came back at noon and I ________ in my room since．

A．had been          B．was          C．have been           D．have gone