24、The owner of the cinema needed to make a lot of improvements and employ more people to keep it running, _______meant spending tens of thousands of pounds．

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

23、When the headmaster announced his plan for a spring outing, the _____of the students in the class _____ for it.

A. majority, were   B. most, did   C. most, were    D. majority, was

22、When it was his turn to deliver his speech, ______, he walked towards the microphone.

A. nervously and embarrassingly     B. nervous and embarrassedly

C. nervously and embarrassing       D. nervous and embarrassed

21、Ma Yingjiu, chairman of Chinese Kuomintang, expressed his thought to the media _____the cross-straits would be united in time.

A. which          B. that          C. what           D. when

20、 ----- Are you finishing your task?

------ ______. We need no less than three hours more.

A. Far from it     B. Exactly     C. Not a little     D. No wonder

19、She has worked at the bank for many years, nine ______.

A. generally speaking               B. believe it or not

C. to be exact                         D. to be honest

18、To add to the festive atmosphere, the park _____ with some grand lights during some special festivals.

A. dots       B. will be dotted     C. are dotted     D. have dotted

17、Without the air to hold some of the sun’s heat, the earth at night _____ cold, too cold for us to live.

A. would be freezing                 B. will be frozen

C. would be frozen                   D. will freezing

16、----- I try to memorize new words every day, but only remember few of them.

----- That’s not surprising. Newly-learnt words are easily forgotten unless frequently _____ in communication.

A. used          B. using         C. to use         D. be used

15、----- Tom is wise enough to achieve his success.

----- But in my opinion, he is ______ than wise.

A. luckier     B. more lucky     C. much luckier      D. rather lucky