21、The thing that        is not whether you fail or not, but whether you try or not.

       A. means                  B. minds                   C. matters                 D. considers

20、When choosing a product, customers always hope to figour out the meaning        to the brand name.

       A. appealed               B. attached                C. adjusted                D. reacted

19、 I didn’t stop to speak to him－I        smiled.

       A. surely                   B. certainly                C. strangely              D. merely

18、It is suggested that medicine not be kept where it is        to children.

       A. acceptable            B. accessible             C. considerable          D. flexible

17、There are some who show great        about other people’s affairs.

       A. interest                 B. attention                C. curiosity               D. appetite

16、

The Smiths bought a new car, which was the        of their neighbors.

       A. envy                     B. dislike                   C. respect                 D. desire

15、Can you make a sentence to ______ the meaning of the phrase?

A. show off                  B. turn out                    C. bring out                  D. take in

16、― What does the sign over there read?

― “No person ______ smoke or carry a lighted cigarette，cigar or pipe in this area.” 

A. can       B. may      C. shall       D. must

17、The boss ______ department Ms King worked ten years ago look down upon women. 

    A. in which 　　　 B. in that　　　 C. in whose　　　 D. whose          

18、 One of the consequences of our planet's being warming up is a(n) ______ in the number of natural disasters.    

 A. result         B. account       C. reason         D. increase

19、

The management of computer network is really beyond my      , but I can get useful information from it .

   A. catch                  B. grasp                  C. snatch              D. understand

20、

―Why did you eat your words, Billy?

―Sorry, dear. But I  really forgot where I was ______ to meet you.

A. demanded     B. imagined        C. supposed         D. guessed

14、There were ____ that the new Atlanta would be different, and a new Atlanta would be born.

   A. marks      B. symbols      C. signs    D. signals

13、Hearing the news,        .

A. happy tears came down her face                           B. she let out a cry of joy

C. her eyes were filled with happy tears                     D. her heart beat fast

12、―The composition you wrote yesterday is perfect, I think!

―Well, at least it is        the one I wrote last week.

A. as well as      B. no worse than      C. no better than     D. as bad as