22、― I’m bored. I have almost wasted the whole afternoon on it.  

― _______

A. Don’t mention it.  

B. I would leave that question alone if I were you.  

C. You always have no patience.  

D. Leave me alone. I’m bored too.

21、― Tomorrow I will have to go to Wuhan for some books. Will it rain tomorrow?

― _______. Why not wait for a few more days?

A. I’m afraid not         B. I’m afraid so

C. I hope not                D. I believe not

20、Be ______; you can’t expect her to do all the work on her own.

A. merciful     B. honest       C. reasonable         D. sincere

19、The teacher’s efforts ______ when one of his students was admitted to Beijing University last summer.

A. paid back   B. paid off   C. paid for      D. paid out

18、We might as well ______ a little longer for them.

A. to wait     B. wait       C. waiting      D. having waited

17、Some of the roads were flooded, _______ makes our journey more difficult.

A. that            D. it       C. which        D . who

16、 ― I’m sorry to keep you waiting. I’ll make shorter work of this.

― ______. I’m not in a hurry.

A. Leave it alone                   B. Take your time

C. Not at all                          D. Do as you please

15、My grandfather ______ to be quite afraid to live in the city, but now he has ______ to the life here.

A. used; used                   B. was used; got used

C. used; got used              D. got used; been used

14、

 The lady said that ________.

A. she would come there on time.                 B. she will come here on time

C. she will go there on time                         D. she would go there on time

13、The headmaster asked all the high school students in our school to ______ the discussion to be held on July 15th.

A. participate     B. take part     C. participate in     D. participate with