12. For miles and miles, I could see nothing _______ a great fire and lots of smoke.

　　A. beside B. besides C. except D. without

　　13. The shop assistant didn’t give me the right ________.

　　A. change B. money C. serve D. note

　　14. The prices of fridges have been ______ recently.

　　A. pressed B. brought out C. cut off D. brought down

　　15. This means the boy may be out of job for some time. In this sentence “be out of job” means _______.

　　A. be on their days off B. go outside

　　C. lose his job D. finish his work

　　16. The TV play we watched last night was very ________.

　　A. frightening B. afraid C. fright D. frightened

　　17. We took soft drinks to the _______ and our friends took beer there.

　　A. bench B. beach C. bank D. bend

　　18. Who will ________ the bill?

　　A. pay B. pay for C. pay off D. pay out

　　19. Their debts _______ 700.

　　A. added to B. adds up C. add to D. add up to