16. _______ I saw you I knew you were angry with me.

　　A. A moment B. The moment

　　C. In a moment D. For a moment

　　17. _______ in government was exposed through the agency of the press.

　　A. Corruption B. Cosmetic

　　C. Cottage D. Costume

　　18. _______ in the dark, his head hit against the wall.

　　A. Walking B. His walking

　　C. When he was walking D. While walking

　　19. _______ is a term for the partial or complete inability to hear.

　　A. There is deafness B. Deafness that

　　C. It is deafness D. Deafness

　　20. _______ is known to the world, Mark Twain is a great American

　　writer.

　　A. That B. Which

　　C. As D. It

　　21. _______ is the center of our planetary system was a difficult concept to grasp in the Middle Age.

　　A. It is the sun and not the earth

　　B. Being the sun and not the earth

　　C. The sun and not the earth

　　D. That the sun and not the earth

　　22. _______ it or not, his discovery has created a stir in scientific circles.

　　A. Believe B. To believe

　　C. Believing D. Believed

　　23. _______ kinds of matter in the world.

　　A. There is a few million

　　B. That there are millions

　　C. There are a few million

　　D. It is millions

　　24. _______ man can now create radioactive elements, there is nothing he can do to reduce their radioactivity.

　　A. As B. Whether

　　C. While D. Now that

　　25. ______ me, I think an English-Chinese dictionary is much more helpful to our study than an All-English dictionary.

　　A. As far as B. As far

　　C. As for D. As regard

　　26. _______ my return, I learned that Professor Smith had been at the Museum and would not be back for several hours.

　　A. At B. With

　　C. On D. During

　　27. _______ of the burden of ice, the balloon climbed up and drifted to the South.

　　A. To be free B. To free

　　C. Freeing D. Freed

　　28. _______ one time, Manchester was the home of the most productive cotton mills in the world.

　　A. On B. By

　　C. At D. Of

　　29. _______ quite recently, most mothers in Britain did not take paid work outside the home.

　　A. Until B. Before

　　C. From D. Since

　　30. _______ she first heard of the man referred to as a specialist.

　　A. That was from Stephen

　　B. It was Stephen whom

　　C. It was from Stephen that

　　D. It was Stephen that