1. --Hello, this is 77553861.

　　A.How are you? B. Will you come tonight?

　　C.Can I take a message? D. Is that Mike?

　　2. Tom suggested that we __________such a meeting, but Jenny insisted that it _________of great importance.

　　A. not hold ; should be B. didn't hold ; be

　　C. hold ; was D. not hold ; was

　　3. You should take the medicine after you read the __________.

　　A.lines B. instructions C. words D. suggestions

　　4. --Hi, Tracy, you look tired.

　　--I am tired. I__________ the living-room all day.

　　A.painted B. have been painting

　　C. had painted D. have painted

　　5. I'm sorry. I _____________ you__________ to me.

　　A.don't know; are speaking

　　B. don't know ;were speaking

　　C. didn't know; were speaking

　　D. didn't know; are speaking

　　6. "Please __________why you're so late," said his girlfriend.

　　A.excuse B. explain C. apologize D. tell

　　7. The rescue team made every __________ to find the missing mountain climber.

　　A.force B. energy C. effort D. possibility

　　8. --" Would you mind the window? It's hot here!" May said.

　　--"__________. "Tom replied.

　　A.to open ; No, please B. open ; Yes, please

　　C.opening; No, of course not D. opening ; Yes, please

　　9. The murderer was brought in, with his hands behind his back.

　　A.to be tied B. being tied C. tied D. having tied

　　10. The reason_________ he didn't come was _________ he had to take care of his sick mother.

　　A. why ; that B. why ; which

　　C. which ; why D. that ; for

　　11. We __________ so tired. We've only been to a party.

　　A. mustn't have felt B. wouldn't have felt

　　C. shouldn't have felt D. couldn't have felt

　　12. The girl__________ on the ground __________to me that she had___________ the book on the shelf.

　　A. lying ; lay ; laid B. lay ; lied ; laid

　　C. lie ; lied ; lay D. lying; lied ; laid

　　13. --I heard that as many as 4 000 people were killed in 9

　　--Yes. __________ news came as __________shock to us.

　　A.the ; the B. the ; a C, / ; / D. / ; a

　　14. Neither of them knew what was doing.

　　A. other B. others C. the other D. another

　　15. Sometimes words alone were not enough to _________pupils along the path of knowledge

　　A. provide B. persuade C. advise D. cause