29. A very beautiful scene spreads in front of the mountain, at the foot of which ______.
| A．lies a small village | B．does a small village lie |
| C．a small village lies | D．is lying a small village |
17. ______, his idea was actually worth practicing.
| A．As it might sound strange | B．Strange as it might sound |
C．As strange i t might sound | D．Strange as might it sound |
13. ___ had they reached the 30th floor ____ they realized that they had forgotten to take the key.
| A．Hardly; than | B．Hardly; when | C．No sooner; when | D．No sooner; then |
8. We missed our train, and ___ the next train was delayed, ____ we had to wait for two hours.
| A．on top of that; in that case | B．as a result; so that |
| C．because; therefore | D．what was worse; in which case |
7. Not only ______ interested in football but ______ beginning to care about it.
| A．the father is; his family are | B．the father is; is his family |
| C．is the father; his family are | D．is the father; his family is |
5. From this story, you can have some idea ______ can be used in reality.
| A．that you have learned | B．how what you have learned |
| C．how that you have learned | D．how you have learned |
3. ______, I can spare no time for it now. I’ll have to finish my homework first.
| A．However exciting the football is | B．No matter exciting the football is |
| C．However the football is exciting | D．No matter how the football is exciting |
33．Only after he had spent several nights working on the math problem_______to wonder whether the problem was wrongly set．
| A．did he begin | B．he began | C．he did begin | D．began he |
4．Tom told me that after a few years in China not only____his Chinese, and that he had also obtained more interest.
| A．does he improve | B．had he improved |
| C．he had improved | D．he will improve |
40. When I was very young, I thought that inside the radio ______ who liked talking very much.
| A．a group of people lived | B．a group of people did live |
| C．did a group of people live | D．lived a group of people |