17.A number of people ________ for the delegation,but the number of economists ________ to three.
A. were selected; were limited
B. selected; limited
C. were selected; limited
D. were selected; was limited
16.I don’t like very hot weather. Thirty degrees ________ too warm for me.
A. is B. are
C. was D. were
15.Each of the students in our class ________ great interest in English and they each ________ a copy of A New English-Chinese Dictionary.
A. shows; have B. have; has
C. is; have D. takes; has
14.As the proverb says,failure ________ the mother of success.
A. are B. is
13.On the wall ________ two large portraits of his parents.
A. hangs B. hanged
C. hanging D. hang
12.Some folk ________ never ________ with the present situation.
A. is; satisfying B. are; satisfied
C. are; satisfying D. is; satisfied
11.His family ________ always quarrelling among ________.
A. is; itself B. are; themselves
C. is; themselves D. are; itself
10.Most of the artists will go to the United States next week. The rest ________ to visit Japan.
A. has B. have
C. are D. is
9.The secretary of the Party branch and director of that factory often ________ with the workers.
A. works B. work
C. is working D. are working
8.More than one graduate ________ sent to the hardest place since 1979.
C. has been D. have been