22．----Car 17 won the race?

----Yes, but its driver came close to ____.

A．having been killed

B． have been killed

C．be killed

D． being killed

21．I couldn't make out what they were saying, for they spoke to me ____.

A．right away

B．all the time

C．in all

D．at once

20．The newspapers back home don't have as many pages as they ____here.

A．are

B．do

C．have

D．are having

19．The Yellow River,____ to be “the mother river”, runs across China like a huge dragon.

A．saying

B． to say

C． said

D． being said

18．You can buy these maps at ____railway station. They all have them.

A．all

B．any

C．every

D．each

17．If the company wants to fire me, they have to give me three months' ____.

A．notice

B．advice

C． information

D． message

16．People often want to know what my job is. Often I____ that question.

A．ask

B．am asking

C． get asked

D． get asking

15．Maria has to baby-sit． That's ____she can't come out with us.

A．why

B．how

C． when

D． what

14．A terrible thought suddenly____ me----had anyone broken into the house?

A．struck

B．beat

C．knocked

D． attacked

13．I had to ____because someone else wanted to use the phone.

A．give up

B． put up

C． hang up

D． ring up