23. in thought, he almost ran into the car in front of him.
A. Losing B. Having lost
C. Lost D. To lose
22. we can't get seems better than we have.
A. What;what B. What;that
C. That;that D. That;what
21. It is wise to have some money for old age.
A. put away B. kept up
C. given away D. laid up
20. -Can I help you, sir?
-Yes. I bought this radio here yesterday, but it .
A. didn't work B. won't work
C. can't work D. doesn't work
19. You didn't let me drive. If we in turn, you so tired.
A. drove, didn't get
B. drove; wouldn't get
C. were driving; wouldn't get
D. had driven; wouldn't have got
18. The patient was warned oily food after the operation.
A. to eat not B. eating not
C. not to eat D. not eating
17. Helen her keys in the office so she had to wait until her husband home. (1996年全国卷)
A. has left; comes B. left; had come
C. had left; came D. had left;would come
16. After living in Paris for fifty years he returned to the small town he grew up as a child.
A. which B. where
C. that D. when
15. We decided not to climb the mountains because it was raining .
A. badly B. hardly
C. strongly D. heavily
14. The number of people invited fifty, but a number of them absent for different reasons.
A. were; was B. was; was
C. was; were D. were; were