31. -Our team has won the football game.

　 -The news sounds ________ .

A. encouraging 　 B. encouraged　 　C. encourage 　 　D. to encourage

30. We had ______ fun at Mary’s party last Sunday.

　 　A. a lot of　　　　　　 B. a great many　　　 C. a large number of　　 D. many a　

29. The house rent is expensive. I’ve got about half the space I had at home and I’m paying _________ here.

A. as three times much　　　　 B. as much three times

C. much as three times　　　　 D. three times as much

28. No dictionaries can ________ all the English idioms.

　 A. tell 　　　　　B. show　 　　　C. say　 　　　　　D. cover

27. -It was my daughter Linda and his daughter Jane who did it.

　 -That was why I blamed you as much as________.　

　 A. he　　　　 　 　　B. him　　　　 　 　　C. his　　　 　　 　　　　D. she

26. Every time I _______ to the shopping center, I will buy my son something nice.

　 A. went 　　　　　 　B. will go 　 　　　　C. go 　　　 　　　　D. have gone

25. - I’ve just been to my first language class.

　 - Oh really? ________ . Which language are you studying?

　　 A. So do I　 　　　B. So have I　 　C. So I do　　 　　　D. So I have

24. The teacher said that the sun ________ in the east and ________ in the west.

　 A. rose; set　　 　B. rises; sets　　 C. raises; sets　　　 D. raised; set

23. No one in the department but Tom and I ________ that the director is going to resign.

　 A. knows　　　　　　 　B. know　　　 　C. have known　　　　　D. am to know

22. They used scientific _______ to do a lot of researches on that subject.

　 A. way　　　　 B. method　　　 C. means　　　　 D. manner