The news did not come directly to Ella herself. It 　1 　her indirectly in hints(暗示)that she had 　2 　the prize. But as she was a 　3 　girl, she went on working without 　4 　anything. Actually no one really knew yet what the 　5 　of this year’s art contest(竞赛)was.

Ella was such a good artist, her lines so sure, that no 　6 　student in the art class was 　7 　to win. But last year nobody had thought Frank Peters would win 　8 　that funny modern painting he had 　9 　of the city bridge. 　10 , it was hard to see the bridge 　11 　you looked at the picture for a long time. Still Frank had got the 　12 　and the Board of Governors had given it to him at a big dinner in the Rits Hotel.

Ella was a rather shy girl but her classmates seldom 　13 　her to be shy. She was pretty and clever and 　14 　very well with everyone. She liked her school. She was very fond of her art teacher, Miss Drake, which was 　15 , because she always seemed to be her favourite. What was 　16 　about Miss drake was that she could bring out the best(最佳技能)of her student in a clever way. Anybody else’s best, however good 　17 　might be, was not good enough to 　18 　Miss Drake. So Ella was expecting the prize, not just for herself and her parents but 　19 　she had heard Miss Drake say that it was the finest painting she had ever seen 　20 　one of her students.

20．______ telephone is working here. You have to get them ______ .

　 A. Both, repaired　　　　　 B. Neither, repaired　　

　 C. Either, to repaired　　 D. All, to repair

19. _______ work has been done to improve the people’s living standard.

　 A．A good many　　 B．A large number of　　 C．Many　　 D．Plenty of

18．He has made another wonderful discovery, ______ of great importance to science.

　 A. which I think it　　　　　　　 B. which I think it is

　 C. that I think is　　　　　　　 D. which I think is

17. I washed my hands and ______ supper while Mother was ______ supper in the kitchen.

A.　　 prepared for, preparing　　　　　　 B. prepare, prepared

C. prepare for, prepared　　　　　　　 D. prepared, preparing for

16. There were many people in that area after flood ______ houses ______ .

　 A. who has, to live　　　　 B. that has, staying in

　 C. who had, to live in　　 D. that have, to live

15. They spent as many hours as they could ______ their lessons.

　 A. to study　　 B. study　　 C. studying　　 D. studies

14. --Do you think I could borrow your dictionary?

-- ______ .

A.　　 Yes, you may borrow　　 B. Yes, help yourself

C. Yes, you could　　　　　 D. Yes, you go on

13. -- Have you ______ everything ready for the meeting?

-- Not yet. We need ______ .

A.　　 got, another three chairs　　　　　 B. got, other three chairs

　 C. prepared, the other three chair　　 D. prepared, three other chairs

12. The girl ________ to sing the song.

　 A. often practises　 　B. is often heard　　 C. is used　　 D. looks forward