15．Yesterday evening my father was invited to the state banquet(国宴)______ time , so he has attended such banquets ______ .

　A．the third ; three times

　B．for the third ; three times

　C．the third ; for three times

　D．for the third ; for three times

14．______ the age of 24 Mr Liang had already managed to get much of his translation about poems published in some _______ countries .

　A．At ; English-spoken　　　　B．By ; English-spoken

　C．At ; English-speaking　　　 D．By ; English-speaking

13．On the battle field , the brave soldier killed ________ 274 enemy soldiers .

　A．as much as　　　　　B．as many as

　C．much up to　　　　　D．many up to

12．Westerners eat too much sugar ______ cakes , soft drinks (不含酒精的饮料) , sweets and so on .

　A．in the form of　　　　　B．in the form

　C．in the forms　　　　　 D．in the forms

11．Who can tell what will happen _______ ? Things which will happen in the time yet to come are always unknown to us .

　A．in future　　　　　　B．in the future

　C．for future　　　　　 D．for the future

10．This encyclopedia(百科全书)_________ at the _______ you need .

　A．holds ; informations　　　 B．contains ; informations

　C．contains ; informations　　　 D．holds ; informations

9．Our English teacher is always being very _______ those who are not at all quick in understanding the difficult questions .

　A．kind of　　　　　　B．worried to

　C．patient to　　　　　　D．patient with

8．They are considering ______ the urgent (紧急的) problem right now .

　A．to discuss　　　　　 B．to be discussed

　C．being discussed　　　　 D．discussing

7．There was _____ with Mary’s stomach this morning , so she went to hospital .

　A．wrong something　　　　 B．something matter

　C．something the matte　　　 D．something the wrong

6．Soon after the accident , two _____ sent to the sport to keep order .

　A．scores of policemen were　　B．score policeman were

　C．scores of policemen　　　 D．score policemen