17. ---What are you busy doing these days ?

　 ---___________the coming mid-term examination.

　　 A. Preparing　　　　　　　　　 B. Preparing for

　　 C. To prepare　　　　　　　　 D. To prepare for

16. It was nearly an hour___________the sleeping pill worked.

　 A. when　　　　　　 B. before　　　　 C. since　　　 D. after

15. ---Would you like me to bring you a cup of coffee ?

　　 ---　 ______________

　 A. With great pleasure!　　　 B. Yes, you could.

　 C. Good idea!　　　　　　　　　　　 D. That’s very kind of you.

14. The little girl is dirty from head to foot because she___________in the mud all day.

　　 A. was playing　　　　　　　　 B. has played

　　 C. has been playing　　　　 D. is playing

13. I’ll send____________on her birthday.

　　 A. my mother a gift　　　　　 B. a gift for my mother

　　 C. a gift at my mother　　　 D. a gift by my mother

12. Don’t treat me __________a child , will you ?

　 A. as　　　　　　　 B. for　　　 　　　C. at　　　　　　　 D. by

11. He has only got one shirt, because all _________are being washed.

　 A. the rest shirts　　　　　　 B. the remained

　 C. the left　　　　　　　　　 D. the rest

10. We are considering ________you to work with us on this project.

　　　 A. inviting　　　　 B. invite　　　　 C. to invite　　 D. invited

9. The newly built museum is ________larger than the old one.

　　　 A. many　　　 B. great　　　 C. much　　　　　 D. very

8. ----Are you familiar with the book ?

　 ----Yes. There was a time ________this book was quite popular.

　 A. that　　 B. when　　 C. with which　　 D. about which