17. The past fives years have seen a _______ growth in economy in China.

　 A. still　　 B. steady　　 C. stable　　 D. secret

16. I am afraid that our plan won’t be passed at the meeting because the majority of the board members are said to _______it.　

　 A. against　　 B. oppose to　　 C. are opposed to　　 D. are objected to

15. It is reported that the death number ______careless and drunk driving is on the increase in recent years.

　 A. resulted in　 B. resulted from　 C. resulting in　 D. resulting from

14. Children growing up in a single parent family ______ to be aggressive and ill-tempered.

　 A. try　　 B. tend　　 C. attempt　　 D. mean

13. Every year _____ money and energy is spent on environment protection.

　 A. large quantities of　 B. a large number of　　 C. a large quantity of　 D. a plenty of

12. People wondered how such a silly and careless mistakes _______.

　 A. came about　　 B. came out　 　C. was happened　　 D. was brought

11. Nobody knows for sure what effect the global warming have ______ our environment in the long term.

　 A. of　　 B. with　　 C. for　　 D. on

10. It is your own matter if you want to take ______of losing your freedom to get rich by illegal means but you shouldn’t put our lives ______.

　 A. a risk; a risk　　 B. risks; risk　　 C. the risk; risk　　 D. risk; a risk

9.　　　　 ________ the trouble they were in, they still managed to help us with some money.

A. In spite of　　 B. Despite of　　 C. In terms of　　 D. In sight of

8.　 ---What would you like ______ this Sunday? How about hiking in he mountains?

　 ---I don’t feel like ______in the mountains. I like ______ something else.

A.　　 doing; hiking; doing　 B. to do; to hike; to do　 C. to do; hiking ; to do　 D. doing; to hike; to do