19. Every day, the old lady would go to the park and sit in her ________ chair to have a little rest.
A. common B. ordinary C. usual D. general
18. An order came from the command _________ all the PLA men should rush to the disaster-hit area to help the people there.
A. how B. that C. which D. where
17. --- Did you notice the mayor just now?
--- No, I ________ of something else.
A. thought B. was thinking C. have thought D. had thought
16. --- Jack has a high opinion of Mary.
--- It cannot be better than ________ of him.
A. she B. that C. her D. hers
15. My family were watching TV that night ________ the door bell ________.
A. when; rang B. as; was ringing C. while; rang D. but; rang
14. The new books are of great use. They ________ well and ________ already.
A. sell; have been sold out B. sold; had sold out
C. sell; sell out D. sold; have sold out
13. But for your help, I ________ the place.
A. can find B. can’t have found
C. couldn’t find D. couldn’t have found
12. After the country won independence, great emphasis was laid on education, with girls as well as boys ________ to go to school.
A. to be encouraged B. encouraging C. encouraged D. be encouraged
11. The students are ________ young people between the age of sixteen and twenty.
A. most B. almost C. mostly D. at most
10. There are two buildings, ________ stands nearly a hundred feet high.
A. the larger B. the larger of them
C. the larger one that D. the larger of which