18. --- People should use public transport instead of their own private cars.
--- _______. The roads are too crowded as it is.
A. All right B. Exactly C. That’s OK D. Fine
17. --- Excuse me, sir. Would you do me a favor?
--- Of course, what is it?
--- I _______ if you could tell me how to fill out the register form.
A. would wonder B. had wondered
C. did wonder D. was wondering
16. Hearing that most of the members voted against her, she ________ a smile.
A. wore B. performed C. managed D. controlled
15. Of the 2,000 stock investors _______ last month, 90% was found _______ in financial knowledge.
A. surveyed; lacking B. having been surveyed; to lack
C. surveyed; lacked D. to have been surveyed; lack
14. Those who suffer from heart trouble will find they get _______ from this medicine.
A. defense B. safety C. shelter D. relief
13. The young pianist is very excited because the concert given by him has never been _______.
A. successful B. more successful
C. most successful D. the most successful
12. Many of us turn a deaf ear to the advice given by our parents, _______ we know it to be valuable.
A. as if B. so that C. now that D. even though
11. Willpower is a kind of quality, _______ is ______ it takes to do anything well.
A. what; which B. what; what
C. which; which D. which; what
10. My mother is always warning me when I go out, “Don’t get off the bus _______ it is stopping.”
A. until B. before C. while D. after
9. The dance performed by the disabled actors is really a hit, but years ago no one _______ they were to achieve such great success.
A. must have imagined B. could have imagined
C. should have imagined D. would have imagined