228. Now more and more people prefer to have a ______ at home --- a little dog, a cat or some other animals.
A. habit B. hobby C. parrot D. pet
227. Christopher Marlore (1564-95) was a writer belonging to ______of Shakespeare.
A. the period B. a time C. an age D. day
226. --- What’s the price of the apple?
--- Ninety-seven _____ per kilogram.
A. pences B. pence C. penny D. pennys
225. After a ________ , the author went on writing his novel. Which of the following cannot be put in the blank?
A. food B. rest C. pause D. break
224. TV home shopping(电视直销) has changed the way of shopping and the ____ of people’s family life in some way.
A. meaning B. structure C. pattern D. tense
223. Lun Xun once said that the _____ are made by people. That’s so-called “Where there is a will, there is a way”.
A. paths B. ways C. tracks D. roads
222. In Paris nowadays, we may see musicians performing in the streets to ______.
A. audiences B. visitors C. travelers D. passersby
221. There are 5 ________ in the passage about nanometer(纳米) technology we have just read. Please tell me the general meaning of the first one.
A. persons B. paragraphs C. articles D. units
220. Mr. Wang was reading ______ on how to learn a foreign language when someone came to see him.
A. paper B. a piece of paper C. a paper D. a sheet of paper
219. I received a postal packet yesterday. Which of the following can replace the underlined word? _____
A. bag B. baggage C. package D. parcel