21. A. carried             B. found        C. included            D. held

20. She is looking forward as much to his return as he himself to ________ her.

A. have seen          B. seeing          C. see             D. seen

   From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I ___21___ a note. Often written on a napkin , it might be a thank-you for a special moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of  __22___ for the coming test or sporting event.

In early grade school they loved their notes. But as children grow older they becomes self-conscious(有自我意识的), and __23____ he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer  24   my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to read them but I still needed to write them, I _25___until the day he graduated.

Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move  __26__ for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college,___27___      two internship (实习) in Washington, D.C., and   28   , becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento,  29   short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was   30    happy to have Marc back. Since I was still making lunch for his younger brother, I    31  one for Marc, too. Imagine my   32   when I got a call from my 24-yere-old son,   33   his lunch.

“Did I do something   34  ? Don’t you love me any more ,Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I  __35   asked him what was wrong.

“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”

19. Modern equipment and no smoking are two of the things I like ____ working here.

A. with  B. over    C. at    D. about

18. ?--- What are you reading, Tom?      ---- I’m not really reading, just ___ the pages.

A. turning off   B. turning around    C. turning over   D. turning up

17. Maria is said ______on a novel these days. She plans to finish it next month.

  A. to work           B. work           C. to be working       D. working

16. The concert will begin soon, so Rose _______the other performers ______ busy getting everything ready.

A. as well as; is        B. and; is            C. as well as; are     D. with, are

15. --- I hear that Amy is trying to lose weight by taking weight-loss pills.

   --- In my opinion, looking good is important, but _______, staying healthy is far more important.

  A. after all           B. in all         C. at all        D. above all

14. With snow-covered mountains, lakes and vast grasslands, Shangri-la is a heavenly world _______ people live in harmony with nature.

  A. that                   B. in that              C. where               D. which

13. --- People have reported seeing a wild man-like creature in the Himalayas called a Yeti.

   --- Did you see _______ when you were traveling there?

A. it                          B.  one              C. that                         D. them

12. High school is _______ time of discovery and learning, and it is also _______ very enjoyable and valuable experience for every one of us.

A. a, a                   B. a, /                C. /, a                          D. a, the