17．A．angry with           B．surprised at       C．tired of            D．interested in

16．A．one                B．another            C．other              D．the other

15．（盐城模拟）He asked me _______．

A．if she will come                                      B．how many books l want to borrow

C．they would help us do it                                    D．what was wrong with me

根据短文内容，在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Mary Roda and Donald Smith lived in the same building．Donald owned a toy company（公司）．One day，Donald gave Mary，the 4-year-old girl，a new toy．She played with it and said，“This is fun!” A few weeks later，Donald gave her ___16___ toy．She played with it．She said，“I am not ___17___ this toy．It doesn't work．” For years，Donald gave Mary new toys，and she gave him very good ___18___ about the toys．

When Mary was thirteen years old，Donald ___19___ her a new ball．Mary wanted to fill（注满）the ball with water．She Wanted to paint the ball in crazy colors and put small stones in it to make it noisy．The company made these ___20___．Mary's ideas were a great success! The company ___21___ thousands of these balls．

That Christmas，Donald gave Mary a（n）___22___ gift．He made her vice-president（副董事长）of the toy company．___23___ would make $200,000 a year．Her job was to see ___24___ the new toys were fun．She took a car from her sch001 to her office．She worked for three or four hours a day at her job．___25___ she had to do her homework．

Today Mary works at a college．The little vice-president with bright ideas helps students think about their future．

14．（南京市玄武区测试一）-- _______ will your uncle come back to Nanjing?

--In a week．He has been in Thailand on business．

A．How soon            B．How often                  C．How long               D．How fast

13．（无锡期终考试）The principal is not here，and you'd better call him ______ 3 p．m．______ 5 p．m．tomorrow．

A．between；and      B．from；and              C．from；to                      D．between；to

12．（扬州五市测试二）--What's your new English teacher like?

--She _______．

A．likes English                                             B．is slim

C．1ikes drinking                                                  D．is only 20 years old

11．（连云港东海县二模）What do people usually _______ to each other when they make phone calls?

A．say                      B．speak                   C．tell                        D．talk

10．（扬州期末调研）--Good news．We are going to have a _______ holiday．

--But I don't think two weeks _______ enough．

A．two weeks；is                                         B．two weeks'；is

C．two-week；are                                          D．two weeks'；are

9．（徐州市联校一模）I left my wallet at home，so I didn’t buy _______ in the shop yesterday．

A．nothing               B．something            C．anything                D．somethings

8．（太仓市二调）The boy had to _______ his studies because his parents were both badly ill．

A．give out               B．give up                C．give in                   D．give away