18、     hard for the unemployed so you must value my advice to work hard.

A.Times is    B.Times are    C.A times is    D.The time is

17、Rather than      on a crowded bus he always prefers      a bicycle.

A,ride; ride    B.riding; ride    C.ride; to ride    D.to ride; riding

16、―You’ve made great progress in the study of English, haven’t you?

―Yes,but much     .

A.is remained to do  B.remains to do  C.is remained to be done  D.remains to be done

15、He likes      music so that I think it right to buy him     Mp3 as      birthday present.

A.the; an; a    B.不填；an; the    C.不填；an; a    D.the; a; a

14、Look at the terrible situation I am in! If only I      your advice.

A.follow    B.had followed    C.would follow    D.have followed

13、―My God! My watch says 5 o’clock.

―It’s so slow. You’d better      it to the right time.

A.wind    B.throw    C.make    D.adjust

12、With more forests being destroyed, huge quantities of good earth      each year.

A.is washing away  B.is being washed away  C.are washing away  D.are being washed away

11、.    , Tom escaped      yesterday evening.

A.Luckily; being beaten  B.Lucky; beating  C.Lucking; to be beaten  D.Luckily; to beat

10、     games, as far as I know, I don’t think I know so much about baseball.

A.In the name of    B.For the sake of    C.In terms of    D.As long as

9、―     I didn’t hear you clearly. It’s too noisy here.

―I was saying that the party was great.

A.Repeat.    B.Once again.    C.Sorry?    D.So what?