16、______the workers had the flu.

A. A large amount of   B. A good many of    C. A great number   D. A great many

15、In a low voice, she ______ that someone was moving about upstairs.

A. shouted to me   B. signed to me   C. whispered me   D. whispered to me

14、The boy broke the windows by intention, so he certainly deserved _______.

A. to punish    B. being punished      C. to be punished     D. punished

12、Johnson ______for 5 years for political reasons when he was young.

A. was put in prison    B. was in the prison   C. got out of prison   D. was in prison

11、To tell you the truth, I’m _____to join the Communist Party to get its further education. 

A. anxious    B. proud     C. eager     D. nervous

10、He is said ______ abroad, but I don’t know what country he studied in.

A. to study   B. to have studied    C. to be studying   D. to have been studying

9、Although the working mother is very busy, she still _____ a lot of time to _____children.

A. devotes; look after             B. spends; looking after

C. devotes; looking after        D. provides; looking after

8、---What about the person?

---Seldom in all my life _____ such a _____person.

A. I met; determining                 B. I have met; determining

C. did I meet; determined           D. have I met ; determined