25、---- I didn’t do well in the last English contest. How about you?

---- _____________.             

A．I’ll do better next time                    B． A lot better

C．Even worse                                        D．I like English, though

24、---- Excuse me．Where's Mr. Brown’s office，please?

----It's on the third floor．But he ______ there now．He's gone to the airport to meet some Chinese friends．

A．should be        B．can't be        C．might be        D．mustn't be

22、What ______ big surprise! He was appointed ________ chairman of the committee．

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

21、With time going on, the theory she had stuck _____ correct．

A．proved         B．to proving         C．to proved          D．to prove

20、It ____ Sunday, there were no students having classes in the school．

A．being         B．to be        C．was        D．were

19、I like _____ in spring when everything turns green and active．

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

18、Who did the teacher as well as the monitor _____ an article for the wall newspaper?

A．has write        B．has written         C．have write          D．have written

17、Why! I have nothing to confess． _______ you want me to say?

A．What it is that                  B．How is it that

C．What is it that                  D．How it is that