18、The concert has been canceled __________ lack of support.

A．as          B．owing to         C．because           D．lead to

17、----The exam was easy, wasn't it? 

----Yes, but I don't think _____ could pass it. 

A．somebody         B．anybody          C．nobody         D．everybody 

16、In a sports team each player has a clear role, and there are few occasions_____members are confused or uncertain of their roles.

A．when         B．where         C．why           D．how

15、The report urged that all the children _______ to swim.

A．are taught         B．be taught        C．to be taught        D．being taught

14、Young adults _______ older ones are more likely to prefer sports and become enthusiastic sports fans.

A．other than         B．more than         C．less than           D．rather than

13、I think exercise is the ideal way to relieve ______ after a hard day.

A．version       B．tension          C．tense         D．starvation

12、---- Where have you been recently?

---- I______ in Beijing for the Olympic Games for a week last month.

A．was        B．have been           C．had been           D．had gone

11、The athletes in the Paralympics had to practice several times ____ they went to compete .

A．before          B．when       C．until          D．as

10、He is going to give a lecture, but when and where _____ yet.

A．hasn’t been decided                                  B．haven’t decided  

C．isn’t being decided                        D．aren’t decided

9、Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area.

    When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn't  1  drive to a store and back home. He always looks  2  up and down the streets of his neighborhood．He looks for anything  3   such as strange cars, loud noises,  4  windows, or people gathering on street corners.

    Tim  5  to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville, Indiana, USA．The neighborhood watch group  6  on the third Wednesday of every month．That's   7  Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community  8．Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police  9  their homes, streets, and families safe.

    Tina Stedman, president of   10  neighborhood watch group, agrees with Tim．"People seem to think that crime happens to other people but not  11 them．Well, it's never happened to me," she said, "but I don't think anyone has the  12  to steal from other people or to make them feel   13  sitting in their own homes．"

    Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors  14  out for one another．"We  15   each other's homes．We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends．Usually a  16   of four or five of us go out together．If something doesn't look right, then we call the  17  ．For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for  18  , or someone destroying property , we report to the police．"

    Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups  19  a lot in keeping crime down．Her husband Jim agrees, "Police are good people, but they can't do   20   "

1．A．yet                     B．still                     C．just                D．rather

2．A．carefully               B．clearly            C．nervously       D．coldly

3．A．familiar            B．unusual           C．expensive           D．interesting

4．A．curtained            B．open             C．old            D．broken

5．A．attends             B．belongs          C．goes           D．turns

6．A．meets            B．quarrels           C．sings           D．searches

7．A．where            B．why           C．when           D．how

8．A．politics              B．wealth          C．health         D．safety

9．A．keep              B．hold           C．let                 D．protect

10．A．its                 B．his            C．their                    D．your

11．A．round             B．on             C．about             D．to

12．A．right                  B．chance               C．courage         D．mind

13．A．unlucky         B．unsafe           C．disappointed        D．discouraged

14．A．set                 B．let                 C．hold                    D．look

15．A．care                  B．enter                   C．watch                 D．manage

16．A．group             B．set                      C．number               D．crowd

17．A．judges            B．police          C．firemen               D．doctors

18．A．work                B．burden                C．service                D．trouble

19．A．produce          B．find                     C．get                      D．help

20．A．anything            B．everything      C．harm              D．wrong