With the d               of economy, people’s living standards are higher now.

    People often say that the Englishman’s home is his castle. They mean that the home is very important and __16__. Most people in Britain live in houses __17__ flats, and many people own their homes. This means that they can make them individual; they can __18__ them and change them in any way they __19__ . In a crowded city the individual knows that he or she has a private space which is __20__ for himself of herself and for __21__ friends.
    People usually like to __22__ their space. Are you sitting now in your home or in a library or on a beach or a train? If you are on the beach you may have spread your __23__ around you; on the train you may have __24__ your coat or small bag on the seat beside you; in a library you may have one __25__ or chair which is your own.
Once I was traveling on a __26__ to London. I was in a section for four people and there was a table between us. The man on the __27__ side to me had his briefcase on the table. There was no __28__ on my side of the table at all. I was made rather __29__, I thought he thought that he owned the __30__ table. I took various papers out of my bag and put them on __31 __! When I did this he stiffened and his eyes nearly popped out of his head. I had __32__ his space! A few minutes later I took my papers __33__ his case in order to read them. He immediately __34__ his case to his side of the table. （Of course , it is __35__ that he just wanted to be helped to me ! ）

 --What happened to you just now, Daisy?

 --My key was missing. I had to            the door open.

  A. force            B. keep          C. break            D. leave

China is a           country, but America is a           country.

  A. developing; developing             B. developed; developed

  C. developing; developed              D. developed; developing

Going on a trip into           space must be quite            exciting experience.

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

We must do whatever we can to            the river being polluted any more.

  A. separate         B. keep              C. prevent          D. guard

How the big forest fire has          remains to be a mystery.

  A. taken place      B. turned up           C. broken out         D.broken up

The young dancers looked so charming in their beautiful clothes that we took        pictures of them.

  A. many of         B. masses of           C. the number of    D. a large amount of

It’s            accepted that men like playing football more than women.

  A. especially         B. generally           C. simply        D. totally

         days went by, he didn’t succeed in anything he had planned.

  A. With             B. When              C. As           D. While