---What do you think of the dinner in Mr Brown's?

---Oh, great! We have never had a better one. It's a dinner of twenty ____.

A. drinks　　　 B. people　　　 C. tables　　　 D. courses

The housemaster was strict．He requested that we ______ television on week nights．
　　A．not watch B．must not to watch C．not be watching D．have not watched

The restaurant offers a wide v ______ of dishes, from Asian to Western food.

The CDs are on sale! Buy one and you get ______ completely free.

.----How do you like the lecture last Friday?

----Terrible. Though____ to stop, the ____speaker kept on talking at the meeting.

A. being told; exciting B. telling; excited C. to be told; exciting D. told; excited

All the Harry Potter books by Joanne Rowling, a poor single mother _____ in Edinburgh,

　 _____ all over the world.

　 A. lives; are well sold　　　　 B. lives; sell well　

　 C. living; sell well　　　　　 D. living; are well sold

Any mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A mistake on one inexpensive postage stamp has made the stamp worth a million and a half times its original value.

The mistake was made more than a hundred years ago in the British colony of Mauritius, a small island in the Indian Ocean. In 1847 an order for stamps was sent to a London printer-Mauritius was to become the fourth country in the world to issue stamps.

Before the order was filled and delivered, a ball was planned at Mauritius’ Government House, and stamps were needed to send out the invitations. A local printer was instructed to copy the design for the stamps. He accidentally inscribed the words“Post Office” instead of“Post Paid” on the several hundred stamps that he printed.

Today there are only twenty-six of these misprinted stamps left fourteen One Penny Orange-Reds and twelve Two Penny Blues. Because of the Two Penny Blue’s rareness and age, collectors have paid as much as ＄16 800 for it.

1. Over a century ago, Mauritius ________.

A. was an independent country　　　 B. belonged to India

C. was one of the British colonies　　　 D. was a small island in the Pacific Ocean

2. The mistake on the stamps was made ________.

A. in Mauritius　　　 B. at Mauritius Government House

C. in a post office　　 D. in London

3. Stamp collectors have paid 16 800 for ________.

A. fourteen One Penny Orange-Reds　 B. twelve Two Penny Blues

C. one One Penny Orange-Red　　　　 D. one Two Penny Blue

Born into a family with three brothers, David was _____to value the sense of sharing.

A.brought up　 B.turned down　 C.looked after　 D.held back

____________, I’ll stand by her side.（ ）

A. Whatever her faults　 B. Whatever are her faults

C. No matter her faults　 D. No matter her faults are