On Sundays there were a lot of children playing in the park, _______ parents sitting together joking.

A. their               B. whose            C. which                           D. that

 --Jim has his wife do all the housework! Isn’t he wise?

  -- Not really. He is _______.

A. more wise than lazy                         B. wiser than lazy

C. more lazy than wise                         D. lazier than wise

  --It is a long time ______ I saw you last year.

         --Yes. And it will be some time ______ we see each other again.

A. when; after                                B. after; when

C. since; before                                         D. before; since

 Talking about his success, the famous scientist said, “I’ve been lucky ______ there are many people who have helped me”.

A. except that            B. now that          C. so that                 D. in that 

 --How do you find the health club?

   -- I ______. Everyone is saying its management is going from bad to worse.

A. ought to have joined                                     B. should have joined

C. would rather not have joined                  D. would like to have joined

 “Ungelivable” is so new an English word coined on the Internet ______ is forbidden to appear in official media or documents at present.

A. that                      B. which                      C. it                            D. as

 No student ______ go out of the school campus after 10:00 at night without permission according to the school regulations.

A. shall                  B. must                   C. would                 D. should

 I don’t think it easy, even if we work hard, ______ the South Korea and the North Korea to sit down to talk at present.

A. persuaded                    B. to persuade                       C. persuade                   D. persuading

 Mr. John was so humorous that we had a good laugh ______ the meal.

A. at                B. over                 C. in                              D. between

It was already late when we set out for the next town,      according to the map was about fifteen miles away on the other side of the     .

There we felt      that we would find a bed     the night. Darkness fell soon after we left the village, but luckily we met     as we drove fast along the narrow winding road that      the hills. As we climbed     , it became colder and rain began to fall,     it difficult at times to see the road. I asked John, my companion, to drive more     .

After we had traveled for about twenty miles, there was still no sign of the town which was     on the map. We were beginning to get     . Then without warning the car stopped. A quick     showed that we had run out of petrol. Although we had little food with us, we decided to     the night in the car.

Our meal was soon over. I tried to go to sleep at once,     John, who was a     sleeper, got out of the car after a few minutes and went for a walk      the hills. Soon he came back. From the top of the hill he had seen, in the valley below, the     of the town we were looking for. We at once unloaded all our luggage and with a great effort,    to push the car to the top of the hill. Then we went back to the luggage, loaded the car again and set off down the hill.      less than a quarter of an hour we were in the town, where we found a       quite easily.

1.A. which         B. it                        C. where                       D. that

2.A. rivers               B. hills        C. towns                        D. villages

3.A. surprised               B. afraid                C. pleased                     D. sure

4.A. at                      B. in                    C. through                     D. for

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

6.A. got to                  B. arrived              C. led to                       D. belonged to

7.A. taller                   B. higher              C. lower                       D. faster

8.A. getting                 B. thinking              C. causing                      D. making

9.A. certainly               B. carefully             C. slowly                       D. surely

10.A. marked               B. set                  C. built               D. drawn

11.A. excited               B. worried             C. cold                        D. warm

12.A. attention             B. operation          C. examination       D. information

13.A. spend                B. live                 C. spare                       D. stay

14.A. since                 B. though             C. so                           D. but

15.A. quick                  B. fast                 C. poor              D. heavy

16.A. across                B. through             C. down                       D. up

17.A. lights                  B. map                C. bus                          D. situation

18.A. ought                 B. tried               C. succeeded                   D. managed

19.A. For                   B. In                   C. Since                        D. At

20.A. policeman            B. friend               C. hotel              D. cinema