24．A．dress　　　　　　　　　 B．clothing　　　　　　　 C．speaking　　　　　　　 D．language

23．A．foot　　　　　　　　　　 B．eyes　　　　　　　　　　 C．mind　　　　　　　　　 D．step

22．A．before　　　　　　　　 B．when　　　　　　　　　 C．since　　　　　　　　　 D．as

21．A．participating　　　　 B．majoring　　　　　　　 C．joining　　　　　　　　 D．turning

20．A．excited　　　　　　　　 B．interesting　　　　　　 C．international　　　　 D．educational

19．A．promised　　　　　　 B．set　　　　　　　　　　　 C．put　　　　　　　　　　 D．got

17．A．most　　　　　　　　　 B．top　　　　　　　　　　　 C．first　　　　　　　　　　 D．high

“I never expected that I would be so busy. Why can’t there be 25 hours a day?” __16__ Liu Ran in Hong Kong as final exams were going on.

　 The 18-year-old girl was Shangdong Province’s __17__ scorer in last year’s college entrance examination. After leaving school, she chose the Chinese University of Hong Kong, ___18__ both Peking University and Tsinghua University __19__ her a place,

　 “I want to experience a more __20__ school and social life in Hong Kong. I’m __21__ in journalism, so Hong Kong will surely help widen my horizons.” Liu said.

　 It is about four months __22__ Liu Ran set ___23__ on Hong Kong. She missed home a lot at the beginning, because of the food and __24__ problems.

　 “The canteen offers mostly western or Guangdong food, but it’s __25__ to cook for ourselves in our dorm if we like. People speak Cantonese and __26__ all classes are in English,” Liu explained.

　 Her English and Cantonese are now __27__, but she still needs more time to adapt __28__ the new environment.

　 “I’m happy that I made the right __29__ to study here. With a mixture of the Eastern and Western __30__, there is so much to discover and learn.” she said.

　 Liu has 18 credit hours (学分)of classes and 23 noncredit hours every other week. She has __31__ for four associations, including Chinese Language Debating Team. Essays, book reports and presentations(课堂发言) also __32__ plenty of time to prepare. And, of course, there’re a __33__ of parties to attend.

　 “I wasn’t a party animal before, but that __34__ be the interesting part of college. I sense myself __35__.” Liu said.

16．A．asked　　　　　　　　　 B．added　　　　　　　　　 C．complained　　　　　 D．explained

15．Now a lot of new technology can ___ problems in industry.

A．be applied to solve B．be applied to solving 　　　　　　　　　　　　　

C．apply to solve　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．apply to solving

14．No one knows who ___ for the broken window.

　　　 A．is to blame 　　　　 B．is to be blamed　　 C．will blame　　　　　　 D．blames