19. “Why couldn’t they meet us at five o’clock?” “Because they were delayed by _________.”

A. heavy traffic　　　 B. heavy traffics　 C. crowded traffic　　　 D. crowded traffics

18. Her father works as a _________ in a hotel and her mother a _________ in a private company.

A. cooker, typewriter　　 　　　　　　 B. cook, typist　　　

C. cooker, typist　　 　　　　　　　　 D. cook, typewriter

17. ---- Yang Yang carried off the first Winter Olympic _____ medal for China.

　 ---- Great! What _____ she won for our motherland!

　 A. golden; honour　　　　　　 B. gold; honour

　 C. golden; honours　　 　　D. gold; honours

16. His behavior at the dinner party last night seemed rather _____. Many of us were very surprised.

　 A. out of place　　　　　　　　 B. out of practice

　 C. out of bad manners　　　 D. out of order

15. Fast food restaurants offer people _____ everything from fried chicken to fried rice.

　 A. in the run　　　　　　 B. for the run

　 C. on the run　　　　　　 D. to the run

14. Tom has six _____ books, two _____ are storybooks.

　 A. dozens of; dozen　 　 B. dozen of; dozen of them

　 C. dozen of; dozen　　 　 D. dozen; dozen of which

13. Do you know _____ we are talking about? Come and I’ll tell you.

　 A. which Mark Twin’s

　 B. which novel of Mark Twin

　 C. which novel of Mark Twin’s

　 D. Mark Twin’s which novel

12. This is my old photo of my aunt’s when she had _____. And now she has a few _____.

　 A. short hair; grey hairs　　 B. short hairs; grey hair

　 C. short hair; grey hair　　　 D. short hairs; grey hairs

11. Thanks to the old man’s hard work, a lot of _____ has been covered with green trees.

　 A. the hills　 B. hills　　 C. the hill　　　 D. hill

10. It’s a teacher’s _____ to make children learn.

　 A. matter　　 B. affair　 C. business　　　　　　 D. event