29、---- Why are they taking all the equipment away?

----____________ , they are packing up to leave．

A．The job was done                               B．The job has been done

C．With the job done                               D．With the job doing

28、The police looked into the case carefully and found the thief had entered the house ______ a ladder．

A．by the means        B．by all means             C．by ways of           D．by means of

27、Many students listened to the lecture, but I wondered how much they ______．

A．took out           B．took up            C．took off                 D．took in

26、As a matter of fact, ________ tries again makes no difference．

A．no matter which          B．no matter who              C．whoever       D．whichever

25、------What do you think of Harry, our new roommate?

------ I am not sure, but he is always asking ______ questions．

A．a great many of                                  B．a great many         

C．a great number                                   D．a large amount of

24、______ what he has had already, the treasure is not really exciting．

A．Compare with       B．Comparing to         C．Compared with     D．Compare to

23、I’ll never trust such a man ______ you described．

A．that         B．what           C．whoever              D．as

22、I want to _______ a question to the chairman but in a moment I lost my nerve

A．ask                 B．reply              C．rise               D．raise

21、He insisted that we ________ rest until we finish the work．

A．not                B．don’t              C．can’t              D．should