23、It is wise to have some money_______ for old age.

      A. put away　　　　    B. kept up                     C. given away　　        D. laid up

22、The number of experts invited _______fifty, but a number of them ______absent for different reasons.

      A. were; was　　　      B. was; was                  C. was; were　　         D. were; were

21、The last time I ____ Jane, she ____ cotton in the fields.

A. had seen ; was picking   　　                      B. saw; picked 　　　        

C. had seen; picked 　　　　                           D. saw; was picking

20、－－I had a really good weekend at my uncle's.

－－＿＿＿＿＿．

      A. Oh. that's very nice of you 　　                   B. Congratulations

      C. It's a pleasure 　　　　　　　　                 D. Oh. I'm glad to hear that

19、―It's many years since I saw you last, I      you at all.

―I wouldn't have, either, if someone        you by the name.

       A. didn't recognize; hadn't called               B. didn't recognize; didn't call

       C. haven't recognized; didn't call               D. recognized; had called

18、He failed the mid-term exam and only then ______ how much time he had wasted.

   A. he realized              B. did he realize          

   C. he had realized       D. had he realized

17、After a day’s hard work, he returned home, _______.

   A. hungry and tired      B. felt hungry and tiring

   C. hungry and tiring     D. felt hungry and tire

16、Peace-loving people don’t want _____ another war in Iraq.

   A. there couldn’t be      B. there be

   C. there being                D. there to be

15、I gave him a warning, ______ he, to my disappointment, turned a deaf ear.

   A. of which                B. at which                 C. to which                      D. to it

14、----Where _____ Margaret have put the empty bottles?

---- She ______ them away. They must be somewhere.

   A. Must, can’t throw                                  B. can, can’t throw

   C. could, must have throw                            D. can, can’t have thrown