8.　　　　　　 Which is ______ to learn, fishing or swimming?

　A. easy B. easier C. the easier D. more easily

7.　　　　　　 We should keep ______ in the reading –room.

　A. quiet B. quietly C. quite D. quickly

6.　　　　　　 The old woman kept one black dog and two white ______.

　A. one B. ones C. those D. one’s

5.　　　　　　 Cotton ______ nice and soft.

　A. is felt B. is feeling C. feel D. feels

4.　　　　　　 Shanghai Waihuan Tunnel is already open to traffic, so it will take us ______ time to go to Pudong International Airport.

　A. a few B. fewer C. a little D. less

3.　　　　　　 ______ India and China are of ______ same continent.

　A. / ; the B. The; the C. / ; 　/　 D.　 /　 ; a

2.　　　　　　 Mrs. Brown isn’t here. She has to ______ her baby at home.

　A. look at B. look for C. look like D. look after

1.　　　　　　 The market isn’t far from here. It’s only ______ bicycle ride.

　A. half an hours’ B. half an hour’s C. half an hour D. an hour and a half

JENNY: Nick, we 1______ go to bed. It’s very late.

NICK: I know, but I 2______ help Trig than go to bed. He’s tearing up his English exercise book and he’s throwing his grammar book round the room. I don’t think he’s very happy.

JENNY: Well, you 3______ stay up too long.

NICK: Trig, stop it. You 4______ throw your books at the wall. It won’t help and you might break something. You 5______ work at your English now. What are you learning?

TRIG: Abbreviation [n] 1 U abbreviating, being abbreviated 2 C shortened form of a word, phrase, etc. ‘Sept’ an abbreviation for ‘September’…

NICK: But Trig, that’s from the dictionary. You 6______ learn the whole dictionary by heart!

10. You’d better ______ (not go) to the supermarket.