23.Tom is a ______ person. He thinks no one can be successful without________.

A. hard-working, hard work　 B. hard-working, work hard

C. working-hard, hard work　 D. working-hard, work hard

22.Are you reading the newspaper now? What does it ________?

A. say　　 B. tellC. speak　　　 D. talk

21.The shy boy ____ always afraid ____ making a speech _____ a lot of people. .

　 A. /; to; for　　 　B. is; of; to C. does; to; for　　　　　　　　　　 D. is; of; for

20. ---Mum, can I have ________ to eat? I’m hungry.

　 ---Sorry, there is _____ in the fridge. You can go downstairs to buy _____.

A. anything; nothing; something　 B. something; none; anything　

C. something; nothing; something　　 D. anything; none; something

19. The scientists from the UK were the first _____ an animal _______.

A. to clone; successfully B. cloned; successful　

C. to clone; successful　 　　　 D. cloned; successfully

18. We had fun in ____ these wonderful magazines. We would have a lot ____.

　A. read; to talk B. reading; talking C. reading; to talk about D. read; talking about

17. -- What’s wrong ______ you, Cindy?　 -- I have some problems ____ my teeth.

A. about; in　　 B. with; with　 C. with; in　　 D.about; with

16. Would you please ______ this project _______ me? I can’t understand it.

A. explain; to B. to explain; to　　 C. explainning;to　　 D. explaining; for

15.­--It’s an unlucky day! My bag has been stolen (偷)。--__________.

A Really unlucky! I’m so sad.　 B Don’t worry. You can buy another one.　

C.　 OK. I hope you’ll be lucky later.　 D Bad luck! I’m very sorry to hear that.

14.There are________blind people in poor countries than in rich countries.

　 A many more B much more C much　 D many