17. To be frank, I really don’t know what SOS ____________. Can you explain it?

A. stands by       B. stands for          C. stands up              D. stands with

16. Many of the artists who _______ didn’t come.

A. ought to appear                    B. should appear  

C. had to appear                        D. ought to have appeared

15. He had led everyone to ______ that his family was very rich.

A. believing                     B. believe            C. be believed            D. be believing

14. The company was named Gates Hall ______ a man named James Gates.

A. in need of                   B. in search of    C. with the help of          D. in memory of

13. He wanted the girl he was looking forward ________ ________ stay with him.

A. for; to              B. to; with         C. to; to               D. with; to

12.________ is known to us that he is an honest man.

A. This               B. There           C. That               D. It

11. ― Anything new in the new regulations?  

― They will be ______ to us all.

A. of great benefit      B. do harms  C. do many good                  D. for the benefit

10. ―Your mother becomes more and more forgetful.

   ― Yes. She searched for her cell phone for a whole day last Sunday but it ______ in her coat

pocket the next day.

A. turned out  B. turned on    C. turned over      D. turned up

9. Great changes ________ in the city since 1979.

A. have taken place               B. have taken the place

C. have been taken place          D. have been happened

8.－How do you like our restaurant?

－I couldn’t have found a ________ one.

A. good          B. better        C. best         D. fine