20. What he told us about the situation simply doesn’t make any _______.

   A. sense                     B. idea                  C. meaning                    D. mistake  

19. She is _______ being pleased about it; she is very angry.

A. frequent               B. quite               C. far from                D. rather

18. The girl still remembers that she was too nervous _______she gave a speech in the

 face of such a big crowd.

   A. at the first time                                           B. the first time

   C. for the first time                                         D. at first

17. ---Grandpa, what did the doctor say?

   ---He advised me to live_______ the air is fresher.

     A. in where                                                            B. in which     

     C. the place where                                            D. where

16. You’d better give the task to_______ you think can finish it ahead of time.

A. whoever                                                   B. whomever             

C. anyone                                                         D. no matter who

15. Bob said he was going to _______ himself to a vacation in the mountains because he had been so tired.

A. press                           B. add                             C. touch                 D. treat

14.―Jenny took the 8:00 bus to Shanghai this morning.

―Really? She_______ the 9:00 train. It’s much more comfortable and safer to travel by train.

       A. could have taken                                                       B. should take   

C. must have taken                                                          D. can take

13. The flowers_______ sweet in the botanic garden attract the visitors to the beauty of nature.

      A. to smell           B. smelling              C. smelt                       D. to be smelt

12. The managers were discussing the plan which they all wanted to see _______ out that month.

A. carried         B. to carry        C. carrying               D. carry

11. _______happened to be no one in the building when the fire broke out.

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