(   ) 40. ---Are you all clear about what I said just now?

        --- ______? Please say it again. I didn’t catch you.

        A. No            B. How           C. Pardon       D. Really

(   ) 39. ---I’m sorry I didn’t do a good job.

        ---Never mind. _____you have tried your best.

        A. Above all       B. In all          C. At all        D. After all

(   ) 38. The table _____ made of this kind of wood is just wonderful.

         A. that are       B. which is        C. who is        D. whose

(   ) 37. ---Some students want to know if there _____ a meeting this Friday evening.

        ---Yes, but if it _____, we’ll have it next week.

        A. is going to have; rains             B. is; will rain

        C. is going to be; rains               D. are going to be, will rain

(   ) 36. ---He’s made much progress in English this year.

        ---______. He has reached a level which is quite good.

        A. So he has       B. So is he       C. So has he     D. So he is

(   ) 35. _____ important information it is! It’s _____ helpful for our exams.

        A. How; so       B. What; so       C. What an; too     D. How; too         

(   ) 34. My aunt played the light music to make the baby ____.

        A. stopped crying  B. stops to cry     C. to stop to cry   D. stop crying

(   ) 33.---Do you know anything about Walt Disney?

        ---Of course I do. He is famous as the creator of Mickey Mouse ____he is also famous _____creating some other cartoon characters.

        A. but; as         B. or; as         C. so; for        D. and; for

(   ) 32. Everyone except Tom and John _____ there since the meeting began.

        A. have been      B. has gone       C. was          D. has been

(   ) 31. --- How about the housing-price in Guangzhou?

        ---It keeps ____ all the time in recent years.

        A. to go         B. rising          C. raising         D. to lift