18、Though ______   money, his parents managed to send him to university.

 A．lacked                    B．lacking of            C．lacking             D．lacked in

17、Our room requires ______. Whose turn is it ______  the cleaning?

A．cleaning; to do                                           B．to clean; to do

C．to be cleaned; doing                                   D．being cleaned; doing

16、Please put all the desks and chairs ______   after cleaning the classroom.

A．in the place             B．in place           C．on the place          D．on place

15、If I______ a quarrel with him yesterday, we ______ together now.

 A．hadn’t had; would stay                             B．haven’t had; would have stayed

C．didn’t have; would stay                           D．hadn’t had; would have stayed

14、______ feeling very tired because of riding his bike to work everyday, my father refused to buy a motorbike when he thought about such a high price.

A．Due to                B．In spite of                C．Although               D．As a result

13、Steven Hawking’s conclusion about the Black Hole is a little ______, but it has been   accepted by most of the world.

A．realistic           B．abstract            C．contemporary          D．appropriate

12、---I will never put forward any suggestion.

--- ______.

A．So will I            B．Neither will I            C．Neither I will           D．Neither does I

11、Seldom ______ out time to watch TV on Sunday.

A．I can squeeze                 B．can I squeeze            C．squeeze I            D．I squeeze

10、He came to my office ______, but I couldn’t see him, as I was engaged.

 A．in a moment                     B．at the moment          

C．for the moment                D．at one moment

9、It’s no use thinking about your ______   youth.

A．gone          B．missed            C．losing           D．lost