24、Now I am fifty years old. I find myself moving toward ____ is ahead with a curious mixture of both fighting and accepting my aging, hoping ____ the philosophy was right when he said, “Old is always fifteen years from now.”

A. what; that      B. what; what      C. that; what      D. that; that

22、—Excuse me, what time can I see you this afternoon?

  --Can we ______ four o’clock?

A．fix it        B．meet it        C．make it        D．take it 

21、Without the air to hold some of the sun’s heat, the earth at night_____, too cold for us to live.

A．would be freezing cold                         B．will be freezing coldly

C．would be frozen cold                   D．can be frozen  coldly

20、Now then，children．It’s time you______washed and dressed．

A．will be         B．must be       C．be         D．are

19、He __________ his business partners about the matter.

A．consulted with       B．consulted             C．consulted to         D．was consulted with

18、The laid-off workers got an income of 400 yuan per month so that they couldn’t ___________

A．make end meet                 B．make ends meet  

C．make the end meet           D．make enough money

17、Della wanted to find Jim a fine and rare present, ______ worthy of the honor of being owned by Jim.

A．that         B．it          C．the one        D．one

16、Jack said he ______ to her but he ______ yet.

A．would be writing; hasn’t                         B．was going to write; doesn’t

C．would write; hasn’t                     D．had written; didn’t

15、At present the hotel is almost empty, but I’m sure things will start to ______ in the spring.

A．rise up         B．hold on        C．pick up        D．hang out