29、 ____ everything into consideration, the result is better than ____.

     A. Taking ; expected                         B. Taken; expected 

    C. To take ; expecting                              D. Taking; expecting

28、―Have you finished your composition already, Jack?

―Yes, I ____ it within half an hour.

     A. have finished      B. finished          C. finish      D. had finished

27、 The central government is taking measures to ____ the prices of daily necessities.

     A. put down         B. turn down         C. bring down    D. take down

26、―What clothes do you think I should wear for the ball?

―Dress ____ you like.

     A. what           B. whatever          C. how            D. however

25、I gave all the newspapers to them and spared ____, though I didn’t have ____ in my flat.

A. nothing; much                          B. nothing; many    

C. none ; much                             D. none; many

24、―If you keep on breaking the rules, you’ll be fired.

―____? I don’t care.

     A. What for         B. How come      C. So what                 D. Why so

23、―It is two months since I smoked.

―        .

       A．You shouldn’t have smoked so much     B．You will make a good husband

       C．How did you keep smoking for so long?   D．Why couldn’t you stop it?

22、---Do the taxi drivers in your city give _____ to you when you take a taxi?       

--- No. So many passengers want to change the unfair _____.

  A. change; practice   B. changes; custom    C. change; habit   D. changes; rule

21、Nothing in my life has meant _____ to me as his praise.                  

   A. as much        B. more             C. that much        D. as good 

20、Experiments have shown that children generally relate to other children’s strengths and abilities, _______ to their weakness.

   A. except for              B. instead of             C. but                   D. rather than