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

19、Don’t worry, sir. If the plane is full, we’ll put you on an _______ flight.

   A. accustomed             B. adequate              C. alternative             D. accessible

18、As for diet, Michael Jacson chooses vegetables and fruit in _______ to any kind of meat.

   A. comparison             B. preference                   C. possession                   D. advantage

17、As we grow older, birthdays seem to _______ more quickly than when we were children.

   A. come in                B. come around                 C. come out              D. come over

16、So involved with their computers _____ that leaders at summer computer camps often have to force them to break for sports

and games.

A. became the children                     B. become the children

C. had the children become              D. do the children become

15、On their arrival, they found the people suffering the quake were ______ food and water supplies.

A. in praise of        B. in honor of              

C. in face of          D. in want of

14、I don’t think Maria will be disappointed at the news, but I will see her _______ she is.

A. as if                           B. so that               C. in case                     D. even though

13、― Is it _________ the bad habit that is difficult?

― Of course.

A. get rid of                  B. got rid of          

C. to get rid of              D. being got rid of