30、Thank you ever so much for your congratulations and good wishes. I hope I can ______ to them.

A. look up            B. live up          C. add up             D. set up

29、There is no end to learning, so we should never _______ ourselves with a little book knowledge.

A. content                           B. supply                        C. occupy                D. meet

28、Zhai Zhigang, who______ the spacewalk, said completing the mission successfully was a dream and a huge honor for him and his teammates.

A. hosted            B. delivered         C. provided       D. conducted

27、 I tried to explain the problem to Mary, but she was so angry that she ___________listen.

     A. couldn’t    B. shouldn’t   C. wouldn’t   D. might not

26、_______ the station, he found his wife _____to meet him.

    A. On reaching; waiting for   B. On arriving at; waiting

    C. Getting; to be waiting       D. Arriving in; to wait

25、

It will cost a lot of time. _______, I think we shall need it and it will certainly be useful to us ________.

    A. What’s more; sooner or later   B. As a result; now and then

    C. After all; here and there            D. At the same time; more or less

24、The careless driver has just been_________$10 for stopping his car at a sign that ________“NO PARKING”.

   A. punished; reads                   B. fined; reads                  C. punished; is written                    D.fined; is written

23、 ---So what do you usually do in your free time?

----At _______moment I’m spending much of my free time learning______ German. I also enjoy playing_____ piano.

     A. the; the; a                    B. 不填;the ;the                 C. the;不填;不填             D. the;不填;the

22、 ---Please tell James that he has won the first prize in the English speech contest.

-- ________________!  

A. What a good surprise！  B. Congratulations！

C. What good news！        D. That’s right.

21、The main reason for the population growth isn’t so much a rise in birth rates _______a fall in death rates as a ___ of improvements in medical care.

    A. and; difference       B. as; consequence       C. but; result        D. or; cause