23. The engineers made two big plans for the dam, ____ was never put in force.

A. one of them     B. which     C. one of which     D. every one of which

24. I have no one ____ me, for I am a new comer here.

A. help     B. helping     C. to help     D. to have helped

25. The little girl couldn't work the problem out. She wasn't ____ clever.

A. that     B. much     C. enough     D. too

26. Listen! His family must be quarrelling, ____?

A. mustn't it     B. isn't it     C. aren't they     D. needn't they

27. The police have ____ power to deal with such matters by ____ law.

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

28. Jack fel

t unhappy as they all went outing ____ him.

A. except     B. but     C. without     D. besides

29. That she hadn't kept her ____ on her work resulted in the failure.

A. head     B. heart     C. brain     D. mind

30. ——Did your sister pass the exam?

——She failed and is in low spirits.

——I'm sorry for her.

——____.

A. Thank you     B. You're welcome     C. I would think so     D. Never mind

31. The students spent as much time getting trained as they ____ studying.

A. disliked     B. were     C. had     D. did

32. It was believed that things would get worse, but ____ it is they are getting better.

A. before     B. after     C. because     D. as

33. As time went by, the plan stuck ____ fairly practical.

A. to proved     B. to proving     C. proved     D. to be proved

34. More than one ____ the people heart and soul.

A. official has served     B. officials have served     C. official has served for     D. officials have served for

35. The president stood by a window inside the room, ____, looking over the square.

A. where I entered     B. into which I entered     C. which I entered     D. that I entered

36. Though I ____ to go abroad, I changed my mind and decided to stay with my family.

A. had wanted     B. wanted     C. would want     D. did want

37. My brother is very tall. The little bed won't ____ for him.

A. prepare     B. match     C. fit     D. do

38. ——Thank you so much for the lovely evening, Dennis.

——You're quite welcome, Julie. ____. We'd been looking forward to seeing you.

A. Were glad to meet you     B. I'm afraid you didn't have a good time

C. Thank you for your coming     D. Just stay a little longer, please

39. Scientists say they have found a way to produce the human body's own cancer-killing cells through gene treatment, ____ new hope to cancer sufferers.

A. offering     B. showing     C. taking     D. making

40. We are going to discuss the way of reading works ____ it is used for real life purposes, and this should give you a better understanding of it.

A. that     B. which     C. where     D.when