1. “Who knows the _______ answer to the question?” the teacher asked.
A. a              B. an                C. the              D. /
2. Joyce wrote an article _______ how to improve our memory for the school newspaper.
A. for              B. on                C. in              D. at
3. In the modern world, _______ young people are interested in cormorant fishing.
A. a few            B. few              C. lots of          D. some
4. The Greens and the Browns ________next-door neighbours for many years.
A. were            B. will be            C. have been        D. had been
5. It is nice ______into a new house with a beautiful garden.
A. moving          B. moves            C. move            D. to move
6. Alice likes to _______the little puppy and hold it in her arms.
A. set up          B. pick up            C. get up            D. give up
7. Steven completed the science test______ in our class yesterday.
A. most quickly      B. more quickly        C. less quickly      D. quickly
8. _______ super calculators computers are!
A. What            B. What a            C. What an          D. How
9. We will remember the picture ______ it is silly, strange and colorful.
A. unless          B. if                  C. before            D. after
10. -Have you brought _______ with you? We won’t have time to come back.
  -Don’t worry. All the things we need are here, in this big bag.
A. something        B. anything            C. nothing          D. everything
11. Speak louder_______ everyone in the meeting room can hear you clearly.
A. so that          B. in order to          C. since            D. because
12. It doesn’t look like rain, so you _______bring your umbrella with you.
A. mustn’t          B. can’t                C. needn’t          D. may not
13. The taxi base fare(起步价)in Shanghai ________from 12yuan to 14 Yuan last August.
A. raised          B. was raised          C. has raised        D. has been raised
14. He was unaware of the mistakes he made in the report. The underlined part means _______
A. didn’t think about  B. didn’t see          C. didn’t know      D. didn’t want
15. The actress is at least 50, but she looks _______than she really is.
A. very young      B. much younger        C. very old          D. much older
16. Flora told us such a funny joke that it made all of us _______.
A.laugh          B. to laugh            C. laughing        D. laughed
17. I imagine you’re tired from the journey. The underlined part means_______.
A. guess            B. plan                C. wonder          D. hope
18. Jack, you’d better _______ too many soft drinks. It’s bad for your health.
A. not to have        B. to have            C. not have          D. have
19. I’d like to see you off at the airport. Could you tell me _______?
A. when your plane took off                  B. when did your plane take off
C. when your plane takes off                  D. when does your plane take off
20. -Why don’t we have a get-together next week?-
-_______
A. Yes, please.        B. No, thanks.      C .That’s a good idea.  D. I’m sorry. 
21. In the United States, Father’s Day is on _______ third Sunday in June.
  A. a          B. an          C. the              D. /
22. I telephoned Jane just now, but she wasn’t in. I has to leave her a(n) _______.
  A. advice      B. information  C. message          D. paper
23. It is no doubt that Liu Xiang is _______ favourite star.
  A. us          B. we          C. our              D. ours
24. Many scientists say that it’s important for us to have ______ food in our diet.
  A. a variety of    B. a great deal  C. a large number of  D. a good many
25. Five _______ students from different schools took part in the English contest last Saturday.
  A. hundred of    B. hundred      C. hundreds of      D. hundreds
26. Many experts think pigs are ______ to train than dogs or cats.
  A. easier        B. much easy    C. more easily      D. too easyonly you mp3
27. You _______ to tell him the news. It will make him sad.
  A. needn’t      B. shouldn’t      C. couldn’t        D. don’t need
28. You have been to Beijing. How long _______ you ______ there/
  A. did…stay    B. have…stayed  C. do…stay        D. will…stay
29. Today Chinese ______ by more and more people all over the world.