21. —Why, this is nothing but common vegetable soup!
—_____, madam. It’s our soup of the day.
A. Let me see.B. So it isC. Don’t mention it.D. Neither do I.

22.They might just have a place _____on the writing course— why don't you give it a try?
A. leave B. left C. leaving D. to leave

23. Try not to cough more than you can_____since it may cause problems to your lungs.
A. check B. allow C. stopD. help

24. If we _____ now to protect the environment, we’ll live to regret it.
A. hadn't actedB. haven't actedC. don't actD. won't act

25. Tony can hardly boil an egg, still _____cook dinner.
A. lessB.littleC.muchD.more

26. Police have found _____ appears to be the lost ancient statue.
A. whichB. whereC. howD.what

27. When I first met Bryan I didn’t like him, but I _____ my mind.
A. have changedB. changeC. had changedD.would change

28. The driver wanted to park his car near the roadside but was asked by the police_____.
A .not to doB. not toC. not doD. do not

29.The door_____open, no matter how hard she pushed.
A. shouldn’tB. couldn'tC. wouldn'tD. mightn't

30. At the last moment, Tom decided to ____ a new character to make the story seem more likely.
A. put upB. put in C. put onD. put off

31. India attained _____ independence in 1947, after _____ long struggle.
A.不填; aB. the; aC. an;不填D. an; the

32.There’s no way of knowing why one man makes an important discovery___another man, also intelligent, fails.
A. sinceB: ifC. asD. while

33.“You can’t judge a book by its cover,”_____._____
A. as the saying goes old B. goes as the old saying
C. as the old saying goes D. goes as old the saying

34. It was a real race _____ time to get the project done. Luckily, we made it.
A. overB. byC. for D. against

35. The sunlight is white and blinding, _____hard-edged shadows on the ground.
A. throwing B.being thrown C.to throw D.to be thrown