I'll go to the library as soon as I finish what I     .

A. was doing         B. am doing         C. have done       D. had been doing

It was last Saturday ________ we visited the History Museum.

A. which            B. and                     C. that                  D. Where

______ which school was suitable for their son, the parents visited lots of different primary schools in the city.

A. To find        B. Being found     C. Found         D. Finding

In many countries more and more forests and even agricultural land are being lost to development, _______ much of the land to become desert.

A. caused         B. causing         C. having caused     D. to cause

The buses, ________ were already full, were surrounded by an angry crowd.

A. most of them                               B. which most                  

C. most of which                             D. that most

As is announced in the newspaper, the 20th World Cup __________ in 2014 in Brazil between June and July.

A. is held     B. will be held      C. will hold       D. will be holding

Sir, you ______ be sitting in this waiting room. It is for women and children only.

A. oughtn’t    B. shouldn’t      C. won’t          D. needn’t

_______ you get on well with a number of people, you are usually friends with only a few.

A. Since       B.  As          C.  While        D. Even

The Christmas gift when I was seven years old has been a pleasant memory.   other gifts, it came without wrap（包裝）.

On September 11th that year, Mum gave    to Richard. After she brought him home from    , she put him in my lap, saying, “I    you a gift, and here it is.” What a/an    ! I    seven a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night and told it over and over how much I loved it!

One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was    ! I cried for it. Mum  wept（流淚）and told me that the      little thing had been sent to a hospital because of a fever. For several days, I heard mum and Dad whispering such     as “hopeless”, “pitiful”, and “dying”, which sounded    .

Christmas was coming. “Don’t    any presents this year,” Dad said, pointing at the    I hung in the living room. “    your baby brother lives, that’ll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. I’d    seen him cry before.

The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to   it. From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He’s all right?” He    and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home!”

  “Thank God!” I heard Mum cry.

From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so    . And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran   . My socks still hung there  , but I knew they were filled with  !

1.A. Like             B. Unlike                    C. As                       D. Except

2.A. life                   B. treatment               C. freedom              D. birth

3.A. hospital            B. illness                    C. shop                    D. danger

4.A. bought             B. offered                  C. promised             D. ordered

5.A. surprise            B. honor                     C. wonder               D. pity

6.A. grew                B. got                         C. became              D. turned

7.A. stolen               B. gone                       C. broken               D. Hidden

8.A. nice                  B. naughty                 C. poor                    D. Ugly

9.A. words                B. feelings                  C. predictions           D. results

10.A. impossible       B. dangerous              C. fearful               D. difficult

11.A. think                B. expect                    C. forget                  D. buy

12.A. clock                B. pictures                  C. socks                    D. bag

13.A. Unless             B. If                           C. Only                   D. After

14.A. once                 B. already                   C. never              D. often

15.A. see                   B. receive                   C. hear                    D. answer

16.A. hung up