16. The children _____ and we will never neglected them.
A. brought up well
B. was brought up well
C. had been well brought up
D. have been well brought up
17. The mountain village is my hometown. I spent _____ merry night there when I was young.
A. a great many
B. plenty of
C. many a
D. a great deal
18. In all English towns there is a speed limit of 30 miles an hour, _____?
A. is there B. isn't there
C. is it D. isn't it
19. Why are you always making the same mistake? Think of _____ I told you.
A. that B. when
C. how D. what
20. Nothing is _____ time; yet nothing is less valued.
A. more precious than
B. less precious than
C. most precious
D. as precious as
21. Could _____ have been _____ who helped Sunny get her work done?
A. they … it B. they … them
C. it … them D. it … they
22. I know a place _____ I can get a calculator on sale. I'll pick one up for you tomorrow.
A. where B. wherever
C. how D. which
23. How teachers perform in their classes _____ a strong influence on the growth of the pupils.
A. has B. have
C. having D. to have
24. I found the cat _____ under the bed, who had caught a mouse.
A. hiding B. hidden
C. to hide D. having hidden
25. ---- How did he get back last night? ---- I think he _____ back on foot, as there were no buses or taxies then at all.
A. might have come
B. needn't have come
C. must have come
D. should have come
26. The doctor would allow him to go home _____ he remained in bed.
A. as though
B. for fear that
C. on condition that
D. as far as
27. One of the most important social problems of today is _____ jobs to the unemployed.
A. what to be given
B. having given
C. how to give
D. to have given
28. The doctor said I was over-weight. If only I _____ less!
A. ate
B. have been eating
C. have eaten
D. had eaten
29. It is said that he got laughed at for _____.
A. his dishonest
B. been dishonest
C. being dishonest
D. to be dishonest
30. A baby animal knows animals of _____ own kind when it sees them, when it smells them and it hears them.
A. her B. one's
C. its D. their
