Directions: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete each one by deciding on the most appropriate word or words from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D).Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
16._________，Gloria started looking for work.
A) All the money being spent B) All the money having been spent
C) All the money spend D) Spending all the money
17. It will take you one hour and fifty minutes _________ the top of Mount Tai.
A) reaching B) to reach
C) being reached D) having been reached
18._________ the news, Ida changed her plans.
A) In hearing B) To hear
C) Of hearing D) On hearing
19. Tony is talking about the friends and the food _________ interest him.
A) which B) who
C) that D)as
20. I didn't understand at first why he couldn't pass the test, no matter _________ hard he had tried.
A) when B) where
C) what D) how
21. In the ________ half of the 17th century those cities became even more prosperous.
A) latter B) latest
C) later D) late
22. ________ coming here, I haven't seen a single person.
A) Since B) From
C) By D) At
23. Between 1975 and 1996, the number of overseas visitors expanded _________ 27% on average each year.
A) in B) by C) for D) to
24. So little ________ about chemistry that the lecture was completely beyond me.
A) did I know B) I know
C) do I know D) I knew
25. Had I known the result, I _________ you to tell me.
A) would not ask B) would not have asked
C) had not asked D) have not asked
