16. We should look __A____ the matter before we reach a conclusion.

　　A. into B. for

　　C. to D. at

　　17. Hospital doctors don’t go out very often as their work ___D____ all their time.

　　A. takes away B. takes in

　　C. takes over D. takes up

　　18. He is ____A__ to speak the truth.

　　A. too much of a coward

　　B. too much a coward

　　C. so much a coward

　　D. so much of a coward

　　19. It’s strange that you ____D__ like that at the meeting.

　　A. should speak

　　B. spoke

　　C. should have spoken

　　D. speak

　　20. He ___A___ when the bus came to a sudden stop.

　　A. was almost hurt

　　B. was to hurt himself

　　C. was hurt himself

　　D. was hurting himself

　　21. Mary likes _______ very much, but she didn’t go ____B___ last Sunday.

　　A. to swim…swimming

　　B. swimming…to swim

　　C. to swim…to swim

　　D. swimming…swimming

　　22. More ___D___, less speed.

　　A. hurry B. rush

　　C. quickness D. haste

　　23. ___A___ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain doesn’t seem high at all.

　　A. When compared

　　B. Compare

　　C. While comparing

　　D. Comparing

　　24. The fact ____C__ money orders can usually be easily cashed has made them a popular form of payment.

　　A. of B. is that

　　C. that D. which is

　　25. He is working very hard to ___B___ the lost time in the past 10 years.

　　A. make for B. make up for

　　C. make up D. make out

　　26. If a child is absent ___C___ school for long periods, he should be given extra work.

　　A. at B. in

　　C. from D. out of

　　27. Neither of your proposals ____C____.

　　A. make sense

　　B. are practical

　　C. makes sense

　　D. make senses

　　28. It is obvious that there are at least two vitamins. __B__ is soluble in fat; ___ is soluble in water.

　　A. The one…the other

　　B. One…the other

　　C. One…another

　　D. One…the another

　　29. It’s a good ___B____ to eat with the mouth closed.

　　A. custom B. habit

　　C. way D. style

　　30. You ought not to ___C____ him the news that day.

　　A. tell B. be telling

　　C. have told D. be told