1. We don’t need air conditioning, __a__.

　　A. nor can we afford it

　　B. neither can afford it

　　C. nor we can afford it

　　D. neither we can afford it

　　2. Could you find someone __a__?

　　A. for me to play tennis with

　　B. play tennis with

　　C. for me to play tennis

　　D. play tennis

　　3. “You are too self-centered. It’s high time you _a__ that you are not the most important person in the world.” Edgar said to his boss angrily.

　　A. realized B. have realized

　　C. realize D. should realize

　　4. The government cannot operate effectively __c__ it is free from such interference.

　　A so long as B so that

　　C unless D because

　　5. If I had remembered _a__ the window, the thief would not have got in.

　　A.to close

　　B. closing

　　C. to have closed

　　D. having closed

　　6. In Britain, the best season of the year is probably __d_ spring.

　　A. later B. latter C. last D. late

　　7. If it _b__ tomorrow, the basketball match has to be canceled.

　　A. rain B. rains C. rained D. will rain

　　8. Neither his fellow workers nor Tod himself _b__ to the solution put forward by the employer.

　　A. agree B. agrees

　　C. agreeing D. to agree

　　9. If only I _d__ hard in the past few months! But I didn’t work hard enough and failed the maths examination.

　　A. work B. worked

　　C. have worked D. had worked

　　10. None of us knew how the change had come ___.

　　A. across B. about C. over D. down

　　11. He offered to _a__ her a hand as the bag was too heavy for her to carry.

　　A. lend B. help C. show D. borrow

　　12. They told me it would be cheap but _d__ it cost me nearly $500.

　　A.in general B. in a word

　　C. in detail D. in fact

　　13. Jean did not have time to go to the concert last night because she was busy _b__ for her history examination.

　　A.to prepare B. preparing

　　C. to be prepared D. being prepared

　　14. By the end of this month, we surely _c__ a satisfactory solution to the problem.

　　A.have found

　　B. will be finding

　　C. will have found

　　D. are finding

　　15. Helen was much kinder to her youngest child than she was to the others, __d__, of course, made the others jealous.

　　A. whom B. that C. what D. which