16. I looked everywhere for some cooking oil, but I could only find ____.

　　A. a little B. little C. a few D. few

　　17. Al’s doctor insists _____ for a few days.

　　A. that he is resting B. him to rest

　　C. his resting D. that he rest

　　18. There wasn’t much snow last winter so people couldn’t go ____ except in the mountains.

　　A. skiing B. skied C. to ski D. having skied

　　19. You’ve got to be on top _____ to do well in a competition like that.

　　A. condition B. form C. shape D. training

　　20. Your behavior was shocking. You should be ashamed _____ yourself.

　　A. of B. at C. to D. on

　　21. I suppose you couldn’t let me borrow your car this evening, _____?

　　A. couldn’t I B. don’t I

　　C. could you D. will you

　　22. _____ five hundred people are believed to have drowned.

　　A. As many as B. As much as

　　C. So many as D. So much as

　　23. I chose a small room with the window _____ the street.

　　A. faces B. faced C. facing D. to face

　　24. _____ the rain we would have had a nice holiday.

　　A. But that B. Despite C. But for D. In spite of

　　25. “It’s too bad Rhonda is moving to Arizona.”

　　“I wish it _____ so far away.”

　　A. weren’t B. couldn’t be C. won’t be D. isn’t

　　26. _____ I don’t like are the long, dark nights of winter.

　　A. That B. What C. Which D. This

　　27. The receptions, _____ job was to answer the phone, had laryngitis(喉炎).

　　A. whose B. who C. who’s D. that

　　28. The suggestions put forward by the workers to improve their working conditions were _____ by the factory owner.

　　A. turned away B. turned down

　　C. turned over D. turned through

　　29. With apples at 25 cents a pound, we couldn’t resist _____ four pounds.

　　A. to take B. took C. taking D. have taken

　　30. Well-mannered children have usually been properly _____ by their parents.

　　A. raised up B. borne up

　　C. brought up D. got up

　　31. Tom’s father, as well as his mother, _____ in New York for a few days more.

　　A. asks him to stay B. asks he stays

　　C. ask he to stay D. asks he would stay

　　32. If we had known that she had planned to go abroad today, we _____ at the airport.

　　A. will see her off B. would have seen her off

　　C. would see her off D. must have seen her off

　　33. Living in the central Australian desert has its problems, _____obtaining water is not the least.

　　A. of which B. for what C. as D. whose

　　34. He burned all the important papers _____ that should fall into enemy’s hands.

　　A. unless B. so C. lest of D. for fear

　　35. Literature and art have a great influence _____ people’s ideology.

　　A. to B. on C. for D. onto