21.—What do you think of it?

—It just happened _______ we had expected.

A. that B. which C. it D. as

22. Jane, what do you think of Mr. Green?

As ______ teacher, he ought to set _______ good example to the pupils.

A. the…a B. a…a C. a…the D. / …the

23. They found a _______ old woman ________ on the ground when the door was broken open.

A. dying…lying B. dead…lied C. death…laying D. died…lain

24. _______, the children went to the park.

A. It was a fine day B. Being a fine day

C. It being a fine day D. Because the fine day

25. ________ in the strange city, poor Bill fell to ________.

A. Lost…crying B. Lost…cry

C. Having been lost…crying D. To lese…cry

26. Don’t get off the bus until it ________.

A. has stopped B. stopped C. will stop D. shall stop

27. I took _______ tea than you.

A. less B. few C. fewer D. little

28. The squirrel was lucky that it just missed _______.

A. catching B. to be caught C. being caught D. to catch

29. I must be off now. It’s time I _______ to school.

A. go B. went C. will go D. am going

30. To serve the people means giving as _______ and ask for as _______ as possible.

A. much…little B. much…few C. many…a little D. more…less

31. What we are doing _______ good to the people.

A. are B. have been C. is D. be

32. John is _______ of the two students.

A. cleverer B. the clever C. the cleverer D. the cleverest

33. He used to be a heavy smoker, _______?

A. used he B. didn’t he C. doesn’t he D. wouldn’t he

34. Rather than _______, he ran all the way home.

A. walk B. walked C. walking D. to walk

35. Get to the top of hill, ______ you can see the whole city.

A. or B. but C. and D. so

36. What you said sounds right. I’m considering _______ this job.

A. accepting B. accept C. to accept D. will accept

37. _______ I came into the office, the teachers were having a meeting.

A. While B. When C. Once D. Since

38. Half of those books _______ best-sellers.

A. is B. are C. am D. was

39. _______ Chicago is a beautiful city today, but _______ Chicago of the 1920s was a very dirty place.

A. The…the B. /…/ C. A…the D. /…the

40. ______ he is, Tom knows a lot of things.

A. Child as B. Clever as C. Fool although D. A boy as