15、The population of India is _________ than that of China and it is developing fast, too.

A. larger            B. fewer                        C. less              D. smaller

14、-- _________?  --Yes, I'd love to.

A. Are you free tonight?                            B. What happened to you?

C. Can I help you?                                D. Would you like to join us?

13、--It is reported that _________ football fans went to Wuhan to watch the match.

--So they did. But our team failed at last.

A. two thousands                                B. three thousands of

C. hundreds of                                 D. many hundred of

12、-- _________ it is!

--And we must try our best to finish it in two weeks.

A. What an easy work                             B. How easy

C. What hard work                                D. How hard--working

11、--The boy is often seen _________his classmates who have problems learning English.

--Yes. We should learn from him and help each other.

A. help                  B. helping              C. to help              D. helped

10、_________was used for writing in the old days in China. But now people don't use it often.

A. A pen                 B. A ball pen             C. A pencil             D. A writing brush

9、-- _________were you late again this morning, Jack?

--Because the traffic was too heavy in the street.                 -

A. Why                 B. How                C. When               D. Where

8、The boy's father was _________when he heard his daughter passed the exam and would go to college.

A. amazed               B. surprised            C. excited             D. frustrated

7、The woman writer _________ to give the readers a surprising end and one of the main characters was to die.

A. made a contribution                              B. made a decision

C. made a mistake                                D. made a progress

6、The city _________ we live in is much more developed than it used to be.

A. who                        B. whom              C. which              D. where