26. —What do you mean by saying that?

—I think you _______ what I said. I meant no harm.

A. understood        B. misunderstood        

C. heard            D. followed

27. —_______ for snakes while hiking in the woods.

—I’ll dress appropriately to protect myself.

A. Walk out       B. Go out      C. Set out      D. Watch out

28. At this time tomorrow, we _______ across the big desert ahead.

A. are to drive            B. are going to drive

C. will be driving          D. will drive

29. “It’s raining too heavily at this moment,” said the old woman, ________ out of the window.

A. to look         B. looking        C. having looked         D. looked

30. _______, a learned man makes fewer mistakes in life than a man without knowledge.

A. In general          B. As general C. On general         D. At general

31. —I don’t like this kind of music.

—_______. It’s too noisy.

A. Nor do I      B. Neither am I     C. Nor I do        D. Neither I am

32. How _______ I was when I heard the _______ news!

A. disappointing; disappointed      B. disappointed; disappointing  

C. disappointing; disappointing    D. disappointed; disappointed

33. She is very hard-working, _____ he is very lazy.

A. when        B. that         C. which      D. while

34. Before graduation, we had got a lot of practical _____ by doing a part-time job in the factory and it was really ______ for all of us.

A. experiences; great experience B. experience; great experience  

C. experiences; a great experience     D. experience; a great experience

35. They ______ the idea that children could learn to read as babies.

A. thought        B. introduced C. invented         D. discovered