二、单项选择（20分）

(  ) 21. Summer comes ___________ spring.

       A. before   B. after   C. ago

(  ) 22. Do they often talk ___________ in class?

A. a lot   B. a lot of   C. much

(  ) 23. The rainy day will stop soon. It won’t __________long.

A. last   B. rain   C. take

(  ) 24. Jim plays basketball as _______ as Peter.

A. well   B. good   C. better

(  ) 25. What a pity! The train __________ ten minutes ago.

A. leave   B. leaves   C. left

(  ) 26. The little girl ___________ her mother. She has a round face and big eyes.

A. looks after   B. Looks like   C. looks for

(  ) 27. _________ visitors will come to China for Beijing Olympic Games this year.

A. Thousands of   B. Thousand of   C. Thousands

(  ) 28 We must get there _______. You know, coming late is bad manners.

A. in time   B. on time   C. by the time

(  ) 29. It’s a little difficult __________ a four-year-old child _________ the paper plane.

A. for, mend   B. of, mending   C. for, to mend

(  ) 30. -____________?

      -He was a computer engineer working for Microsoft(微软) last year.

A. Who was he   B. What did he do   C. What was he like

(  ) 31. –What do you think of this new film?

-__________________?

A. It’s very interesting   B. I think so   C. I’d love to

(  ) 32. He drives much _____________ than he did half a year ago.

A. more carefully   B. more careful   C. the most carefully

(  ) 33. __________ there a band and many young people on the playground yesterday evening?

A. Was   B. were   C. Did