三、单项选择（共20分，每小题1分）

    从下列各题所给的四个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

(      )1. I like Chinatown. It’s ________ good place to do shopping.

    A. a                         B. an                       C. the               D. /

(      )2. Kate has lost her keys. She asks _________for help.

    A. I                 B. me               C. my                      D. mine

(      )3. My home is ________ from our school. So I never ride my bike to school.

A. ten minute’s walk                             B. ten-minutes walk

C. ten minutes walk                                     D. ten minutes’ walk

(      )4. Yesterday was my friend Bruce’s birthday. He invited me ________ his birthday party.

    A. for               B. at                        C. to                       D. on

(      )5. Nearly two weeks passed _________ I received my father’s letter.

    A. before                 B. while                  C. until              D. as soon as

(      )6. We don’t have much homework now and our school bags are ________ they used to be.

    A. as heavy as         B. not as heavy as      C. as heavily as   D. not as heavily as

(      )7. –Must I finish the work to day?     –Yes, but you ________finish it now.

    A. must             B. need             C. need to                D. don’t have to

(      )8. Nancy enjoyed herself so much          she visited her friends in Sydney last year.

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

(      )9. There are so many kinds of Mp3 in the shop. We can’t decide ________.

    A. what to buy          B. to buy what          C. which to buy         D. to buy which

(      )10. More than two _______ years ago, people knew little about the universe.  

    A. thousands            B. thousand       C. thousand of           D. thousands of

(      )11. _______interesting book it is! I want to read it again.

    A. What an       B. How an               C. What                   D. How

(      )12. He’s fed the dog and the cat, _________?

    A. doesn’t he           B. isn’t he                C. wasn’t he            D. hasn’t he

(      )13. Wait a minute! He will go with you as soon as he ________his work.

    A. will finish       B. shall finish      C. finishes                 D. finished