1.Some teachers are clever, but not very good at ___________ their ideas to students.

  A. getting across      B. getting over        C. getting down     D. getting into

2. This river has changed its course many times . It _________ always located where it _________ at present.

 A. isn’t; is       B. isn’t; will be         C. wasn’t; is       D. wasn’t; has been

3. ― Mr Smith will have to stay in hospital for a good while.

― Don’t worry. Henry will         his duties.

       A．take up                B．take over             C．take in                 D．take off

4．We hoped to be able to move into our new house at the end of the month, but things didn’t ___________ as we expected .

       A．work out            B．move out           C．carry out       D．put out

5. You’ll never work it out by that method ; you are ____________ altogether    

A. keep track of     B. off the track    C. on the track of    D. around the track

6. The small mountain village           we spent our holiday last month lies            is now part of Hubei.

A. which; in where      B. where; in what     C. that; in which      D. where; in which

7. He is one of those people         everybody will find          hard to please.

A. that; being        B. whom; /          C. who; is          D. which; to be

8. It is agreed that constant arguing doesn’t __     ___ a happy marriage.

  A. make out      B. make for            C. make up          D. make up for

9．She carried out her promise       he had made       she would give me a present on my birthday.

       A．that; x                 B．for which; that     C．that; that             D．which; x

10.       I        more money that day, I        you some.

       A．If; had; could lend                               B．Have; had; would lend

       C．Have; had; would have lent                   D．Had; had; would have lent

11. AIDS is a disease that       the body’s immune system and leaves a person       against infections and illness.

       A．breaks off; defend                                                               B．breaks down; defenseless

       C．breaks into; defence                             D．breaks up; indenfence

12. He came to my class every week, but his attitude           he was not really interested in the subject.

       A．expressed            B．described             C．explained             D．suggested

13. The newly-discovered star was named___  ____ a Chinese astronomer in honour of his contribution to astronomy.

      A. for                         B. after                          C as                          D. by