16. I ___C ___ stay home than go to the cinema.

　　A. would prefer

　　B. would better

　　C. would rather

　　D. had better

　　17. Darwin did not mean to attack(抨击) people’s different religious ___B_.

　　A. belief B. beliefs

　　C. believes D. believes

　　18.“How did you pay the workers?” “As a rule, they are paid by _C_.”

　　A. hour B. an hour

　　C. the hour D. hours

　　19. We must try to avoid these mistakes __ _D__.

　　A. repeat B. repeating

　　C. be repeated D. being repeated

　　20. Knowledge is more precious than __D___.

　　A something

　　B anything

　　C everything

　　D anything else

　　21.The sports meet was _ D___ because of the heavy rain.

　　A. called for B. called up

　　C. called on D. called off

　　22. The nearest restaurant is closed, so we must look for food __A__.

　　A. elsewhere B. nowhere

　　C. somewhere D. anywhere

　　23. _B_ the bad storm Tom delivered the newspapers on time.

　　A. In favor of B. In spite of

　　C. In front of D. In charge of

　　24. How long can we__D_ __against these attacks?

　　A. hold back B. hold to

　　C. hold up D. hold out

　　25. Many colleges can _A_ free training courses to help laid-off workers.

　　A. offer B. pay

　　C. receive D. manage

　　26.The children are still _B__, waiting for their mother to come back.

　　A. waken B. awake

　　C. wake D. awaken

　　27 Internet can provide you with a lot of _D___.

　　A. answer B. thing

　　C. question D. information

　　28. Mike is always losing something. He is a _C__ boy.

　　A. careful B. hopeful

　　C. careless D. hopeless

　　29. If your neighbors are too noisy you can __C__ to them.

　　A. compete B. combine

　　C. complain D. compare

　　30. Don’t tell me Helen is still __A_ that red-haired boy!

　　A. thinking of B. thinking over

　　C. thinking out D. thinking through