1 . —Do you mind if I open the window?
—       it's too noisy outside.

A．Of course not.

B．Why not?

C．Go ahead.

D．I'd rather you didn't.

2 . —Tom, shall we go out for a picnic?
—We’d better not. The weather report says____________.

A．you will have a frog in the throat

B．you can kill two birds with one stone

C．it will rain cats and dogs

D．you should hold your horse

3 . Everybody is ________ to hear that Xuzhou Metro Line 2 and Line 3 will be opened soon.

A．on cloud nine	B．on their last legs
C．crossing their fingers	D．killing the fatted calf

4 . After over two months of lockdown, taxi drivers in Wuhan say they are____ even when caught in traffic jams.

A．over the moon	B．under a cloud
C．white as a sheet	D．green with envy

5 . —Could Martha afford the money to go on a trip abroad with us?
—I’m afraid not. She is ___________ at the moment.

A．physically challenged

B．between jobs

C．not all there

D．all ears

6 . Some teenagers have independent tastes, but most tend to _______.

A．lose their heads

B．spill the beans

C．swim with the tide

D．mend their ways

7 . —Sony, I’m having a headache today and....
—___. I know you just don’t want to accompany me to the ball.

A．Don’t give me that	B．Don’t mention it.
C．Don’t take it for granted	D．Don’t get me wrong

8 . — How was your evening?
— We went to a Pizza Hut and had ______. We really enjoyed ourselves.

A．a white elephant

B．a square meal

C．a sacred cow

D．the salt of the earth

9 . It’s ______ — without experience you can’t get a job and without a job you can’t get experience.

A．a catch-22 situation

B．your Achilles’ heel

C．Pandora’s box

D．your Waterloo

10 . It is important to keep industrial waste from entering the rivers and lakes. If we do not do so, efforts to protect the environment will ____________.

A．go down the drain	B．suck it and see
C．make the headlines	D．smooth the way