1 . Many buildings ______ on both sides of the street the next year.

A．will build	B．were built
C．are to be built	D．will be built

2 . Jeo, don’t___________ now; you’re improving all the time. It won’t be long ___________ you can speak English well.

A．give in; until	B．give up; before
C．give in; when	D．give up; after

3 . Someone called me up in the middle of the night,but they hung up________I could answer the phone.

A．since	B．until
C．before	D．as

4 . The two men talked in a low voice, _______ nobody heard what they were saying.

A．so that

B．as if

C．because

D．when

5 . I’ve visited a lot of different places and stayed in lots of different hotels, but none of them ________ this one.

A．makes	B．beats
C．compares	D．matches

6 . .Mr Smith, _______ of the ________ speech, started to read a novel.

A．tired; boring

B．tiring; bored

C．tired; bored

D．tiring; boring

7 . —I think everyone has a role to play in making the planet a better place.
—Yes, indeed. ______.

A．I’m with you on that	B．That couldn’t be better
C．You have got something	D．I’ll do my best

8 . Mr. Green stood up in defence of the 16-year-old boy, saying that he was not the one ______ .

A．blamed

B．blaming

C．to blame

D．to be blamed

9 . Happy birthday, Alice! So you have ________ twenty­one already.

A．become	B．turned
C．grown	D．passed