13. The high-rise garbage repository is a          for both accomplishment and failure.

    A. exaggeration    B. allusion    C. euphemism    D. metaphor

 
    14. The second book was          by August 1952, but two years later, the end was still nowhere in sight.

    A. completed    B. to have completed   C. to complete    D. to have been completed
 

    15. The world’s greatest sporting event, the Olympic Games, upholds the amateur ideal that          matters is not winning but participating.

    A. anything     B. it     C. what      D. everything
 

    16.         , the Olympic Games, upholds the amateur ideal that what matters is not winning but participating.

    A. Having been the world’s greatest sporting event

    B. Which is the world’s greatest sporting event

    C. What world’s the greatest sporting event

    D. The world’s greatest sporting event

 
    17. We expect you to act          of our country in the talks concerning her entry into the WTO.

    A. in the best interests       B. upon the utmost benefit 

    C. for the best love          D. to the utmost welfare
 

    18. You       live for ten days without food; without water you       die in less than a week.

    A. may… might  B. would…should  C. might…would   D. should…might

 
    19. I don’t think       of them is in the classroom.

    A. all      B. both     C. either    D. neither

 
    20.      , the tomatoes taste delicious.

    A. They are ripe   B. they ripe   C. when ripe    D. when are ripe
 
    21. A senior Bush administration official also indicated yesterday that early resumption of the six-party talks, hosted by China, on North Korea in January may not be possible because Washington and Beijing have not yet reached an       of views.

    A. contract         B. identity        C. coordination    D. alliance

 
    22. The secretary was left       about this plan.

    A. in the dark    B. in the sea    C. in the doghouse    D. in the clouds

 
    23. Physics, about which I know nothing, doesn’t seem      .

    A. such a dull subject  B. so dull a subject  C. such dull a subject  D. so a dull subject

 
    24. You can’t be       when you cross the street.

    A.     so careful      B. such     C. much     D. too careful

 
    25. The strong storm did a lot of damage to the coastal villages: several fishing boats were       and many houses collapsed.