单项选择：
1．－ Did you get the new stamps?
－ No. I _____. but there wasn't any left in that post office.
A．tried B．tried to
C．tried to do D．tried to buy
2．As far as I am concerned, education is about learning and the more you learn, _____.
A．the more for life are you equipped
B．the more equipped for life you are
C．the more life you are equipped for
D．you are equipped the more for life
3．－I'll be away on a business trip. Could you mind looking after my cat?
－ Not at all. _____.
A．I've no time B．I'd rather not
C．I'd like it D．I'd be happy to
4．After the flood, the villagers are trying to get things back to _____.
A．usual B．ordinary
C．normal D．common
5．In the hurricane there were 625 _____and 86_____.
A．missing; die B．deaths; missing
C．dead; gone D．missed; lost
6．Our supply of water has been _____ for 5 days.
A．cut off B．shut down
C．cut through D．turned down
7．The hurricane is _____to ______ a lot of houses.
A．likely; bring down B．possible; bring about
C．likely; bring about D．possible; bring down
8．_____round the corner, the boy nearly ______ the old blind woman.
A．Run; knocked down B．Running; blew down
C．Being run; brought down D．Running; pushed over
9．They want to _____ the price of food.
A．go up B．rise
C．grow D．raise
10．People looked at Einstein in a strange way as if he _____mad.
A．is B．was
C．were D．has been
11．_____his arrival, he telephoned me at once.
A．Upon B．At
C．With D．Because of
12．She is _____than a teacher.
A．a more friend B．more a friend
C．rather a friend D．a rather friend
13．He has an _____ to come to China.
A．wish B．hope
C．urge D．desire
14．I was terrified _____ at home alone in the evening.
A．at leaving B．of staying
C．by being stayed D．with leaving
15．She struggled _____ her feet and tried to move _____.
A．to; up B．to; on
C．on; up D．with; on
