---- _________ will your mother come back from America?

---- In a week.

A. How long                            B. How often           

C. How soon                                  D. How much time

The police came to see the scene of the _________.

A. rob             B. robbery               C. robbers               D. robs

Don’t you think it too rude to stare ______ others like that?

A. at               B. with                        C. into                 D. on

This pair of trousers _______ too short for him.

A. is              B. am                   C. are                         D. be

In 2004, the number of students in our school ________ 5,000.

A. is              B. are                   C. was                 D. were

Mary _______ her mother to join her party.

A. wishes         B. hopes                  C. wishes to                    D. hopes to

You’d better _______ water as soon as you finish running.

A. drink not                                B. not drink

C. don’t drink                               D. not to drink

I don’t want to see this film. It’s _______ that one.

A. as exciting as                        B. as boring     

C. less exciting than                       D. not boring as

People hardly replace any of them when they cut down so many trees every year, _______?

A. don’t they                               B. don’t people  

C. do they                                 D. do people

Peter was an office worker. He worked in an office in a small town. One day his boss(老板)  1  to him，“Peter， I want you  2  to  London，to an office there， to  3  Mr. Brown. ”

Peter went to London  4  train. When he got to London, he thought, “The office isn’t far from here, I can go there on foot. I’ll   5  it easily. ”

But after an hour, he was still looking for it, he stopped and asked an old woman. She said, “Go along this street, turn left at the end, and it’s the second building on the right.” Peter went and found  6  . A few days  7  , he went to London  8  , he did not find the office,   9   he asked someone in the street. It was  10  same old woman. She was very surprised and said, “Are you still looking for that place?”

1. A. told                 B. said              C. asked          D. showed

2. A. go                  B. reach            C. to go           D. to reach

3. A. see                 B. look             C. watch        D. look at

4. A. on                 B. at                C. by           D. find

5. A. look for             B. look at            C. look           D. find

6. A. it                  B. one             C. the other        D. another

7. A. after                 B. ago              C. later           D. before

8. A. again               B. too               C. so           D. because

9. A. but                 B. so              C. too            D. or

10. A. a                  B. an               C. the            D. that