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to, as it is ______.
A. worthwhile B. necessary C. optional D. serious
8. I never worried about my son while I was away because my mother ______ him.
A. drank a toast to B. played a joke on C. kept an eye on D. made an apology to
9. The number of medical schools reached 18 in the early 1990s and ______ around that level ever since.
A. are remaining B. have remained C. is remaining D. has remained
10. —Why do people like pop music? I hate it so much.
—______ it is not your style, that doesn’t mean it is bad.
A. Only if B. Even though C. Now that D. In case
11. We offered to give Sharon a ride home, but she ______, saying that she felt like walking.
A. understood B. accepted C. compromised D. declined
12. For my fifth birthday, my mother baked me a cake ______ a monkey.
A. in the shape of B. beyond the reach of C. at the mercy of D. on the side of
13. We can’t ______ buying a new printer for our company. The one we have doesn’t work.
A. take up B. carry out C. keep on D. put off
14. The dancer’s incredible performance had the audience on its feet ______ for 10 minutes at the end of the show.
A. being clapped B. clap C. clapped D. clapping
15. The student completed this experiment to make come true ______ Professor Joseph had said.
A. that B. what C. when D. where
第二节：完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 分，满分 30 分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 16~35 各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Detective Ashley Jones works at a police department in England. He has recently made a significant 16
—loneliness is a serious social problem that can contribute to depression and even crimes, but it can be 17 in a
clever way. The 18