1. Can you lend me some money? -1 can a sureness b surely c sure d unsure It's been a really hot summer ?

16. "Oh. I beg your pardon!" cried Alice ... than it was necessary
A) hastilier B) hasty C) most hastily D) more hastily
17. He is considered climber!... Alps in winter?
A) be B) being C) the D) -
18. He... scarcely ... the house, when it started to rain.
A) was /entering B) had I entered
C) would I enter D) has been entering
19. Government offices store and maintain such documents as certificates of birth ... and death.
A) marriage B) marrying C) marrying D) marry
20. The manageress spoke to me ....
A) herself B) themselves C) on their own D) by herself
21. Look! There is a lift over there. You ... use the stairs.
A) may not B) don't have to C) mustn't D) can't
22. Oh. I'll buy this rug! How much ... here?
A) it is costing B) is it costing
C) it costs D) does it cost
Read the text Then Choose the correct answer for
each question below (23-26).
Do you ever wish that your neighbors would turn down their music" Perhaps you are trying to sleep and you wish that the people next-door were not holding an alt-night barbecue party in their garden. Or do you feel it is time you moved to an uninhabited island? Don't worry you are just mother victim of noise pollution. Of course, most people would prefer it if cars made no noise at all. neighbors were as quiet as mice and nobody drove about the streets in cars will, open Windows mid high powered sound systems. You may even wish you could stop children from playing in the street, or planes passing overhead. But in the end, if I were yon, I would just get used to it. Close the windows, buy some earplugs, laugh and turn up your own stereo. Just act if the noise were simply not there Who knows, perhaps it, will go away!
23. According to the text, noises disturbing people involve all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Noisy traffic outside the house.
B) Parties that last the whole night.
C) Aircrafts flying in the sky.
D) The voice of mice in the house.