18. our english teacher required us to try to ＿＿＿ in english in class.
　　a. say b. talk
　　c. speak d. tell
　　19. i bought the radio yesterday, but it doesn’t ＿＿＿ now.
　　a. work b. do
　　c. play d. broadcast
　　20. with no rain for three months, and the food supplies running out, the present ＿＿＿ here is getting worse.
 　　a. case b. condition
　　c. state d. situation
　　21. my watch can’t tell the right time, so i have to have it ＿＿＿ right.
　　a. set b. mended
　　c. repaired d. fixed
　　22. in order to ＿＿＿ the requirements of the internaional olympic committee, london built a lot of equipment.
 　　a. realize b. answer
　　c. meet d. gain
　　23. the price ＿＿＿ should have made you realize it was a trick.
　　a. just b. only
　　c. simply d. alone
　　24. in a way i can see what you mean, even though i don’t ＿＿＿ your point of view.
 　　a. agree b. permit
　　c. recognize d. share
　　25. we’re expecting lily because she’s our ＿＿＿ visitor who comes here for holiday every summer.
 　　a. familiar b. popular
　　c. usual d. regular
　　26. the girl ＿＿＿ to be a good dancer if she is well trained in an art school.
　　a. expects b. wishes
　　c. promises d. hopes
　　27. his letter was so confusing that i could hardly make any ＿＿＿ of it.
　　a. explanation b. meaning
　　c. understanding d. sense
　　28. unfortunately, when he got off the crowded bus, he found his pockets ＿＿＿ .
 　　a. stolen b. lost
　　c. picked d. gone
　　29. the clock ＿＿＿ twelve and i realized it was too late.
　　a. hit b. beat
　　c. struck d. rang
　　30. they ＿＿＿ the train until it disappeared in the distance.
　　a. watched b. saw [论文网]
　　c. noticed d. stared
　　31. at that time we ＿＿＿ each other the best of luck in the examination.
　　a. expected b . wished
　　c. hoped d. congratulated
　　32. we won’t take any measures until further ＿＿＿ .
　　a. message b. knowledge
　　c. notice d. news
　　33. at school we are learning such ＿＿＿ as english, chinese, maths and so on.
　　a. lessons b. subjects
　　c. courses d. classes
　　34. i wonder how long i am allowed to ＿＿＿ the books.
　　a. borrow b. keep
　　c. lend d. remain
　　35. speak in a louder ＿＿＿ , or you can’t make yourself heard.
　　a. sound b. voice
　　c. noise d. whisper
　　36. it is raining heavily and there is still no ＿＿＿ of clearing up.