A. less; fewer; more B. fewer; less; more C. more; fewer; more

( ) 18.Predicting the future can be difficult _________ embarrassing.

A. as good as B. as well as C. as better as

( )19. Who’s ________, Jim, Jack or John?

A. tall B. much taller C. the tallest

( )20. He has _______ new clothes than I.

A. fewer B. few C. many

( ) 21.We will meet _______ 5 minutes _______ the school gate.

A. after at B. in at C. in on

( )22.—Will there be more people in 100 years, do you think? —_____,I hope.

A. No, there isn’t B. No, there aren’t C. No, there won’t D. No, they won’t.

( )23.I hope I have _____free time. I don’t like to keep busy.

A. more B. less C. many D. much

( )24.—Do you like the city life or the country life?

—It’s hard to say. In the city there is _____interesting, but in the country there is

_____ pollution.

A. less; more B. more; less C. more; fewer D. much; much

( )25.My life will be _____better than it is now.

A. a lot B. a lot of C. a few D. more

( )26.I _____rockets to the moon when I grow up.

A. will put B. will fly C. will take D. will be fly

( )27.If there are _____trees, the air in our city will be _____ cleaner.

A. less; more B. more; more C. more; much D. much; more

( )28.I predict he will be an engineer _____ten years because he is so interested in

making things.

A. in B. after C. later D. for

( )29.There were many famous predictions that never_____.

A. come true B. came real C. came true D. be true

( )30.It ______ that everyone _______ to laugh.

A. seems; loves B. seem; love C. seems; love D. seem; loves

( )31.Margot_______computer science last year.

A. studies B. studied C. will study D. is studying

( )32.In ten years, John _______an astronaut.

A. is B. will be C. was D. will

( )33.How many people _______there fifty years ago.

A. will B. were C. are D. will be

( )34.In AD 20 000,what_______the world be like?

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

( )35.There is_______ meat but_______ cakes on the plate. Please have one.

A. a little; a few B. a few; a little C. few; little D. little; a few

( )36.—What is your favorite 21st century prediction?

—I predict there will be _______leisure time.

A. many B. few C. fewer D. less

( )37.I was bad at English last term, I will try my best to learn it ______.