( )14. —Late again! What’s your ________ this time?

—I’m sorry. I missed the school bus.

A. rule B. excuse xk|b|1

C. order D. tool

( )15. The boy likes running and he’s training for the 100-metre ________.

A. race B. speech

C. sofa D. platform

( )16. —I was asked to do all the work.

—It was not ________. Other children should help you do it.

A. terrible B. fair

C. useful D. wrong

( )17. The players played _______ badly _______ lots of people left the stadium

A. so; that B. very; that

C. too; to D. enough; to

( )18. The old man isn’t in good health. He ________ from a bad illness.

A. learns B. escapes

C. suffers D. separates

( )19. The girl did very well, and she ________ the record at the game.

A. broke B. remembered

C. pulled D. explained

( )20. Jenny doesn’t like chemistry, but her parents often encourage her _______ it well.

A. learn B. learning

C. learns D. to learn

( )21. The heavy rain stopped them ________ the science museum yesterday.

A. visit B. visiting

C. to visit D.

( )22. —What are you going to do after college?

—I’d like to _______ a company of my own.