23. Often he _________ sit for hours doing nothing at all when he was in low spirits.
| A．should | B．would | C．might | D．Could |
—What about traveling to Kunming by air this winter holiday?
—________， but my father promised to take me to Sydney.
| A．I can’t | B．All right |
| C．Sounds great | D．No way |
---Hi, Mike! We’re going biking along the beach this weekend.
---_______. I love being bathed in the sunshine.
| A．By all means | B．Count me in |
| C．Go ahead | D．With pleasure |
At the end of the holiday, traffic_______ on the freeway as people headed home.
| A．put up | B．picked up |
| C．took up | D．built up |
Two friends were talking about education, _______, about the kind of education that they received in their youth.
| A．or else | B．worse still |
| C．or rather | D．above all |
The temperature has risen to more than 20 degrees centigrade. It is quite hot _______January in Zhejiang.
| A．for | B．in | C．as | D．like |