II．单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分 10分）
从四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
---I wonder, Mr Adams, ______ you’d mind us asking a few questions.
---______. I am all ears.
| A．if; Yes, go ahead | B．whether; No, go ahead |
| C．that; Sure, go ahead | D．if; Sure, go ahead |
The news soon ___ its way throughout the country.
| A．noticed | B．found | C．watched | D．set |
Now even the middle school students go abroad for study ___.
| A．at their own expense | B．by expense their own | C．with their own’s expense | D．on expense of their own’s |
This dictionary is very useful. It has ___ many problems about works and idioms for me.
| A．looked up | B．kept up | C．taken up | D．cleared up |
It's foolish to go to the ___ of taking music lessons if you never practise.
| A．expense | B．sense | C．pay | D．money |
He is delighted to have ___ the examination.
| A．got through | B．looked through | C．seen through | D．passed through |