| A．January | B．advanced | C．Canadian | D．balance |
28. The water will be further polluted unless some measures ______.
| A．will be taken | B．are taken | C．were taken | D．had been taken |
27. More and more Chinese women are having difficulty ______ Mr. Right or are choosing the single life.
| A．to find | B．finding | C．found | D．in being found |
26. He returned home very late as ______.
| A．normal | B．usual | C．common | D．Ordinary |
25. As soon as I got home, my father asked ______ with me.
| A．what the matter was | B．how the matter was |
| C．how was the matter | D．what was the matter |
24. ---By the way, what’s your opinion about that, Jack?
---To be practical, I prefer to live in the country farming ______ stay in the city living poorly.
| A．rather than | B．would rather | C．more than | D．had better |