—Hello, John. This is Alice. I'm calling from work. How's your mother feeling?
—________. Mum is out of hospital, but she has to stay in bed a few more days.
| A．You're welcome | B．That was thoughtful of you |
| C．What a pleasure | D．By all means |
17．—Hi, Nancy, I didn't know you had come back. So have you graduated from college?
—Yes. I______French for 5 years in Nanjing.
| A．have studied | B．studied | C．had studied | D．am studying |
16．－What about going abroad?
－Great, but I never expected______a chance for me before.
| A．there to be | B．there being | C．there is | D．there to have |
15．The population of China_______to many times what it was in 1949, and most of its population
farmers.
| A．have grown; are | B．have grown; is |
| C．has grown; is | D．has grown; are |
14．Panda Mei Lan returned to China yesterday. She_____in US since she was born.
| A．had been living | B．is living |
| C．will have been living | D．has been living |
13．—I think the real－name system for the train tickets can effectively crack down on scalpers（黄牛党）．
— ________. I hate scalpers.
| A．I hope so | B．Believe it or not |
| C．Not at all | D．No way |