Near the table ______ a poor dog, which desired to satisfy his hunger with something ______ fell from the table.
| A.laid; that | B.lay; which | 
| C.lays; which | D.lay; that | 
27.Della had only one dollar and eighty – seven cents_____ Jim, her Husband, a Christmas present.
| A.to buy | B.which to buy | C.for him to buy | D.with which to buy | 
26.I know nothing about the match____I read in the newspaper.
| A.besides | B.expect | C.except that | D.except what | 
25.____in the Kooris for years, I decided to learn their language.
| A.Having interested | B.Have been interest | 
| C.Having been interested | D.Being interested | 
24.As we all know, newspapers, magazines and radios as well as television broadcasts can keep us
 ____about what is happening at home and abroad.
| A.informing | B.informed | C.to inform | D.being informed | 
23.Mike is handsome, kind and full of energy____, I can’t speak too highly of him.
| A.As a result | B.By the way | C.In a word | D.On the contrary |