The shop has been standing so ______ that a thief finds nothing to steal.
| A．quietly | B．lonely | C．empty | D．Open |
—Have you heard the story of “Niu Lang and Zhi Nu”?
—No. When and where does the story ______ ?
| A．take up | B．take on | C．take place | D．take off |
单项填空（共20题，每小题1.5分，共30分）
“We can’t go out in this weather,” said Bob, ____ out of the window.
| A．looking | B．to look | C．looked | D．having looked |
He is so ______ to his English teaching that I admire him for his ______.
| A．devote; devote | B．devoting; devotion |
| C．devoted; devotion | D．devoted; devote |
. It is the test system, _____ the teachers, that is to blame for the heavy burden of middle school students nowadays.
| A．other than | B．or rather | C．rather than | D．more than |
. To the surprise of many people, in ten years the city’s population ____ by 12%.
| A．gained | B．expanded | C．developed | D．spread |