When I first learned to write in English, I ran into many     76. ________

difficulties. The main problem was in that I always thought    77. ________

in Chinese and tried to translate anything into English.       78. ________

My teacher advised me to keep my diary. I followed her         79. ________

advice and should put down 100 words or so each day.           80. ________

Soon I began to enjoy talk to myself on paper as I was         81. ________

learning to express me in simple English. One day I wrote      82. ________

a little story and showed to my teacher. She liked it          83. ________

very much and reads it to the class. All said the story was    84. ________

a good one. Their word were a great encouragement to me.       85. ________

We made plans for a visit but _____ difficulties with the car prevented it.

　　A. consequent     B. subordinate

　　C. substantial    D. subsequent

It was _____ by the railway board that the cost of rail fares would be increased by ten percent.

　　A. noticed    B. stated    C. suggested    D. noted

Jack almost fell off the cliff, but managed to _____ until help came.

　　 A. keep on   B. catch on  C. count on    D. hang on

When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above _____.

　　A. average    B. ordinary    C. regular    D. normal

Roses are quite _____ flowers in English gardens.

　　A. ordinary    B. common    C. usual    D. general

Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of _____ standards.

　　A. equivalent    B. uniform    C. alike    D. likely

 Everyone was on time for the meeting______Chris, who’s usually ten minutes late for everything.

A. but       B. only  C. even      D. yet

He got up early, ________ to catch the train.

 A. to hope       B. hoping      C. hope     D. hoped

 Kate’s little brother kicked the ball to the river; she took great trouble to get in_______the river.

A. on         B. from      C. from on        D. over from