7.I knew the news was ___ when I saw the children's ___ faces

A. exciting; excited B. exciting; exciting C. excited; excited D. excited; exciting

8. Swimming is my favourite sport. There is ___ like swimming as a means of keeping fit. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything

9. With the help of teachers, we ___ the study.

A. made a progress B. made progress on

C. made a progress on D. made the progress on

10. There are ___ as boys.

A. as three times many girls B. three times as many girls

C. many girls as three times D. three times girls as many

11. ___ it will be when we all go for a picnic together on Saturday morning.

A. How fun B. What a great fun C. What fun D.How great a fun

12. --- What will you do if it ___ tomorrow?

--- We have to carry it on, since we've got everything ready.

A. will rain B. is raining C. rains D. rained

13. She looks forward every spring to ___ the flower-lined garden.

A. visit B. paying a visit C. walk in D. walking in

14. Our new library is ___ the old one.

A. four times as large as B. four times the size

C. four times the size larger than D. four times larger than that

15. Most of the students in our class show a good ___ their study.

A. attitude on B. attitude to C. attitude of D. attitude in