16.When the electricity failed, he _________ a match to find the candle.

A. rubbed                    B.struck                      C. scratched                D. started

17. I usually buy my clothes _________.  It’s cheaper than going to the dress maker.

A. on the house           B.in public                  C. off the peg              D. on the shelf

18. I know this is a big disappointment but don’t take it to _______

A. soul                        B. mind                       C. spirit                       D. heart

19. He’s always ___________ the government, but then he never votes in the elections.

A. shooting off           B. calling out              C. running down         D. calling off

20. Richard, my neighbour,                           in World War II.

           A. says to fight   B. says to have fought   C. is said to fight   D. is said to have fought

21. ___________the phone rang later that night did Tom remember the appointment.

          A. No sooner                     B. Only                        C. Not until                 D. Just before

22. My sister has just                  sixteen.

          A. completed                               B. turned                     C. become                   D. had

23. Jane really loves the                 jewelry box that her parents gave her as a birthday present.

         A. wooden brown nice                                        B. nice wooden brown      

        C. brown wooden nice                                        D. nice brown wooden

24. I’ve got so much spare time. Now I’m thinking of taking                 a new hobby like stamp collecting.

         A. in                                  B. off                           C. up                            D. over

25.  I have always                  my older brother for his courage and honesty.

         A. taken up                        B. taken after              C. looked up to            D. looked after