23. "Life is like walking in the snow", Granny used to say, "because every step            
A. has shown
B. is showing
C. shows
D. showed
24. It is by no means clear       the president can do to end the strike.
A. how           B. which          G that           D. what
25. I don't believe we've met before,      I must say you do look familiar.

A. therefore        B. although
C. since            D. unless
26. The result is not very important to us, but if we do win, then so much            
A. the best
B. best
C. better
D. the better
27. Mary is really good at taking notes in class. She can             almost every word her teacher says.
A. put out         B. put down        C. put away    D. put together
28. The party will be held in the garden, weather             
A. permitting      B. to permit       C. permitted    D. permit
29. This restaurant wasn't       that other restaurant we went to.
A. half as good as   B. as half good as   C as good as half   D. good as half as
30.1       use a clock to wake me up because at six o'clock each morning the train comes
by my house.          -
A. couldn't          B. mustn't           C. shouldn't        D. needn't
31. Larry asks Bill and Peter to go on a picnic with him, but          of them wants to,
because they have work to do.
-A. either          B. any            C. neither         D none
32. Film has a much shorter history, especially when        such art forms as music and
painting.
A. having compared to         &nbs