21. The report about the ___ surprised all the ___.

A.     present situation, people present B. present situation , present people

B.      situation present, people who present . D. situation present, presented people

22. ---______?

  ---She is tall and pretty.

A.     What do you think of the girl? .B What’s the girl like

C. How is the girl?             D. How do you like the girl

23.The secretary worked late into the night, ___ a long speech for the headmaster.

 A. to prepare    B. preparing      C. prepared      D. was preparing

24.An awful accident ___, however, occur the other day.

A.     does   B. did   C. has to   D. had to

25.By 10 o’clock I____ that my friends were not coming.

A. realized B. understood C. recognized D. noticed

26. The house rent is expensive .I’ve got about half the space I had at home and I’m paying ____ here.