II. Read the passage. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D.(2 pts)
You have a headache and you sneeze and cough. Your nose is all stuffed up, and it keeps running, so you have to blow it every few minutes. You know by these symptoms that you have a cold, and you feel completely miserable.Everyone suffers (25) .......... thecommon cold at some time or other. It isn’t a serious (26) ............., but nothing can cure it. Medicine can relieve the symptoms. That is, it can make you cough (27)..........,make your head less intense, and stop your nose (28).......... for a while. So far(29) ......... no cure for the common cold and no medicine to prevent it.(30) ............. there is no cure or preventive medicine for colds, people have all kinds of ideas about (31) ............ to prevent and treat colds. Some people think that if you eat a lot of onions, you won’t get cold. (32) .......... say that you should avoid getting wet and chilled, or you will catch cold.
25.A. fromB. ofC. withD. about
26.A. miseryB. illnessC. headacheD. wrong
27.A. lessB. fewerC. muchD. more
28.A. walkingB. joggingC. runningD. flowing
29.A. it isB. there isC. they areD. there are
30.A. AlthoughB. DespiteC. In spiteD. But
31.A. whatB. whyC. whereD. how
32.A. Other’sB. AnotherC. OthersD. Other
25.A. fromB. ofC. withD. about
26.A. miseryB. illnessC. headacheD. wrong
27.A. lessB. fewerC. muchD. more
28.A. walkingB. jogging C. running D. flowing
29.A. it isB. there isC. they areD. there are
30.A. AlthoughB. DespiteC. In spiteD. But
31.A. whatB. whyC. whereD. how
32.A. Other’sB. AnotherC. OthersD. Other
25. D
26. A
27. C
28. C
29. C
30. D
31. A
32. D