19. You’re ______ your time trying to persuade hi—he’ll never join us.
A. spending B. wasting
C. losing D. missing
答：B. waste time doing... 浪费时间傲某事(固定搭配
20. —What did you think of her speech?
—She _______ for one hour but didn’t _______ much.
A. speak, talk B. spoke, say
C. said, speak D. said, say spoke, speak
答：B．speak讲话，此处意为make a speech演讲。say强调讲话的内容。
21. It is wise to have some money _______ for old age.
A. put away B. kept up
C. given away D. laid up
答：A．put away在此题中是save(储蓄)之意。
22. I love to go to the seaside in summer. It _______ good to lie in the sun or swim in the cool sea.
A. does B. feels
C. gets D. makes
答：B。It feels good to do sth. 相当于 It’s good to do sth..
23. She________ his number in the phone book to make sure that she had got it right.
A. looked up B. looked for
C. picked out D. picked up
答：A。 lookup (在词典、电话簿中)查寻； piekout选出；pick up拾起，接收节目，接某人上车，学会(语言)，买便宜东西。
24. —Do you think the Stars will beat the Bulls?
—Yes. They have better players, so I _____ them to win.
A. hope B. prefer
C. expect D. want
答：C．expect料想，hope不能接sb. to do, B项和D项与句意不符。
25. After all the students had taken their seats, the teacher __________ the examination papers.
A. handed in B. handed on
C. handed out D. handed over
答：C．handout分发；handin上交；handOn传；handover递给。