9. Even if his letter ?____? tomorrow， it ?____? too late to do anything.?
A. will arrive……is
B. should arrive……were?
C. arrives……will be
D. arrives……would be?
10. We can hear ?____?from the back of the room.?
A. just as good
B. just as easy ?
C. just as well
D. easily as well?
11. To obtain a satisfactory result， one must apply two ?____? of paint on a clean surface.?
A. coats
B. levels
C. times
D. courses?
12. The small mountain village was ?____? by the snow for more than one month.?
A. cut back
B. cut out?
C. cut off
D. cut away?
13. Miss Green was ?____? $100 for driving after drinking.?
A. fined
B. charged
C. punished
D. posed?
14. Modern ?____? perhaps causes more problems than it solves.?
A. technique
B. technology?
C. tactics
D. tendency?
15. Mary tiptoed over and took the clock away because she hated to hear it ?____? when she was trying to go to sleep.?
A. sounding
B. ringing
C. ticking
D. humming?
16. Under this ?____? pressure some of the rocks even became liquid.?
A. intensive
B. weighty
C. intense
D. bulky?