________in a traffic jam yesterday morning,Jack did not arrive at his office on time.
A.Catching | B.Caught | C.To catch | D.To be caught |
Moreover,27.6 percent of those ____preferred reading on their mobile phones, which was 4.6 percent higher than last year.
A. surveying | B.to survey | C. surveyed | D. having surveyed |
____ a letter from her parents, Lily is now looking forward to ___ from them.
A Having not received; hear B. Not received; hear
C. Not having received; hearing D. Receiving not; hearing
Unless ___ to speak,you should remain silent at the conference.
A.invited | B.inviting | C.being invited | D.having invited |
—The water was running all night long.
—Yes. It seemed that John ______ . He was the last one to leave the lab.
A.was to be blamed | B.was to blame |
C.had been blamed | D.should be blamed |
The maker of the popular game Angry Birds announced on Tuesday that it would open its first overseas operation in Shanghai, _____ a clear step to further enter the booming Chinese market.
A.to mark | B.marking | C.marked | D.having marked |
Little Tom admitted ______ in the examination, ______ that he wouldn’t do that in the future.
A.to cheat; to promise |
B.cheating; promised |
C.having cheated; promising |
D.to have cheated; promised |
In many people’s opinion, that company, though relatively small, is pleasant ______.
A.dealt with | B.dealing with | C.to be dealt with | D.to deal with |
Arriving home tired, he had his wife ____ the dinner for him.
A.cook | B.cooked | C.to be cooked | D.to cook |
In order to catch up with her classmates, _____.
A.a lot of books were bought by Mary’s mother |
B.Mary’s father helped her with her lessons |
C.Mary worked hard at her lessons around the clock |
D.Mary’s classmates helped her a lot |
Time means everything, so I won’t have you _______your time like that.
A.wasted | B.waste | C.to waste | D.wasting |
Do you know how much time and effort they devoted________ such a complicated project?
A.to complete | B.completed | C.completing | D.to completing |
China’s hurdler Liu Xiang was disqualified due to false start in the 60-metre event, _____ his rival Dayron Robles of Cuba an easy win of 7.66 seconds.
A.giving | B.given | C.to give | D.gave |
She was the first woman ______ to the board.
A.to be appointed | B.having been appointed | C.appointing | D.to appoint |