______ herself with other girls, she feels she is quite lucky.

   A. Comparing                 B. Compared     C. To compare               D. Being compared

　 _____ in the strange city, poor Bill fell to _____.

　　A. Lost; crying　　　　　 　　　 B. Lost; cry

　　C. To lose; cry　 　　　　　　　 D. Having been lost; crying

Do you consider it any good _____ again?

A. to try　　B. try     C. trying　　D. for you to try

Although swimming is his favorite sport, yet he doesn't like _____ today.

A. to swim　　　B. swimming   C. swim　　　　D. to have swim

_____, Mr. Thompson left the room.

　　A. Drinking the coffee　　　　　　　　B. Had drunk the coffee

　　C. After drank the coffee　　　　　　　D. Having drunk the coffee

　24. _________ that she was going off to sleep，I asked if she’d like chat little doll on her bed．

　　A．Seeing　　　　B．To see　　　　C．See　　　　D．Seen

The basketball players _______ each other the best luck in the game before it started.

   A. wished                     B. hoped                     C. expected               D. wanted

— Did you know any Chinese, Joyce, before you arrived in Beijing?

    — In fact, never _______ it.

A. have I learned          B. I have learned  C. had I learned      D. I had learned

Two friends visited the zoo together. The zoo was very large and it was ____1____ to go everywhere. They had to decide where and which animal to visit as their time was ___2___. So both of them agreed not to ____3___ after choosing a ____4___  at every fork(岔道口).

A road sign at the first fork ____5____ one way to the lion quarters and the other to the tiger hill. They decided on the ____6____ after a ___7____ discussion because lion were “the king of the grassland”. The second showed a division(路口) going separately to the pandas and peacock. They ____8____ pandas as it was the nation’s treasure and went the way. Thus they made choices all along the way and each choice meant ____9____ what they couldn’t help regretting. But they had to make it, and ____10____, for it brooked(容忍)no delay. If they hesitated they would miss ___11___. Only ___12___ decision could offer more chances for sightseeing and ___13____ possible regret.

Life is ____14____ like this------ choices often occur that one has to make, for example, between two ____15_____ jobs, two fascinating wooers(追求者). To get one you ___16____ give up the other ------- you can get half of it. If you __17___ weighing the pros and cons and calculating gains and losses, you will most likely _____18_____ empty-handedness. Don’t be sad about it. ___19___ you have got half of the desirable things in life ------ something that is ___20____ to come by.

1.A. easy         B. eager       C. impossible       D. possible

2.A. enough       B. limited     C. tight            D. plentiful

3.A. retrace       B. come       C. go              D. go back

4.A. main road     B. branch      C. crossing         D. highway

5.A. showed       B. pointed      C. intended        D. made

6.A. former        B. later        C. lost            D. the third

7.A. brief          B. long        C. no             D. heated

8.A. hoped         B. wanted      C. favored         D. got

9.A. getting        B. taking        C. grasping       D. giving up

10.A. slowly       B. immediately    C. timely        D. easily

11.A. less          B. more         C. most          D. least

12.A. high         B. slow          C. short          D. rapid

13.A. increase      B. rid            C. reduce        D. raise

14.A. just exactly    B. more or less    C. hardly        D. most

15.A. unwanted      B. rejected       C. enjoyable     D. desirable

16.A. wish          B. want          C. must         D. have to

17.A. spend time     B. kill time       C. have a hard time  D. hope for

18.A. start with       B. get up        C. succeed in       D. end up in

19.A. By no means    B. Not in the least C. At most         D. At least

20.A. stupid         B. delighted      C. hard            D. supported

—When__________ and visit our exhibition next month?

   — When_______, I will let you know.

A. will he come; he will come         B. will he come; he comes

C. does he come; he will come         D. does he come; he comes