________evidence that language acquiring ability must be stimulated.

       A. If being     B. It is   C. There is   D. There being

Ms Nancy didn't mind at all ______ to the ceremony.

A. being not invited   B. not being invited

C. not inviting                D. not to be invited

（2010·浙江諸暨中學高三第一次月考）16. Don’t be too hard on you daughter. ______, she is only a child.

A. After all     B. First of all 

C. In all  D. Above all

（2010·山東聊城一中高三模塊測試）    24．- Have you been to the Great Wall?

       - Perhaps not in my memory．____________, it might have been during my early childhood.

A．If any       B．If ever        C．If once    D．If not

（2010·江蘇省如東高級中學高三國慶假期自主練習二）    8. _________ the big earthquake, the local government tried every means to provide shelters for the victims.

A. Before long                           B. Soon after    

C. Long before              D. As soon as

（2010·江蘇如東高級中學高三國慶假期自主練習一） 25. --Johnson, come and look at the sea! It is beautiful, isn’t it?

--Absolutely! If only I _________ here by the sea.

A. lived              B. live              C. had lived             D. will live

（2010·浙江平湖中學高三10月月考）   28. ______ its size with that of the whole earth, we find the highest mountain does not seem high at all.

A. When compared         B. Compared to        

C. To be compared          D. Comparing

（2010·江蘇省如東高級中學高三國慶假期自主練習二）     4. It suddenly ________ to me that we could use a computer to do the job.

A. occurs           B. to occur     

C. occurring             D. occurred

（2010·江蘇如東高級中學高三國慶假期自主練習一）   4. Though he is ill, he has not quit ___________.

A. smoke      B. to smoke    C. smoked         D. smoking

（2010·浙江諸暨中學高三第一次月考）4. I’m afraid this map is wrong; I can’t ______ where we are.

A. work out   B. turn out    C. put out    D. think out