Nobody but doctors and nurses and those          by Dr.Hu          to enter the patient’s room.

  A. invited; is permitted               B. are invited; are permitted

C. being invited; permitted            D. invited; are permitted

 Global warming has led to many rivers and lakes ________ these years.

A. drying off               B. drying up        C. to dry off         D. to dry up

 The little pet cat felt freezing cold, so she stood         to her mother.

A. close                  B. closely             C. closed              D. closing

 Osama told us the work would be finished by next week, ____ personally I doubt very much.

    A. that                B. when              C. which              D. it

 On AIDS Day, the minister of Health Department demanded that the problems ________ paid special attention to.

A. referred to being     B. referred to be     C. refer to being      D. refer to be

 It’s bad         for a man to smoke in the public places where smoking is not allowed.

 A. behaviour           B. manner          C. action           D. way

 The flight to Antarctica was delayed by the lack _______ information about the weather conditions there.

A. in                  B. from           C. for              D. of

 All in all, plants in warm and wet areas grow quicker than         in cold and dry areas, but the quality of the former is much worse than         of the latter.

A. these, those               B. that, this        C. those, that         D. the ones, one

 I’ve already forgotten ___________ you bought the dictionary.

A. that it was when            B. that was it when

C. when was it that            D. when it was that

 The poem is said         a big popularity among adults in the last decade.

A. to become          B. having become     C. to have become    D. has become