1 .It is very ____ when you can’t say what you mean in a foreign language.
A.fortunate
B.embarrassed
C.frustrating
D.facilitating
2 .Rebuilding the major watercourse has already brought many ____ to our national wealth.
A.balance
B.benefits
C.basis
D.breakthroughs
3 .We’re looking for someone with a real sense of ____ to the job.
A.commitment
B.communication
C.connection
D.consistence
4 .
-I did not do well in the exam.How about you?
-I did ________ you.Maybe even worse.
A.not better than
B.no better than
C.as well as
D.not worse than
5 .Surely her daughter would make an even bigger effort ______ her?
A.please
B.pleased
C.to please
D.having pleased
6 .
We are late.I expect the party ____by the time we get to the hall.
A.will already have started
B.would already have started
C.shall have already started
D.has already been started
7 .
She will stop showing off if no notice____ of her.
A.is taken
B.takes
C.will be taken
D.has taken
8 .
Your photos ____until next Sunday.
A.won't develop
B.aren't developed
C.don't develop
D.won' t be developed
9 .The murderer was brought in,with his hands___ behind his back.
A.being tied
B.having tied
C.to be tied
D.tied
10 .
He lay still on the grass,with his eyes ____ .
A.closing
B.closed
C.to be closing
D.to be closed
11 .
Actors have a higher ____ than they used to.
A.status
B.level
C.style
D.taste
12 .The classroom needs____.
A.clean
B.cleaned
C.to clean
D.cleaning
13 .I heard them ___ in the room.
A.talked
B.talking
C.to talk
D.have talked
14 .He kept me___for many hours.
A.to wait
B.wait
C.waited
D.waiting
15 .
We'll have a new hospital over there.
A.build
B.to build
C.built
D.building
16 .I heard some very ___ news this morning.
A.excited
B.exciting
C.being excited
D.have excited
17 .
The boss told his men the work had to be completed with all possible ____.
A.hurry
B.haste
C.rush
D.hustle
18 .He ordered the room ____.
A.to sweep
B.sweeping
C.to be swept
D.swept
19 .Who is the girl ___ the teacher's question?
A.answer
B.to answer
C.answering
D.answered
20 .
Many things ___impossible in the past are common today.
A.considered
B.to consider
C.considering
D.being considered