---Have the papers been graded?
--- Yes, but I regret that you failed it.
| A．to say | B．saying | C．in saying | D．I say |
．After his journey from abroad, Richard Johns returned home, __________.
| A．exhausting | B．exhausted | C．being exhausted | D．having exhausted |
Eugene's never willing to alter any of his opinions. It’s no use _____ with him.
| A．to argue | B．arguing | C．argued | D．having arg ued |
The prize of the game show is ＄30,000 and an all expenses _______ vacation to China．
| A．paying | B．paid | C．to be paid | D．being paid |
The ship is said ________, the effect of _______ is still unknown.
| A．that it has sunk, it | B．to sink, which |
| C．that it has sunk, that | D．to have sunk, which |
The president made a decision to take immediate action _______ the improvement of the poor’s living conditions.
| A．contributed to | B．contributing to | C．consisted of | D．consisting of |
.This isn’t the most difficult one of the new words that ______ me in the passage.
| A．puzzled | B．puzzles | C．is puzzling | D．have puzzled |
He hurried to the booking office only ______ that all the tickets had been sold out.
| A．told | B．to tell | C．to be told | D．telling |
I am busy preparing for the mid-term examination, so I can’t help____ housework.
| A．doing | B．to do | C．being done | D．with doing |
All the people, the wounded_____, were brought to safety.
| A．included | B．including | C．include | D．to include |