17.(　 ) His question is ___________.

　　　 A. puzzling　　　 B. puzzled　　 C. to puzzled　　　 D. to puzzling

16.(　 ) Her job is ___________ the garden clean.

　　　 A. keep 　　　　　B. kept　　　　 C. keeping　　　　 D. keeps

15.(　 ) It was really hard work ________ our way _______ the forest.

　　　 A. cut; through　　　 B. cut; up　　　 C. cutting; across　　 D. cutting; through

14.(　 ) ___________ the radio made it worse.

　　　 A. My repairing　　 B. Me repairing　 　C. I repairing　　 D. I repaired

13.(　 ) ________ the medicine made her mother angry.

　　　 A. Not his talking　　 B. His not taking　　 C. He not take　 D. No to take

12.(　 ) __________ the exam will disappoint your parents.

　　　 A. You failing　　　 B. Your failing　　 C. You fail　　　 D. You to fail

11.(　 ) Try __________ at the back door if nobody hears you at the front door.

　　　 A. to knock　　 B. and knock　　　 C. knocking　　　　 D. and to knock

10.(　 ) They failed to pass the exam last time. I regretted _________ them.

　　　 A. to be not able to help　　　　 B. being unable to help

　　　 C. being not able to help　　　　 D. not be able to help

9. Remember _________ my best regards to him when you write.

　　　 A. sending　　　　 B. send　　　　　 C. sent　　　　 D. to send

8. James liked fishing, __________.

　　　 　A. but hunting had been enjoyed by him　　 D. but hunting was also enjoyed by him

　　　 C. but hunting was also enjoyed　　　　　 D. but he also enjoyed hunting