20.I sent Kate an e-mail, ________ to get further information about how to learn English well.

A. hoped　　 B. hoping　　 　C. hope　　 D. to hope

19. I heard the doorbell ring while ________ a letter to my parents in the room.

A. to write　　 B. writing　　 C. written　　 D. having written

18.　 Mark, a good friend of mine, had to shout ________himself _______ above the sound of the music.

A. making, hear　　 B. to make, hear　 C. making, heard　　 D. to make, heard

17.　 Mary, ______ of the ______ speech, began to talk to her classmate next to her.

A. tiring, bored　 B. tired, bored　 C. tiring, boring　　 D. tired, boring

16.　 Charlie is said ________ abroad last year, _______ his wife alone at home.

A.　　 to have studied, leave　 B. to study, leaving　 C. to have studied, leaving　 D. to study, leave

15.　 You brother seems _________ everything. Therefore, you’d better let him ______ all the truth.

A.　　 to be told, knowing　　 B. to tell, to know　 C. to have been told, know　　 D. to be telling, known

14.　 There seemed to be nothing ______ to do but ______ for the doctor.

A. left, to send　 B. leaving , send　 C. leave, send　　 D. left, send

13.　 The research , referred to by the professor,　 is so designed that once _________ nothing can be done to change it.

A. begun　　 B. having begun　 C. begins　　 D. to begin

12.　 The colleagues discussed the plan that they would like to see ________ the next year.

A. carry out　　 B. carrying out　　 C. to carry out 　　D. carried out

11.　 There was a gun and a thin piece of rope with the end _________ in a circle.

A. being tied　　 B. having tied　　 C. tied　　 D. tying