15. With dinner ______, the lady went on ______ some sewing.

A. to prepare; to do　　　　　 B. preparing; doing C. prepared; to do　 D. prepared; doing

14. _______ in the mountains for a week, the two students were finally saved by the local police.　

A. Having lost　　　　　　　　　　 B. Lost　　 C. Being lost　　　　　　　　　 D. Losing

13. To understand the grammar of the sentence you must break it _____into parts.

　A. down 　 B. up　　　　　　　 C. off　　　　　　　　　 D. out

12. Five books on the shelf are found ______.

　A. tear　 　　 B. tearing 　　　 C. tore　　　 　 D. torn

11. The girl looked at me with a _____ expression. Maybe the problem was quite _____.

A. puzzled; puzzling　　　　　　 B. puzzling; puzzled

C. puzzled; puzzled　　　　　　　 D. puzzling; puzzling

10. _________ and happy, Tom stood up and accepted the prize.

A. surprising　　 B. Surprised　 C. Being surprised　 D. To be surprised

9. Mary _________ a lot of French by playing with the native boys and girls.

A. pick up　　 B.made up　　 C. turned up　　 D. broke up

8. Elder brother as he is, he is 　　　　　to assist his sisters with study.

A. unbearable　 　　　 B. uncertain　 C. unwilling　　　　 　　 D. unusual

7. It 　　　　　to do exercises in the morning for our health.

A. makes sense　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. makes no difference　　

C. makes contributions　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. makes appointments　

6. The flowers his friend gave him will die unless ________ every day.

A. watered　　　　　　　　 B. watering　 C. water　　　　　　　　　　 D. to water