405. The excited speaker was talking on, _________.

A. a crowd gathered　　　　　 B. a crowd gathering

C. gathered a crowd　　　　　 D. gathering

ABCDA　 ABCDA　 BCADB　 ABCBB

404. ______, and listen to the teacher carefully.

　 A. Gathering　　　　　　　　　 B. Gather

C. Gathered　　　　　　　　　 D. Having gathered

403. The other day on the street he ___one of his friends whom he hadn’t seen for ages.

A. run into　 B. run across　　 C. ran into　　 D. ran away

402. We might as well take a rest; we have ____trying paper.

A. run into　 B. run out of　 C. ran out　　 D. ran across

401. ______noise, please! I have something important to tell you.

A. Less　　 B. Not　 　C. Little　 D. Much

400. – I see something lying in the corner, moving

　 --- Let me see ________.

A. what is the matter　　　　 B. what the matter is

C. what matter　　　　　　　 D. matter is what

399. _______they say, just take your own way.

A. No matter　　　　　　　 B. What

C. However　　　　　　　　 D. No matter what

398. – Do you know you ______to be here by 7:30 ?

　 --- Yes, I do.

A. are supposed　　　　　　　 B. suppose

C. are supposing　　　　　　　 D. supposed

397. There _____an old tree here. I wonder how they could manage to remove such an old tree.

A. seemed not　　 B. not seemed

C. didn’t seem to be　 D. didn’t seem to have

396. – You seem to have learnt it by heart.

--- Yes, I_________.

　 A. seem　 B. have　　 C. do　　 D. did