13. _______ in the book, she didn’t hear what I said to her at all.
A. Having absorbed B. Being absorbed
C. Absorbed D. To absorbed
12. My son pretended __________ when I came back.
A. to sleep B. sleeping
C. being sleeping D. to be sleeping
11. I’d like my child ____________ in a school of high quality.
A. educating B. to educate
C. to be educated D. being educated
10. Sorry for having delayed __________ your letter in time.
A. answering B. to answer
C. to have answered D. having answered
9. It is I that _______ for the mistake in the work.
A. is blamed B. is to blame
C. am to blame D. am to be blamed
8. The girl is _______ to give us some help if asked.
A. possible B. likely
C. probably D. possibly
7. How can you stand ________ in the public?
A. laughing at B. to laugh at
C. being laughed at D. to be laughed at
6. The students listened carefully to the teacher with their eyes _______ on the blackboard.
A. to focus B. focusing
C. being focused D. focused
5. The boy swore ________ the wonderful film before.
A. to see B. to seeing
C. to having seen D. having seen
4. Each year some foreign students _________ our school.
A. are admitted to B. are admitted by
C. have admitted into D. have been admitted to