Which do you enjoy __________ our weekend, fishing or watching TV?
A. spending      B. to spend      C. being spent     D. spend

__________ your compositions carefully and some spelling mistakes can be avoided.
A. Having checked      B. Check      C. If you check      D. To check

–Why didn’t you go to help her when she needed your help badly?
   --I would have, but I ____________ as busy as a bee then.
A. would be       B. had been        C. was       D. were

During the summer vocation we went back to the school _________ to pay a visit to our teachers though it was _____ hot.
A. especially; in particular          B. specially; especially
C. special; especial                D. particularly; specially

 _________, they had no chance of winning the war.
A. As they fought bravely           B. Bravely though they fought
C. Brave as they fought             D. Now that they fought bravely

 My laptop computer, which no one can ____________, has been out of order for a week.
A. get gone      B. have to go      C. get going     D. have gone

The palace is heavily guarded, because inside its walls ________.
A. where sit the European leaders      B. the European leaders there sit
C. sit the European leaders           D. that the European leaders sit

 –I didn’t take notes at yesterday’s meeting because I had left my pen at home.
   --You ________ mine, I _________it.
A. must have borrowed/ wasn’t using     B. may have borrowed/ didn’t use
C. could have borrowed/ wasn’t using     D. should have borrowed/ hadn’t used

This book is said to be a special one, which ___________ many events not found in other history books.
A. writes       B. covers       D. deals       D. refers

 –Why hasn’t our English teacher been invited to the English Evening being held here now?
   --She __________ an important article when I found her and she _________it.
A. had written; didn’t finish         B. was writing; hasn’t finished
C. wrote; hasn’t finished           D. was writing; hadn’t finished