--- Who are you waiting for?
--- ______ the man wounded in the left leg.
| A.The doctor will operate on | B.The nurse to be looked after |
| C.The doctor to operate on | D.His brother got |
________ in a new country, I was scared and feeling pretty anxious.
| A.For the first time | B.I was the first time |
| C.Being the first time | D.This being my first time |
Teachers` advice of _________stress over the school days must be granted by the headmaster.
| A.students to reduce | B.students reducing |
| C.students reduced | D.students being reduced |
There________no strong earthquake in the area in the near future, people have no fear in mind.
| A.being | B.will be | C.be | D.going to be |
_________ no buses, we had to walk home after work late into the night yesterday.
| A.Being | B.There were | C.There being | D.It being |
He apologized for ____able to inform me of the change about the plan in advance.
| A.his being not | B.his not being | C.him not to | D.him to be not |
Chinese exports have been hit hard by falling world demand, with millions of workers _______ to their villages after the factories that employed them closed down.
| A.returned | B.returning | C.have returned | D.return |
Thousands and thousands of people attended the president’s inaugural ceremony, with ages _______from 5 to 100.
| A.varying | B.changing | C.ranging | D. rating |