218. I _____ you the exciting news, but you were not at home.

A.meaned telling     B. meaned to tell       C. meant telling                D meant to tell

221. John complained(埋怨) to the bookseller that there were several pages      in the dictionary.

222. The gentleman made an apology for the mistake he had       , for he had taken my suitcase _____ mistake the day before.

223. It was so       a story that quite a few children were __________to tears.

225. I didn’t hear the phone last night. I _____asleep.

226. Einstein lived the rest of his life quietly in America and _____ American nationality in 1940.

227. It is necessary that the question _______ at once.

228. Oh, the classroom is so dirty. It needs ______ before we begin our class.

229. Look! The shop isn’t open yet. We _____.

230. I didn’t ______ being called “Lazy bones”, because a lot of housework is always done by my elder sister.