Telephone messages for the manager ________ on her desk but she didn't notice them．

A．were left

B．was left

C．was leaving

D．were leaving

Only after my friend came ________．

A．did the computer repair

B．he repaired the computer

C．was the computer repaired

D．the computer was repaired

Susan decided not to work on the program at home because she didn't want her parents to know what she ________．

A．has done

B．had done

C．was doing

D．is doing

The hero's story ________ differently in the newspapers．

A．was reported

B．was reporting

C．reports

D．reported

There ________ something wrong with my bike, ________?

A．seem to be; isn't there

B．seems to have; isn't it

C．seem to be; is there

D．seems as if; is it

It's reported that young people in the university are called on ________ where they are most needed．

A．go

B．going

C．to go

D．to be going

The boy was so ________ about the show by pandas in the zoo that he stayed there the whole afternoon．

A．nervous

B．eager

C．anxious

D．curious

Abraham Lincoln's stepmother did all she could ________ him．

A．help

B．helped

C．helping

D．to help

We want to know why you didn't do it as ________．

A．to be told

B．told

C．having been told

D．told to

－Mr Smith spent as much time as he ________ the experiments．

－No doubt he succeeded in the end．

A．could do

B．could to do

C．could doing

D．could on doing