To buy some salt, the careless housewife went downstairs, ________ the fish ________ over the gas．

A．left; cooked

B．leaving; being cooked

C．leaving; cooking

D．left; being cooked

I couldn’t do my homework with all the noise ________．

A．going on

B．goes on

C．went on

D．to go on

He was deep in thought with his eyes ________ on the ceiling．

A．fixed

B．fixing

C．fix

D．to be fixing

The thief stood before the policemen ________, admitting what he had done．

A．with his dropping head

B．dropping his head

C．raising his head

D．with his head down

With so many books ________ I couldn’t go to surf the Internet．

A．read

B．reading

C．to read

D．being read

It was a pity that the great writer died ________ his works unfinished．

A．for

B．with

C．from

D．of

________ two exams to worry about, I have to work really hard this weekend．

A．With

B．Besides

C．As for

D．Because of

No one ________ the building without the permission of the police．

A．to leave

B．is about to leave

C．leaves

D．is to leave

The dance performed by the disabled actors is really a hit, but years ago no one could have imagined they ________ such a great success．

A．were to achieve

B．were to have achieved

C．were going to achieve

D．were achieving

We are so busy that no one in the office can ________ for any other work．

A．drawn

B．pulled

C．spared

D．saved