18. The student corrected his paper carefully, ____the professor’s suggestions.

A. follow B. following C. followed D. being followed

19. The ___price will save you one dollar for each dozen.

A. reduce B. reducing C. reduced D. reduces

20. People ____in the city do not know the pleasure of country life.

A. live B. to live C. lived D. living

21. The foreigner tried his best, but he still couldn’t make his point ___.

A. understand B. understanding C. to understand D. understood

22. The scientists were waiting to see the problem ______.

A. settle B. settled C. to settle D. settling

23. The library’s study room is full of students _____for the exam.

A. busily prepared B. busy preparing C. busily prepare D. are busily preparing

24. The ground is _____with ____ leaves.

A. covering, falling B. covered, falling C. covered, fallen D. covering, fallen

25. Lessons ____easily were soon forgotten.

A. to learn B. learn C. learned D. learning

26. The wallet ____several days ago was found ____in the dustbin outside the building。

A. stolen, hidden B. stealing, hiding C. stealing, hidden D. stolen, hiding

27. A person _____a foreign language must be able to use the foreign language, ______all about his own.

A. to learn, to forget B. learning, to forget

C. to learn, forgetting D. learning, forgetting

28. ___different kinds of pianos, the workers farther improved their quality.

A. To produce B. Being produced C. Produced D. Having produced

29. The students in the university are all taking courses ___a degree.

A. coming to B. going to C. leading to D. turning to

30. Many things _____impossible in the past are very common today.

A. consider B. considering C. considered D. be considered

31. ___many times, he still couldn’t understand.

A. Having been told B. Having told C. He having been told D. Telling

32. The old sick lady entered the hospital, ____her two sons.

A. to support B. supporting C. supported by D. having supported

33. China is one of the largest countries in the world, _____9. 6 million square kilometres.

A. to cover B. covered C. covers D. covering

34. ____and happy, Tony stood up and accepted the prize.

A Surprising B. Surprised C. Being surprised D. To be surprising