1 . ___________in 1931, the Empire State Building, the highest skyscraper until 1954, inspired the imagination of the world.

A．Having completed	B．Being completed
C．Completed	D．Completing

2 . ______in painting, John didn’t notice evening approaching.

A．To absorb	B．To be absorbed
C．Absorbed	D．Absorbing

3 . Clearly and thoughtfully________, the book inspires confidence in students who wish to seek their own answers.

A．writing	B．to write
C．written	D．being written

4 . ______ into English, the sentence was found to have an entirely different word order.

A．Translating	B．Translated
C．To translate	D．Having translated