1 . —Hey, Jenny, my online car-hailing service is unavailable. Could you reserve a car for tomorrow?
—Sorry, the upgrade ________, my phone has been bricked — it's stuck in emergency mode and won't start up.

A．not to complete

B．not completing

C．not completed

D．not having completed

2 . ___________ by what the teacher had said, Anna came up with a new idea for her new project.

A．Inspired

B．Inspiring

C．Inspire

D．To inspire

3 . The boss was disappointed to see his company ________ as unqualified, which led to the company closing down.

A．assessing

B．to assess

C．assessed

D．being assessed

4 . Guizhou Province, _____ by Lonely Planet among the top 10 regions to visit in 2020, has become a promising travel destination.

A．ranked

B．being ranked

C．having ranked

D．to be ranked

5 . _____ by a burning desire for adventure, Li Bai left home and started to travel around in his early twenties.

A．Having driven

B．Being driven

C．To drive

D．Driven

6 . Japan is facing an ageing population, with the population __________ from the current 127 million to 90 million.

A．expecting to shrink	B．expected to shrink
C．expecting to have shrunk	D．expected to have shrunk

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

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

8 . （2016·江苏）To return to the problem of water pollution, I’d like you to look at a study _________in Australia in 2012.

A．having conducted	B．to be conducted
C．conducting	D．conducted

9 . Once ______, the book will surely attract readers’ attention since it is related to people’s health.

A．publishing	B．having published
C．published	D．to publish

10 . _____________in the poorest area of Glasgow, he had a long, hard road to becoming a football star.

A．Being raised	B．Raising
C．Raised	D．To raise