1 . It is believed that if a book is _________, it will surely _________ the reader.

A．interested; interest	B．interesting; be interested
C．interested; be interesting	D．interesting; interest

2 . It is believed that if an event is ________ in the paper, it will surely ________ its readers.

A．astonished; astonish

B．astonishing; be astonished

C．astonishing; astonish

D．astonished; be astonished

3 . —Did you meet anyone ________ at the party?
—No, in fact, I found the party rather ________.

A．interesting; boring

B．interested; boring

C．interesting; bored

D．interested; bored

4 . Though ______ to stop, the ______ speaker kept on talking at the meeting.

A．being told; thrilling	B．telling; thrilled
C．to be told; thrilling	D．told; thrilled

5 . To make your argument more ________, you should put forward more supporting information.

A．convinced	B．convincing
C．to be convinced	D．to be convincing

6 . The speaker is giving rather an________ speech, as I can judge from the________ look of all the listeners.

A．inspiring；inspiring	B．inspired; inspired
C．inspiring; inspired	D．inspired; inspiring

7 . When I went in, they were ____ in a heated discussion.

A．absorb

B．absorbed

C．absorbing

D．being absorbed

8 . .Mr Smith, _______ of the ________ speech, started to read a novel.

A．tired; boring

B．tiring; bored

C．tired; bored

D．tiring; boring

9 . The poor man, ________, ran out of the dark cave.

A．tiring and frightened	B．tired and frightened
C．tired and frightening	D．tiring and frightening

10 . I was very____ to find that the cinema was not accessible to the elderly or people in wheelchairs.

A．annoyed	B．annoying
C．annoy	D．annoyance