1 . Surprised by the unexpected gift, she was ________ and couldn’t stop ________.

A．excited; smiled

B．exciting; smiling

C．excited; smiling

D．exciting; smiled

2 . As soon as Penny noticed the falling branch, she jumped out of the way to avoid ______.

A．hitting

B．to hit

C．hit

D．being hit

3 . How to play the piano was difficult, but he kept ____ until he achieved his goal.

A．practicing	B．to practice
C．practiced	D．practice

4 . Despite the great trouble I had        my own life, I still spared some money to help him.

A．manage

B．to manage

C．on managing

D．managing

5 . Having worked far away from his hometown for six months, Tom looked forward to________his family.

A．meet

B．met

C．be met

D．meeting

6 . People sometimes enjoy playing a joke on others but they don’t feel like         at by others.

A．to be laughed

B．being laughed

C．laughing

D．to laugh

7 . At the weekends, I play computer games if I’m not busy________. My dream is________my own IT company.

A．studying, starting	B．to study, starting
C．studying, to start	D．to study, to start

8 . Zhang Boli has devoted all his life to________Traditional Chinese Medicine, for which he________the title “People’s Hero”.

A．promoting; impresses	B．promote; illuminates
C．promote; concludes	D．promoting; deserves

9 . Why does everyone keep ______ that? It’s not true.

A．to say

B．saying

C．said

D．say

10 . He turned off the head lamp of the car to keep the light from flashing in through the window of Jack’s house and        Jack up.

A．woke

B．waking

C．wake

D．to wake