1 . The lecture began by        us where the island was and went on        about its history.

A．telling, talking

B．to tell, to talk

C．telling, to talk

D．be told, talking

2 . I find it no use ________ about it now. I really regret ________ the exam.

A．to argue; to fail

B．arguing; to fail

C．to argue; failing

D．arguing; failing

3 . Impossible ________ it is for us to live in an environment free of pandemic, we had better try our best to avoid ________.

A．however; affected	B．though; to be affected
C．although; being affected	D．as; being affected

4 . Children have been accustomed to ________ masks when ________ to the public in recent years.

A．wear; exposed	B．wearing; being exposed
C．wear; being exposed	D．wearing; exposed

5 . Once in front of the paintings, they only have limited time to spend ________ (take) in its five metres of scenes along the Bian River in Bianing. (所给词的适当形式填空)

6 . 每个句子有一处错误，在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
1. Mid-autumn Festival is a tradition Chinese festival and it is the custom to eat moon-cakes.
2. Tom was too frighten to say a word.
3. Faced with so many problems, Mary was calmly and dealt with them.
4. I am sure you will have trouble complete the difficult task now.
5. Neither my parents nor I are at home today, so you’d better not come.
6. Parents should be responsible of family education.
7. Obvious, the visitors are attracted by the beautiful scenery.
8. He made a apology to his teacher for his mistakes.
9. After graduate, I find it hart to get a good job in big cities.
10. He had an accident yesterday. That is because he is absent from the meeting.

7 . —Mum, word _____ me when I want to make a complaint about too much homework to the teacher.
— Come on! It’s all your fault! Stop ______ your feet from now on.

A．confirmed; to drag	B．failed; dragging
C．reminded; to drag	D．left; dragging

8 . After being ill I didn’t feel like ________but I managed ________ something down.

A．eating, to force

B．to eat, to force

C．eating, forcing

D．to eat, forcing

9 . I think it no good ________ (do) too many things for children.

10 . I ______ an apology to you earlier, but failed because you ______ me since we last quarreled.

A．intended to make, had avoided meeting

B．intended to have made, had avoided to meet

C．had intended making, have avoided to meet

D．had intended to make, have been avoiding meeting