1 . ______ to lose is one of life’s most important lessons and there’s no point ______a tantrum if you lose.

A．Learn; to have

B．Learning; having

C．Learn; having

D．Learning; to have

2 . After ________ a sense of culture shock in France, I’m not taken________ surprise easily.

A．experiencing, by	B．having experiencing, by
C．experiencing, in	D．having experiencing, in

3 . It is no use regretting __________ (not work) hard last term. What you should do is to make up your mind __________ (accomplish) your task.

A．not to work; accomplishing	B．not working; accomplishing
C．not to work; to accomplish	D．not working; to accomplish

4 . __________knowledge and skills, he had no difficulty __________ a well-paid job after graduation.

A．Equipped with; finding	B．Equipped for, finding
C．Equipping with; to find	D．Equipping for, to find

5 . It was Tu Youyou’s persistent commitment to ________ a cure ________ made the discovery possible.

A．find…that

B．finding…which

C．find…which

D．finding…that

6 . Discovering consists of seeing what everybody has seen and ________what nobody has thought.

A．think

B．thinking

C．thought

D．to think

7 . The minute we arrived home, mother set out ______ supper and I set about ______ the clothes.

A．to prepare, to wash	B．preparing, washing
C．to prepare, washing	D．preparing, to wash

8 . On a typical day, clown doctors spend their time ________ patients, their families! They do this by doing magic tricks, singing songs, telling stories and of course, telling silly jokes.

A．bursting onto

B．cheering up

C．telling off

D．looking through

9 . Despite the great trouble they had       the survey, they collected the data they had been looking for.

A．conducting

B．to conduct

C．conducted

D．been conducting

10 . I spent my weekend ________ on the farm so that my father can have a rest.

A．to work

B．working

C．on work

D．worked