1 . 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

2 . The garden ______ since it rained last night.

A．didn’t need watering	B．didn’t need being watered
C．doesn’t need watering	D．doesn’t need being watered

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

A．think

B．thinking

C．thought

D．to think

4 . 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

5 . The little boy admitted ________ the glass while playing football.

A．to have broken	B．breaking
C．having been broken	D．to break

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

A．excited; smiled

B．exciting; smiling

C．excited; smiling

D．exciting; smiled

7 . 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

8 . 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

9 . From helping in the search for outer-space homes ______ humankind could relocate if necessary, to ______ in mapping climate change, AI might be our best bet at survival.

A．where…assisting	B．which…assisting
C．where…assist	D．which…assist

10 . ______ to encourage people to invest their spare time in voluntary services so that they can get help from others when they’re in trouble in the future, the Time Bank project is criticized by some ______ too idealistic.

A．Intending … for being	B．Intending … to be
C．Intended … for being	D．Intended … to be