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

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

2 . 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

3 . 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

4 . 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

5 . 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

6 . 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

7 . The research mainly deals with the difficulty the students have ________ their attention on their study all the time.

A．to focus

B．to be focused

C．focusing

D．focused

8 . The first few weeks after I moved to Australia, I had great difficulty ______ myself fully understood by my neighbors.

A．to make

B．making

C．made

D．been made

9 . ________ another opportunity, I will never waste precious time ________ online games.

A．Given, playing	B．Giving, to play
C．If to be given, playing	D．If giving, to play

10 . Before becoming world-wide famous, J.K. Rowling had spent years ________ on little money.

A．surviving

B．to survive

C．survive

D．survived