There was a terrible noise _______ the sudden burst of light.

　　A. followed           B. to be followed               C. following         D. being followed

The man_______in the chair asked me to _______.

　　A.seated; seated     B.sitting; sitting     C.seating; seat       D.seated; be seated

 — Sorry, I didn't mean ______ you.

  — But what you said ______ me.

  A. to hurt; to hurt       B. hurting; hurting         C. to hurt; did hurt       D. hurting; to hurt

　_______ the composition, John handed it to the teacher and went out of the room.　

A. Writing　　　        B. Having written 　      C. Written　　　          D. Being written

He went from door to door, _______ waste papers and magazines.

　A. gathering　              B. gathered                      C. gather                   D. being gathered

It's no use _______ so much money on clothes.

　A. spend　　　        B. spent　　                      C. spending　　           D. being　 spent

. Encouraged by the coach, the basketball players went     to win the game.

A. above all      B. all out      C. at best       D. inside out

We’ d better try to    the plan again, I think, before we    with it.

A. go through/ go on      B. go on/ go over

C. go over/ go through D. go on/ go through

Julie wants to buy a ___ computer so that she can carry it around when she travels.

A. memorable        B. portable   C. predictable      D. readable

. After a successful operation, Ronaldo has begun to do some exercise to ____ strength.

A. improve           B. decrease          C. increase           D. raise