___ against cancer for many years, Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, who died at the age of fifty-six, made technology fun.

A．Fighting           B．To fight           C．Fought            D．Having fought

Little Tom admitted ______ in the examination, ______ the teacher his word that he wouldn’t do that again.

A．to cheat; to give                        B．cheating; kept

C．to have cheated; keeping                 D．having cheated; giving

The information you give in the application is too general. You should _______ something special about yourself.

A．spy on            B．rely on            C．focus on          D．cut back on

When ______ by the teachers, a student tends to study harder than usual.

A．to be praised       B．praising           C．praised           D．to praise

Her little son fell off the boat into the water due to her carelessness. The mother couldn’t help _____because she couldn’t help _____ her son out of the danger.

A．crying; to save                         B．crying; saving

C．to cry; to save                          D．cry; saving

He pretended _______ a book when his mother entered the room.

A．to read           B．to have read       C．reading           D．to be reading

The production of the factory has grown to _____ in 1999.

A．twice as it was                          B．twice what it was

C．as twice as it was                        D．twice that it was

What troubled the teacher was that no one present made an answer when asked who had broken the glasses, so he didn’t know who _____________.

A．was blamed        B．was to be blamed    C．was to blame       D．would be blamed

____ the Internet is of great help, I don’t think it’s a good idea to spend too much time on it.

A．If                B．As               C．Because          D．While

I told her we weren’t going to be friends any more because she couldn’t ________ .

A．keep her word     B．have her word      C．keep her words     D．have her words