If you keep __________ English, you can learn English well.

   A. practising speak                  B. practising speaking

   C. practising to speak               D. to practise spoken

__________ the assignment made his father lose his temper.

    A. The boy’s not having done           B. The boy not having done

    C. The boy’s having not done           D. The boy having not done

With the improvement of people’s living conditions, most mothers _______ in hospitals.

A. have delivered their babies        B. have born their babies 

C. have their babies born            D. have their babies delivered

Most young people don’t want _____ the kind of life that their parents ______.

    A. to lead; used to live              B. living; used to live 

C. to live; used to living             D. leading; used to live

There is no need for you to look up every new word you ______ when reading. You have to learn how to guess the meanings of new word according to the context.

   A. come up with     B. come out   C. come along with   D. come across

Measures have to be taken to teach young people how to ______ themselves both in family and in school. They don’t know the basic manners.

  A. do           B. perform         C. behave         D. work

Do you know that          with wise men improves your mind?

   A. chat         B. chats           C. chatted         D. chatting

The house rent is expensive. I’ve got about half the space I had at home and I’m paying            ________here.

   A. as three times much            B. as much three times

   C. much as three times            D. three times as much

Did you find          impossible for him to tell the truth?

   A. this           B. it            C. that            D. what

--- What happened to your shoes?

   --- They want         .

   A. to mend         B. being mended      C. mending       D. mended