If you’re in Florence, Italy and see a man on a ladder ________ the dust off statues and buildings, don’t worry. It’s just Alessandro Ricci ________ material for his famous smog painting.
A. wipe; accumulating B. to wipe; to accumulate C. wiping; gathering D. wipes; to gather
Wow, you are in high spirits. _________ makes you so happy?
A. What it is that B. What is it that C. What is that D. What it that
I don’t smoke now, but I _______ for more than twenty years.
A. smoked B. was smoking C. have smoked D. had smoked
Surely the day you are informed of your being admitted to a famous key university will be ________ of joy and celebration for your family, relatives and friends.
A. that B. the one C. one D. those
He had a headache and went to the chemist's to get something for his pain________.
A.relax B.relief C.leisure D.comfort
—Would you like to go to the shopping mall with me tonight?
—I’d like to, but I have to attend a lecture _______ in the school library.
A. given B. being given C. having been given D. to be given