The party we had been looking forward to ____ to be a great disappointment．
A．turned up B．turned out
C．turning up D．turning out
---What do you think of the book I lent to you yesterday？
---Oh，not too bad．It is not too difficult ____．
A．to read B．to be read
C．reading D．being read
A group of children___ around the old man，listening to him telling the story and they ____ when it came to something really interesting．
A．were gathered，held their breaths
B．gathered，held their breath
C．gathered，held their breaths
D．were gathered．，held their breath
The police found that the house ____ and a lot of things _____．
A．has been broken into; has been stolen
B．had broken into; had been stolen
C．has been broken into; stolen
D．had been broken into; stolen
The hunter ____ down and ____ to the farmer that he had___ his gun against the tree．
A．lay，lied，laid B．lay，laid，laid
C．laid，lay，lied D．laid，lied，lay
To________ telling lies，he asked his friend to help him cheat his parents．
A．get rid of B．get away with
C．throw away D．get down to
