The company ___ a rise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.
A. has been promising B. has promised
C. promised D. promises
Having been ill in bed for nearly a month, he had a hard time __ the exam.
A. pass B. to pass
C. passed D. passing
They ______ with us for the time being.
A. would stay B. stay
C. have been staying D. will be staying
AIDS is said______ the biggest challenge to both men and women in the area over the past few years.
A. that it is B. to be
C. that is has been D. to have been
When I came home last night, I saw my little kid _______ on the bed, with his whole attention _______upon the book about Harry Potter.
A. lying; fixing B. lay; fixed
C. sitting; to fix D. seated; fixed
---Some people showed little interest in the meeting and were absent from it.
---_________.
A. So it was with my friend B. So did my friend
C. So my friend did D. Nor it was with my friend
