8 Margaret Thatcher,    as the Iron Lady, died at 87 after suffering a stroke.

A. knowing      B. to know

C. being known    D. known

7.    to be a football player of the school team, the boy made up his mind to train even harder.

A.    Having not chosen

B.    Being not chosen

C.    Not having been chosen

D.    Having not been chosen

6. —What's that noise?

―There's a truck stopping outside. It's someone    something.

A. deliver           B. to deliver

C. delivering       D. delivered

5. He hurried to the lecture hall, only     that the famous professor had cancelled his lecture because of his serious illness.

A. being informed      B. to be informed

C. informing       D. to inform

4. Then the professor walked onto the platform and seated himself in a chair,   for answering questions.

A. had prepared     B.  being prepared

C. preparing        D. prepared

3. The producer comes regularly to collect the cameras    to our shop for quality problems.

A. returning       B. returned

C. to return     D.  to be returned

2. Clearly and thoughtfully      ， the book inspires confidence in students who wish to seek their own answers.

A. writing      B. to write

C. written        D. being written

1.  _I hope to take the computer course.

―Good idea.    more about it, visit this website.

A.    To find out

B.    Finding out

C.    To be finding out

D.    Having found out

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dress up for   throw away   as though   fall in love   set off

1. ―What's wrong with her?

   ―A letter from her home_ her feeling of homesickness.

2. The pen would be cheap and could_ when the ink ran out.

3. Kate and Tom_ with each other at first sight and they have been in love for three years ever since.

4. She had a nervous expression on her face,__she was expecting trouble.

5. Please remind me of the exact time for the carnival. I want to set aside some time to_____it before setting off.

5. 丁he students held the breath for a few seconds and bowed before the monument in the memory of the heroes who lost their lives in the War of Liberation.