On hearing a great noise, Mike looked forward through the window _____ what happened outside the room.

   A. to seeing B. to see C. seeing D. to have seen

Nobody in the class except you and me _____ to the principal about the air quality problems.

A. has complained   B. have complained

C. complain         D. complaining

Only after a baby seal is pushed into the sea by its mother ___ to swim.

   A. how will it learn   B. it will learn how

   C. will it learn how   D. and it will learn how

There were many more people who got injured in the big fire than _______.

   A. was reported   B. it was reported

   C. were reported   D. they were reported

 The professor said he could talk on _____ interested the audience.

A. any topic    B. which topic  

C. whichever topic   D. the topic he thought it

You don’t have to be angry with him. He ________ wanted to know the truth.

A. almost B. mostly C. merely D. hardly

Work gets done ________ when people do it together, and the rewards are higher too.

A. easily   B. very easy     C. more easily D. easier

Tom does speak Chinese well, but his reading and writing skills leave much _______.

   A. to improve               B. to be improved        C. improving             D. improved

The patient was warned _______ oily food after the operation.

A. to eat not              B. eating not             C. not to eat    D. not eating

My neigh bours used to give me a hand in time of trouble, _______ was very kind of them.

A. who     B. which      C. that     D. it