17.There was a nice little gift for everyone,with a suitable poem _______ to it.

A. attached　　　　　　 B. to be attaching　 　　C. to attach　　　　 　D. attaching

16.After the Shenzhou VI capsule(太空舱 )touched down, two astronauts succeeded in traveling around the

earth, thus again __________ China is a global space power.

A. proving　　 　　　B. to prove　　 　　C. to have proved　 　　D. being proved

15.With some books he needed _________ , he went into the bookstore quickly.

A. to buy　　　　　 　　B. bought　　　　　 　　C. to be bought　　　 　D. buying

14.______ for the serious accident, the present of Shanxi Province had to resign.

A. To blame　 　　　　B. Blaming　 　　　　　C. Being to blame　 　　D. To be blamed

13.Tigers _____ meat-eating animals _____ meats.

A. belonged to; feed on　　　　　 　　B. belonging to; feed on

C. were belonged to; are fed on　　　　 D. belonging to; are fed on

12.On the bank of the river, we found him ______ on a beach, with his eyes _______ on a kite in the sky.

A. seated; fixing　　　 　B. sitting; fixing　 　 　　C. seated; being fixed　 D. sitting; fixed

11.Tim Bemers-Lee is generally considered _________ the World Wide Web, on which all the information is shared by all.

A. to have founded 　　B. having founded　 　　 C. founding　 　　D. to found

10.With too many construction projects_________all the strength out of the economy, people of the small country complained a lot.

A.sucking　　 　　　　B. to suck　　　 　　　C. being sucked　　　 　D. being sucking

9.Walter offered us a lift when he was leaving the office, but our work_______, we refused his offer.

A. not finishing　　　　　 　　　B. had not been finished

C. not having finished　　　 　　　D. not finished

8.The food, ____________good, was soon sold out when it was taken to the market.

A. tasted　　　　 B. being tasted　　　　 C. tasting　　　　　　 D. having tasted