They now have a good government, ________ by all the people．

A．having supported

B．supporting

C．supported

D．to be supported

Most of the citizens in Iraq ________ take the risk of being killed at home ________ flee their motherland in those days．

A．preferred to; rather than

B．preferred; rather than to

C．would to; rather than

D．would rather; than to

After he retired from office, Rogers ________ painting for a while, but soon lost interest．

A．took up

B．saved up

C．kept up

D．drew up

This machine ________．It hasn’t worked for years．

A．didn’t work

B．wasn’t working

C．doesn’t work

D．isn’t working

The father as well as his three children ________ skating on the frozen river every Sunday afternoon in winter．

A．is going

B．go

C．goes

D．are going

Send my regards to your lovely wife when you ________ home．

A．wrote

B．will write

C．have written

D．write

As you can see, the number of cars on our roads ________ rising these days．

A．was keeping

B．keep

C．keeps

D．were keeping

The house belongs to my aunt but she ________ here any more．

A．hasn’t lived

B．didn’t live

C．hadn’t lived

D．doesn’t live

The hurricane damaged many houses and business buildings; ________, it caused 20 deaths．

A．or else

B．therefore

C．after all

D．besides

－Have you completed your paper?

－Not yet．I ________ the last chapter(章)．

A．wrote

B．have written

C．was writing

D．am writing