As I will be away for at least a year, I would appreciate _________ from you now and then, _________ me how everyone is getting along．

hearing; tell

to hear; tell

hearing; telling

to hear; to tell

The foreign teachers you referred to _________ looking forward to _________ around our school．

are; being shown

being; showing

are; showing

being; be shown

Edward, you play so wonderfully! What a surprise! I _________ you could play the piano．

don’t know

didn’t know

haven’t known

hadn’t known

Of all the Olympic Torch Relays, the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay, travelling the largest distance, _________ the greatest area and a large number of people took part in it．

included

crossed

covered

contained

The film was so _________ that soon all the children in the cinema began feeling _________ of it and they went out one by one．

bored, boring

boring, boring

bored, bored

boring, bored

We could see the building with a red flag _________ in the top and the windows _________ seriously．

flying; breaking

flown; breaking

flown; broken

flying; broken

It is bad _________ for a man to smoke in public places where smoking is not allowed．

manner

impression

behavior

attitude

The first textbooks _________ for teaching English as a foreign language came out in the 16^th century．

written

were written

being written

having written

When Western people talk about the cities of China, the first _________ comes to their mind is Peking．

of them

one

不填

of which

Their company will lose money this year unless the new plan _________ well．

is working

works

will work

is going to work