—How long has this bookstore been in business?
—_______ 1996．
| A．After | B．In | C．From | D．Since |
The film star walked to his car, ______ a crowd of journalists.
| A．followed by | B．following by |
| C．to follow | D．to be followed by |
“Mum, why do you always make me eat an egg every day?” “________ enough protein and nutrition as you are growing up.”
| A．Get | B．Getting |
| C．To get | D．to be getting |
_______ on time, this medicine will be quite effective.
| A．Taking | B．Being taken |
| C．Taken | D．Having taken |
“Where is David?” “He is upstairs ______ ready to go out.”
| A．to get | B．getting |
| C．to be getting | D．having got |
When I handed the report to John, he said that George was the person _______.
| A．to send | B．for sending it |
| C．to send it to | D．for sending it to |