________ so much trouble, we failed to complete the task on time. 
| A．Faced | B．Face | C．Facing | D．To face |
29. To pass the driving test, Alice had a busy month______driving the car.
| A．to practise | B．practising | C．practised | D．Practise |
28．How can they expect to learn anything________they never listen?
| A．when | B．until | C．unless | D．Though |
27．Only when_______senior high school________to show a great interest in poems.
| A．did I enter; did I begin | B．did I enter; I began |
| C．I entered; I began | D．I entered; did I begin |
26．— Why are you still here? Everybody has gone to attend the lecture by the president.
— Oh, I__________about it!
| A．wasn’t informed | B．hadn’t been informed | C．haven’t informed | D．didn’t inform |
25．Mr. Duncan raised an unnecessary question__________-he then failed to find an answer.
| A．to which | B．for which | C．with which | D．by which |