Cleaning women in big cities get __________ by the hour.
| A．pay | B．paying | C．paid | D．to pay |
I have been living in the United States for twenty years, but seldom __________ so lonely as now.
| A．have I felt | B．I had felt | C．I have felt | D．had I felt |
__________, his idea was accepted by all the people at the meeting.
| A．Strange as might it sound | B．As it might sound strange |
| C．As strange it might sound | D．Strange as it might sound |
Hearing the dog barking fiercely, away __________.
| A．fleeing the thief | B．was fleeing the thief |
| C．the thief was fleeing | D．fled the thief |
We were all __________ to learn that the hero was a child of only six years old.
| A．tired | B．concerned | C．determined | D．amazed |
English is a language shared by several diverse cultures, each of __________ uses it somewhat differently.
| A．which | B．what | C．them | D．those |