The library needs _____,but it’ll have to wait until Friday.
| A．cleaning | B．to clean | C．being cleaned | D．to being cleaned |
After the quake, the whole city lay in ____ ruins. However, with all the efforts, ________ new Tangshan was born.
| A．/; a | B．the; / |
| C．/; the | D．the; the |
The speaker _________ his voice to make herself heard.
| A．rose | B．lifted |
| C．raised | D．reduced |
As is known to all, earthquakes are ___________ disasters _________ can destroy buildings and kill people.
| A．nature; that | B．natural; which |
| C．nature; who | D．natural; what |
I __________ read books rather than go to the countryside this weekend.
| A．prefer to | B．prefer |
| C．am preferring | D．am preferring to |
All of my classmates have __________ fond of the new teacher since he came to teach us.
| A．gone | B．become | C．changed | D．had |