The summer holiday is just ____ the corner. How do you plan to spend it?
| A．at | B．around | C．on | D．in |
Oil prices have risen by 32 percent since the start of the year，________ a record US $57.65 a barrel on April 4.
| A．have reached | B．reaching |
| C．to reach | D．to be reaching |
He hurried to the booking office only ________ that all the tickets has been sold out.
| A．to be told | B．to tell | C．told | D．telling |
—Can those ________ at the back of the classroom hear me?
—No problem.
| A．seat | B．sit | C．seated | D．sat |
Reading is an experience quite different from watching TV; there are pictures ________ in your mind instead of before your eyes.
| A．to form | B．form |
| C．forming | D．having formed |
—The last one ________ pays the meal.
—Agreed!
| A．arrived | B．arrives | C．to arrive | D．arriving |