The 2010 World Cup will be held in South Africa，and no one can ____ which country will be the champion．
| A．fancy | B．estimate | C．value | D．predict |
______ many times，he finally understood it．
| A．Told | B．Telling |
| C．Having told | D．Having been told |
I was still sleeping when the fire _______, and then it spread quickly.
| A．put out | B．broke out | C．came out | D．got out |
People have always been_______ about exactly how life on earth began.
| A．curious | B．excited | C．anxious | D．careful |
Mar Levine, ____ scientist at University of Pennsylvania, US, has found that competitive eaters have stomachs that can expand like ____ balloon.
| A．a; a | B．a; the | C．a; / | D．the; a |
The detective, ________ to read a newspaper, glanced at the man ________ next to a woman.
| A．pretending; seat | B．pretending; seated |
| C．pretended; seat | D．pretended; seated |