_______ in the storybook that he had bought not long before, the boy didn’t notice his mother go into his room.
| A. Losing |
B. Lost |
C. Having lost |
D. To be lost |
________, she passed the driving test.
| A．In short | B．For short | C．In vain | D．In use |
---Brad was Jane’s brother!
---_______ he reminded me so much of Jane!
| A．No doubt | B．Above all | C．No wonder | D．Of course |
The performer was waving his stick in the street and it ___ missed the child standing nearby.
| A．narrowly | B．nearly | C．hardly | D．closely |
Rather than _______ on a crowded bus, he always prefers _______ a bicycle.
| A．ride；ride | B．riding；ride | C．ride；to ride | D．to ride；riding |
Charles Babbage is generally considered ________ the first computer.
| A．to invent | B．inventing | C．to have invented | D．having invented |