I know that smoking is a bad habit, but I can’t ______ myself of the feeling that I need to smoke.
| A．move | B．rid | C．rub | D．get away with |
To her surprise, the life she had been looking forward to ________ to be unpleasant.
| A．prove | B．being proved | C．proving | D．proved |
My advisor encouraged ______ a summer course to improve my writing skills.
| A．for me taking | B．me taking | C．for me to take | D．me to take |
In fact, is really a hard job for the police to keep order in an important football match．
| A．this | B．that | C．there | D．it |
They considereda computer, which was considereda great help in their work．
| A．to buy; to be | B．buying; being | C．to buy; being | D．buying; to be |
The number of people invited __________ fifty, but a number of them _______ absent for different reasons.
| A．were… was | B．was… was |
| C．was… were | D．were… were |