If you want to advance yourself in your studies, you will first have to ________ yourself of those shortcomings that can become barriers to progress.
| A．remove | B．react | C．rid | D．reduce |
（年北京市西城区高三5月二模试题）26. Sometimes, ______ a patient a get-well card is better than visiting him.
| A．to be sent | B．being sent | C．having sent | D．sending |
（年安徽省合肥市高三第三次教学质量检测）30. Nervous and anxious, Jill failed ______ a good impression at the job interview.
| A．to have made | B．making | C．to make | D．having made |
Hehave completed his work; otherwise, he wouldn’t be enjoying himself by the seaside.
| A．should | B．must | C．wouldn’t | D．can’t |
（届江西省重点中学盟校高三第二次联考英语试卷）32. The new technology, if _____to rice growing, will help increase the grain output．
| A．applying | B．applied | C．to apply | D．having applied |
（届江西省重点中学盟校高三第二次联考英语试卷）25. All the Chinese people are expecting the government’s four-thousand-billion financial plan ______ around the country, ______ to improve the current economic situation.
| A．carried out; intending | B．being carried out; intended |
| C．to be carried out; intended | D．to be carried out; intending |