The coasted areas have mild winters, but ____ the central plains become extremely cold.
| A．by contrast | B．with contrast | C．contrast | D．contrasting |
She hurried back to her house, only ________ a lot of her jewels ________.
| A．finding; robbed | B．finding; stolen | C．to find; robbed | D．to find; stolen |
When _____ her father would come soon, she had an _____ look on her face.
| A．heard; excited | B．hearing; exciting | C．hearing; excited | D．heard; exciting |
---I beg your pardon?
---Your mind must be ________ when I was speaking, wasn’t it?
| A．wondering | B．wandering | C．walking | D．speaking |
Her little son fell off the boat into the water due to her carelessness. The mother couldn’t help _____because she couldn’t help _____ her son out of the danger.
| A．crying; to save | B．crying; saving | C．to cry; to save | D．cry; saving |
What troubled the teacher was that no one present made an answer when asked who had broken the glasses, so he didn’t know who _____________.
| A．was blamed | B．was to be blamed | C．was to blame | D．would be blamed |