______ the price of gas is starting to come down, many people are choosing to take the bus or the train instead.
| A．Even though | B．Now that |
| C．In case | D．As though |
_____ their inexperience， they’ve done a good job.
| A．Given | B．To give | C．Giving | D．To have given |
I can make myself _____ in French， but I’m not fluent.
| A．understood | B．understand |
| C．to understand | D．being understood |
The trip cost a total of 250 dollars， insurance _____.
| A．including | B．included | C．to include | D．being included |
The waiter greeted me with a big smile and _____ us by the window.
| A．seating | B．seated | C．to seat | D．being seated |
She was staring out over the lake，_____ in thought.
| A．lost | B．losing | C．to lose | D．to having lost |