I can’t express how I am for what you’ve done for me．（2012～2013．浙江余姚中学质量检测）
| A．grateful |
| B．loose |
| C．calm |
| D．Entire |
______ to the man’s timely coming, the ______ boy was saved.
| A．Thanking; drown |
| B．Thanks; drowned |
| C．Thanked; drowns |
| D．Thanks; drowning |
- Mr. Black, what about my application?
- Oh, I regret ______ you that it hasn’t been successful.
| A．telling |
| B．to tell |
| C．having told |
| D．said |
It is required that the football match ______ put off ______ the bad weather.
| A．be; thank to |
| B．be; due to |
| C．was; thanks to |
| D．was; owing to |
The business has ______ from having one office to having twelve branches.
| A．expanded |
| B．exploded |
| C．cracked |
| D．burst |
The children talked so loudly at dinner table that I had to struggle ______.
| A．to be heard |
| B．to have heard |
| C．hearing |
| D．being heard |