________ cleaning the yard and making up the beds for the old, we also read newspapers for them and had chats with them.
| A．Except for | B．Rather than |
| C．Apart from | D．Instead of |
— I was wondering if we could go skiing on the weekend.
— __________ good.
| A．Sound | B．Sounded |
| C．Sounding | D．Sounds |
__________ this cake, you’ll need 2 eggs, 175 g sugar and 175 g flour.
| A．Having made | B．Make |
| C．To make | D．Making |
No matter how frequently __________, the works of Beethoven still attract people all over the world.
| A．performed | B．performing |
| C．to be performed | D．being performed |
There have been several new events __________ to the program for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
| A．add | B．to add |
| C．adding | D．added |
— There is a story here in the paper about a 110-year-old man.
— My goodness! I can’t imagine __________ that old.
| A．to be | B．to have been |
| C．being | D．having been |