While typing, Helen has a habit of stopping _____ to give her long and flowing hair a smooth.

      A. occasionally    B. simultaneously      C. eventually      D. directly

I _____ her not to walk on the thin ice but she would not listen to me.

         A. warned    B. persuaded    C. suggested    D. noticed

Reality is not the way you wish things to be, nor the way they appear to be,_____the way they actually are.

A.     as  B. or  C .but  D. and 

He said that his brother was the first _____ to the cinema.

A.  of getting              B.  to get      C.  got      D.  getting

I’m very pleased with the results of my blood test, for all tested items show _____ reactions.

A．negative  B. good  C. positive  D. correct

-------John and I will celebrate our fortieth wedding anniversary next month.

--------Oh, _________!

A. cheer up        B. well done         C. go ahead         D. congratulations

As the light turned green, I stood for a moment, not _________, and asked myself what I was going to do.

     A. moved           B moving          C. to move         D. being moved

All of them try to use the power of the workstation ___ information in a more effective way.

A. presenting

B. presented

C. being presented

D. to present

He spent every minute he could _____ spoken English.

A. practise。mB. to practise

C. practising。mD. practised

In such a fierce competition, a person has to make every effort if he ______ .

A. has succeeded      B. is to succeed      C. would succeed       D. will succeed