________evidence that language acquiring ability must be stimulated.

       A. If being     B. It is   C. There is   D. There being

Ms Nancy didn't mind at all ______ to the ceremony.

A. being not invited   B. not being invited

C. not inviting                D. not to be invited

（2010·浙江诸暨中学高三第一次月考）16. Don’t be too hard on you daughter. ______, she is only a child.

A. After all     B. First of all 

C. In all  D. Above all

（2010·山东聊城一中高三模块测试）    24．- Have you been to the Great Wall?

       - Perhaps not in my memory．____________, it might have been during my early childhood.

A．If any       B．If ever        C．If once    D．If not

（2010·江苏省如东高级中学高三国庆假期自主练习二）    8. _________ the big earthquake, the local government tried every means to provide shelters for the victims.

A. Before long                           B. Soon after    

C. Long before              D. As soon as

（2010·江苏如东高级中学高三国庆假期自主练习一） 25. --Johnson, come and look at the sea! It is beautiful, isn’t it?

--Absolutely! If only I _________ here by the sea.

A. lived              B. live              C. had lived             D. will live

（2010·浙江平湖中学高三10月月考）   28. ______ its size with that of the whole earth, we find the highest mountain does not seem high at all.

A. When compared         B. Compared to        

C. To be compared          D. Comparing

（2010·江苏省如东高级中学高三国庆假期自主练习二）     4. It suddenly ________ to me that we could use a computer to do the job.

A. occurs           B. to occur     

C. occurring             D. occurred

（2010·江苏如东高级中学高三国庆假期自主练习一）   4. Though he is ill, he has not quit ___________.

A. smoke      B. to smoke    C. smoked         D. smoking

（2010·浙江诸暨中学高三第一次月考）4. I’m afraid this map is wrong; I can’t ______ where we are.

A. work out   B. turn out    C. put out    D. think out