Most students in our class prefer taking pains in our studies to _____ with a better education.

A. equip                                            B. equipping

C. be equipped                                   D. being equipped          

The question _____ should do the work requires further discussion in the next meeting.

A. who                  B. that                   C. whom               D. why      

With all the magazines I needed _____, I left the post office.          

A. buying              B. to buy               C. bought                     D. to be bought

Operations which _____ patients exhausted and in need of long periods of recovery time are now making them feel relaxed and comfortable.                            

A. leave                 B. had left              C. left                   D. will leave

_____ his capability in dealing with kinds of people, he was appointed chairman of the committee.

A. To be considered                                   B. Considering

C. Being considered                                   D. Having considered       

Venus has a dense atmosphere, _____ we know very little.                  

A. its composition                              B. whose composition

C. about which composition                D. about whose composition

We have been told that under no circumstances _____ the telephone in the office for personal affairs.

A. may we use          B. we may use      C. we could use     D. did we use         

―― We did not see him at the lecture yesterday. 

―― You _____ him, since I went to an international conference with him.

A. mustn’t have seen                                  B. can’t have seen

C. couldn’t see                                          D. needn’t have seen

Strawberries can, of course, be frozen but they taste best when bought and eaten _____.

A. fresh                 B. freshly                     C. more freshly              D. fresher

It is one thing to enjoy listening to good music, but it is quite _____ to perform skillfully yourself.

A. any other           B. another              C. other thing         D. some other