All the children listened to his a________ with eager attention.

Tom sounds very much ______________ in the job, but I’m not sure whether he can manage it.

A. interested         B. interesting       C. interestingly       D. interestedly

Mr. Pu, an actor of China, has devoted all his ______________ to the job, which helps the patients suffering from AIDS.

A. spirits            B. lives            C. energies           D. careers

Although he found his house broken into, yet, luckily, he didn’t find any ______________of being stolen.

A. signal            B. sign             C. sight              D. scene

 The suggestion that the mayor _______________ the prizes was accepted by everyone.

A. would present      B. present           C. presents           D. presented

 What a table！I’ve never seen such a thing before. It is ______________ it is long.

A. half not as wide as                 B. wide not as half as   

C. not half as wide as                 D. as wide as not half

A communicative satellite ________________ as much as 3.5 tons was sent up into space last week.

A. weighing         B. weighed         C, to be weighed        D. being weighed

Research ______________ out at Liverpool University supports this idea and suggests that if we don’t use the sense of direction, we lose it.

A. not carry          B. carrying         C. being carried          D. having carried

The company had about 20 notebook computers but only one-third ___________ used regularly. Now we have 60 working all day long.

A. is               B. are               C. was                D. were

When he turned professional at the age of 11, Mike ___________ to become a world champion by his coach and parents.

A. expected           B. was expecting        C. was expected        D. would be expected