With a lot of difficult problems ____, the man felt like a cat on hot bricks.

A. settling                     B. settled              C. to settle            D. being settled         

Do you think you will have the work ____ on time?

A. finished                    B. finishing           C. to finish            D. finish                    

Because of the heavy sandstorm, we had to put off the visit until tomorrow to the exhibition of painting ____ in the nearby city.

A. to hold                     B. held                  C. holding             D. being held            

---How do you deal with the disagreement between the company and the customers?

---The key ____ the problem is to meet the demand ____ by the customers.

A. to solving; making                                 B. to solving; made

C. to solve; making                                    D. to solve; made                                  

The shopkeeper did not want to sell for ____ he thought was not enough.

A. where                             B. how                 C. what                D. which          

Only after my friend came _____.

A. did the computer repair                          B. he repaired the computer

C. was the computer repaired                            D. the computer was repaired               

Mr. Green stood up in defence of the 16-year-old boy, saying that he was not the one ____.

A. blamed                     B. blaming            C. to blame                  D. to be blamed   

My sister was against my suggestion while my brother was ____ it.

A. in favour of              B. in memory of    C. in honour of             D. in search of   

____ English, the speaker also has a good command of Russian and French.

A. Except                     B. Except for               C. Beside                     D. Apart from     

Eating too much fat can ____ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.

A. relate to                    B. contribute to     C. attend to                  D. devote to