after having been painting the house all day, James called, saying he
wouldn’t come to our party.

– I couldn’t help     her the news    she failed in the examination.

The boy tried his best to make himself         in his         English.

——What do you think made Mary so upset?
—— ______ her new MP4.
As she lost   B. Lost      C. Losing           D. Because of losing

______ the ______ of buying a house, it costs little to rent a house.

The building _______now beside the park was designed by a famous designer.

The international agreement, intended ________children not to smoke and help people kick the habit, was signed on February 27.

He was too tired and fell asleep with a book    open on his knee.

—Susan, you will come and watch TV, won’t you?
—    . I prefer reading to    television.

_____ a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day.