As a resulf of the serious flood, two-thirds of the buildings in the area ________．

A．need repairing

B．needs to repair

C．needs repairing

D．need to repair

Progress so far has been very good．________, we are sure that the project will be completed on time．

A．However

B．Otherwise

C．Therefore

D．Besides

It is said that dogs will keep you ________ for as long as you want when you are feeling lonely．

A．safety

B．company

C．house

D．friend

－Did Linda see the traffic accident?

－No, no sooner ________ than it happened．

A．had she gone

B．she had gone

C．has she gone

D．she has gone

Why ________ I help him? He’s never done anything for me．

A．would

B．should

C．could

D．might

The joke made by Tom made us ________, so our teacher couldn’t make himself ________．

A．to laugh; hearing

B．laugh; heard

C．laughing; hear

D．laughed; heard

－I usually go there by train．

－Why not ________ by air for a change?

A．to try going

B．trying to go

C．to try and go

D．try going

The chair looks rather hard, but in fact it is very comfortable to ________．

A．sit

B．sit on

C．be seat

D．be sat on

The next morning she found the man ________ in bed, dead．

A．lying

B．lie

C．lay

D．laying

I feel ________ easy to recite the text．

A．it

B．this

C．that

D．what