On Dec．1, 2006, after years of planning and billions of dollars in investment, the 15th Asian Games officially opened in the Qatari capital Doha(卡塔尔首都多哈)with more than 13 000 athletes from 39 countries and regions ________ for gold in 45 events．

A．competing

B．competed

C．to be competing

D．to be competed

－Can he take charge of the computer company?

－I’m afraid it’s ________ his ability．

A．beyond

B．within

C．of

D．to

He hurried to the booking office only ________ that all the tickets had been sold out．

A．to tell

B．to be told

C．telling

D．told

－I will come to attend your lecture at 10∶00 tomorrow．

－I’m sorry, by then my lecture will have ended and I ________ my guests in my office．

A．is being met

B．will meet

C．will be meeting

D．will have met

－We ________ that you would fix the TV set this week．

－I’m sorry．I ________ to fix it this week, but I’ve been too busy．

A．had expected; had intended

B．are expecting; had intended

C．expect; intend

D．expected; intend

In the traffic accident, his father came close to ________．

A．be killed

B．being killed

C．kill

D．killing

－You can’t imagine ________ fantastic fun web chatting is．

－Really? But it may cause a lot of trouble sometimes．

A．what

B．how

C．why

D．so

Doing your homework is a sure way to improve your test scores, and this is especially true ________ it comes to classroom tests．

A．before

B．since

C．when

D．after

－What’s the matter with Tim?

－Oh, Tim’s cellphone was left in a taxi accidentally, never ________ again．

A．to find

B．to be found

C．finding

D．being found

My brother is very tall．The little bed won’t ________ for him．

A．prepare

B．match

C．fit

D．do