The squirrel was lucky that it just missed ________．

A．catching

B．to be caught

C．being caught

D．to catch

People couldn’t help ________ the foolish emperor in the procession．

A．laugh at

B．to laugh at

C．laughing at

D．laughing on

Don’t you remember ________ before?

A．seeing the man

B．to see the man

C．saw the man

D．to have seen the man

Lydia really regrets ________ out of high school．She has really had to struggle to make a living because of that decision．

A．drop

B．to drop

C．dropping

D．dropped

The unemployment rate in this district ________ from 6％ to 5％ in the past two years．

A．has fallen

B．had fallen

C．is falling

D．was falling

No one can ________ how the election will turn out,　as there are many unknown facts．

A．protect

B．prepare

C．prevent

D．predict

________ that she didn’t do a good job,　I don’t think I am abler than her．

A．To have said

B．Having said

C．To say

D．Saying

Have you remember ________ for your forgetting ________ the lights when you left the classroom and kept it on all the night?

A．to be scolded; to turn off

B．being scolded; to turn off

C．being scolded; turning off

D．to be scolded; turning off

I was just beginning ______ the office ________ it began to snow．

A．leaving; when

B．to leave; while

C．to leave; when

D．leaving; as

Missing the first bus means ________ two hours for the next one, so I mean ________ at 5 next morning．

A．to wait; to get up

B．to wait; to get up

C．waiting; to get up

D．to wait; getting up