36.(　 ) He devoted every _____________ this unknown element (元素)。

　　　 A. effort to find　　 B. effort to finding　 C. effect to find　 D. effect to finding

35.(　 ) --- Used you to ___________ vegetables in the country before you came here?

　　　 --- Yes, but now I’ve got quite used to _______ in this computer company.

　　　 A. grow; working　　 B. growing; work　 C. grow; work　 D. growing; working

34.(　 ) Mary’s father is very happy because of __________ given a prize.

　　　 A. her being　　 B. being　　　 C. her having been　　 D. she has been

33.(　 ) She blamed me _________ away the money ________ to her.

　　　 A. to take; belonging　 　　　　　　B. for taking; that was belonging

　　　 C. for taking; that belonged　　　　 　D. of taking; which is belonged

32.(　 ) He apologized for ___________ .

　　　 A. his not being able to come　　　　　 B. his being able not to come

　　　 C. not his being able to come　 　　　　D. his being not able to come

31.(　 ) The young man are successful _________ the power-station.

　　　 A. to repair　　　 B. to repairing　　　 C. in repairing　　 D. repaired

30.(　 ) He spent all his time _________ for the TOEFL.

　　　 A. to prepare　　　 B. to preparing　　　 C. in preparing　 D. of preparing

29.(　 ) ________ waste our time ________ such a question.

　　　 A. Don’t let us; to discuss　　　　　　　 B. Let’s not; discussing

　　 　　C. Don’t let us; discussing　　　　　　　 D. Let’s not; to discuss

28.(　 ) You can never imagine what great difficulty I have ____________ your house.

　　　 A. found　　　　 B. to find　　　　 C. in finding　　　　 D. for finding

27.(　 ) --- Why were you so late?

　　　 --- I had a hard time　 _________ up this morning.

　　　 A. to get　　　　 B. get　　　　　 C. got　　　　 D. getting