16. (2008湖南卷D) 　　　　the website of the Fire Department in your city, and you will learn a lot about firefighting.

A. Having searched　　 B. To search　　　 C. Searching　　　 D. Search

15. (2008江西卷C)We finished the run in less than half the time ____.

A. allowing　　　　　 B. to allow　　　 C. allowed　　　 D. allows

14. (2008辽宁卷B)Please remain______; the winner of the prize will be announced soon.

A. seating 　　　　　　 B. seated 　　　　　　　　　 C. to seat 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. to be seated

13. (2008辽宁卷B)He was busy writing a story, only ______ once in a while to smoke a cigarette.

A. to stop 　　　　　　　　　　 B. stopping 　　　　　　　　 C. to have slopped 　　　　　　　　　 D. having stopped

12. (2008全国卷IB)I like getting up very early in summer. The morning air is so good______.

A. to be breathed　 B. to breathe 　C. breathing 　　　D. being breathed

11. (全国卷IIC)(全国卷IIC)The director had her assistant ___ some hot dogs for the meeting.

A. picked up　 B. picks up　 C. pick up　 D. picking up

10. (2008山东A)Lucy's new job paid twice as much as she had made ______ in the restaurant.

A. working 　　　　　　 B. work 　　　　　　　　　　　 C. to work 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. worked

9. (2008四川卷D)We had an anxious couple of weeks _____ for the results of the experiment.

　 A. wait　　　　　 B. to be waiting　　　 C. waited　　　 D. waiting

8. (2008天津卷C)_____ their hats into the air, the fans of the winning team let out loud shouts of victory.

　A. To throw　　　 B. Thrown　　　　 C. Throwing　　 D. Being thrown

7. (2008江苏卷C)(2008江苏卷C)To learn English well, we should find opportunities to hear English ___________ as much as we can.

　 A. speak　　　　　　　　 B. speaking　　　　　　 C. spoken　　　　　　　 D. to speak