---What’s made Ruth so upset?--- ______ three tickets to the folk music concert.
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A
Lost
B
Losing
C
Because of losing
D
Since she lost
The old lady devoted her lifetime _______ the homeless children.
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A
to help
B
to helping
C
helping
D
for help
Tell the child not to drink _______ water.
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A
boiled
B
boil
C
boiling
D
boils
The accident ______ for a new car. Because the old one was destroyed. 
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A
sent me looking
B
made preparations
C
kept me from looking
D
was fit
He is not a man easy ______.
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A
to deal
B
to deal him
C
to deal with
D
to deal with him
 _______ in time, little Franz was afraid. ________ scolded.
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A
Not having come…of being
B
Having not come…to be
C
Having not come…of being
D
Not having come…to be
I found him _________ in an armchair, ___________.
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A
sit…and read
B
seated…reading
C
sitting…and read
D
seating…reading
It had rained for several days. The clothes had _____ near the fire to dry.
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A
hang up
B
to hung up
C
to be hung up
D
to be hanged up
He lay in bed, listening to the rain _______ the window.
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A
hitting
B
defeating
C
beating
D
striking
It rained continuously for a week, completely _______ our holiday.
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A
troubling
B
bothering
C
ruining
D
damaging
I always regret not         harder when I was young .
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A
studying
B
having studied
C
to study
D
to have studied
The two old sisters, _______ so long, held each other and burst into tears. 
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A
being separated
B
having been separated
C
having separated
D
had been separated
______ for a few days, the thirsty and hunger soldiers had to give in at last.
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A
Being surrounded
B
Surrounding
C
Having been surrounded
D
Having surrounded
.It rained for two weeks, completely _______ our holiday.
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A
ruined
B
ruin
C
to ruin
D
ruining