To their great fear, they found________ ...

The traffic rule says young children under the age of four and ____ less than 40 pounds must be in a child safety seat.

A. being weighed    B. to weigh      C. weighed             D. weighing

The girl looked at me with a _______expression. Maybe the problem was quite _________.

A. puzzled; puzzling B. puzzling; puzzled C. puzzled; puzzled D. puzzling; puzzling

A great number of students ______ said they were forced to practise the piano.    

A. to question      B. to be questioned   C. questioned     D. questioning

Was it in the village _______ he was born ________ the talented journalist met the retired professor?

A. that, where      B. where, which  C. which, where        D. where, that

People often say that the Englishman’s home is his castle. In this sense they mean that the home is very important and  21 . Most people in Britain live in houses  22  flats, and many people own their homes. This means that they can make them individual(个人的); they can 23 them and change them in any way they 24 . In a crowded city the individual knows that he or she has a private space which is  25  for himself or herself and for invited friends.

People usually like to  26  their space. Are you sitting now in your home or in a beach or a train? If you are on the beach you may have spread your 27  around you; on the train you may have 28 your coat or small bag on the seat beside you; in a library you may have one corner or chair which is your own.

Once I was traveling on a  29  to London. I was in a section for four people and there was a table between us. The man on the opposite side to me had his briefcase on the table. There was no  30 on my side of the table at all. I was made rather  31 . I thought he thought that he owned the  32  table. I took various papers out of my bag and put them on  33 ! When I did this he stiffened and his eyes nearly popped out of his head. I had  34  his space ! A few minutes later I took my papers off his case in order to read them. He  35 moved his case to his side of the table. ( Of course , it is possible that he just wanted to be helpful to me !