(2013·济南市三模)The fresh air in the morning is pleasant ________. You'd better get up early to do some exercise.
A.to be breathed B.to breathe
C.breathing D.being breathed
(2011·湖南高考)Do you wake up every morning ________ energetic and ready to start a new day?
A.feel B.to feel
C.feeling D.felt
(2013·河南豫西五校质量检测)The text is too difficult. The explanation of our teacher will help make it easy ________.
A.to understand B.to be understood
C.understood D.understanding
(2013·四川省泸州市4月模拟)There was no signal in that faraway village and all my attempts ________ you failed.
A.to contact B.contacting
C.contacted D.having contacted
(2013·威海两校模拟)________ the earth to be flat, many feared that Columbus would fall off the edge of the earth.
A.Having believed B.Believing
C.Believed D.To believe
(2013·河南省普通高中适应性检测卷一)People spend many years learning about favorite sports and ________ how to do them well.
A.practice B .practiced
C.practicing D.to practice