She sliced her finger _______ when cutting vegetables.
A. in accident B. incident
C. by accident D. accident
We don’t permit _______ here.
A. people smokes B. people smoke
C. to smoke D. smoking
The secretary worked late into the night, ______ a long speech for the president.
A. to prepare B. preparing
C. prepared D. was preparing
If you want to _______, you mustn’t eat too much.
A. lose weight B. gain a weight
C. lose a weight D. lose a weight
With a lot of homework _______, I decided not to play with you.
A. to do B. doing
C. done D. being done
The city built a statue ______ the great writer.
A. in memory of B. in the memory
C. in memory D. to memory