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, ______ waiting there. A. a lot of people were B. he found a lot of peopleC. a lot of people B. Not obtaining a ticket for the matchC. Not having obtained a ticket for the match B. being fired D. to think47. The three men tried many times to sneak across the border into the neighboring country, _____ by the police each time. A. had been captured C. that he is to think D. having been46. The Minister of Finance is believed _____ of imposing new taxes to raise extra revenue. A. that he is thinking B. to be thinkingC. to have been D. to make45. AIDS is said _____ the numberone killer of both men and women over the past few years in that region.A. being B. making B. being thrown D. not accepting43. He noticed the helicopter hovering over the field. Then to his astonishment, he saw a rope ladder _____ out and three men climbing down it. A. throwing B. not having accepted C. having not accepted D. being asked, seeing42. I never regretted _____ the offer, for it was not where my interest lay. A. not to accept C. to be asked, seeing D. to be beaten41. He resented _____ to wait. He expected the minister _____ him at once. A. to be asked, to seeC. beating D. is for staying40. In international matches, prestige is so important that the only thing that matters is to avoid _____. A. from being beaten C. to stay at D. are hunted39. The Clarks haven’t decided yet which hotel ______. A. to stay C. that hunted D. Not being tall38. This may have preserved the elephant from being wiped out as well as other animals _____ in Africa. A. hunted C. Being not tall B. Not to be tall D. where37. ____ is not a serious disadvantage in life. A. To be not tall C. in where B. there B. who B. it C. that D. that31. We’ve just installed two airconditioners in our apartment, ______ should make great differences in our life next summer. A. which C. what D. I’d like much to visit30. Firms that use puters have found that the number of staff ______ is needed for quality control can be substantially reduced. A. whose B. which I like to visit mostlyC. where I like to visit B. before D. which I think it is27. I have never been to London, but that is the city ______. A. where I like to visit most B. where B. It B. as they are B. of whose D. like20. ______ I like economics, I like sociology much better. A. As much as C. that D. Th