________ an important role in a new movie, Andy has got a chance to become famous.

A．Offer       

B．Offering

C．Offered     

D．To offer

Claire had her luggage ________ an hour before her plane left.

A．check 

B．checking

C．to check 

D．checked

The players ________ from the whole country are expected to bring us honor in this summer game.

A．selecting                     

B．to select

C．selected           

D．having selected

The island，________ to the mainland by a bridge, is easy to go to.

A．joining 

B．to join

C．joined 

D．having joined

Even the best writers sometimes find themselves________ for words.

A. lose         

B. lost 

C. to lose        

D. having lost

________ into English, the sentence was found to have an entirely different word order.

A．Translating      

B．Translated 

C．To translate      

D．Having translated

Tsinghua University，________ in 1911, is home to a great number of outstanding figures.

A．found         

B．founding

C．founded       

D．to be founded

Lydia doesn't feel like________abroad.Her parents are old.

A．study 

B．studying

C．studied     

D．to study

On receiving a phone call from his wife ________ she had a fall, Mr. Gordon immediately rushed home from his office.

A．says 

B．said

C．saying 

D．to say

Sit down, Emma. You will only make yourself more tired, ________ on your feet.

A. to keep 

B. keeping

C. having kept 

D. to have kept