55. In phrases like freezing cold, burning hot, or soaking wet, the –ING participle is used( )

56. She ( )fifty or so when I first met her at the conference.

55. Linda was ( )the experiment a month ago, but she changed her mind at the last minute.

54. If only the patient ( )a different treatment instead of using the antibiotics, he might still be alive now.

53.’you ( ) borrow my notes provided you take care of them,’ I told my friend.

52. All the President’s Men ( )one of the important books for historians who study the Watergate Scandal.

51. There are as good fish in the sea ( )ever came out of it.

80. The couple has donated a not( ) amount of money to the foundation.

79. His( ) brain has worked away on the idea of a universal cure.

78. Share prices on the Stock Exchange plunged sharply in the morning but ( )slightly in the afternoon.

77. The reception was attended by ( ) members of the local community.