Excerpt from Big Cats — Part B
http://en. wikibooks. org/wiki/ Wikijunior_Big_Cats/Meet_The_Cats
The field mice that don't interest the lion keep the wild cat happy, and the cheetah ---9--- after a small antelope while leaving the buffalo for the brawny lions.

Look at the blank with the number 9 in the passage. Which of these answers correctly completes the sentence?
A) zoom
B) zoomed
C) zooming
D) zooms

D

Explanation: zooms

judy jones is an attractive woman who receives attention from many men throughout the story.   despite her beautiful appearance, she is superficial and callous.   she is an aggressive woman who goes after any man she desires but she is not happy.   she is fickle and is never satisfied.   her beauty is only skin deep.   dexter breaks down because he knows his dreams are unattainable.   he believes that wealth and physical beauty are what will make him happy.   he soon realizes that she has lost her attractive looks.   it is not all what he had planned.

often a noun phrase is just a noun or a pronoun:

people like to have money.

i am tired.

it is getting late.