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1、1.Taking pictures_ very interesting.   A. is  B. are  C. to be    D. be  2._ the bad news made him cry.   A. Hear  B. Heard   C. Hearing   D. Is hearing3._ a desert had always been a risk adventure. A. being crossed 

2、0; B. Having crossed   C. Crossing   D. To have crossed4.Before he came , Id finished _ the whole book. A. to read   B. to have read    C. reading    D. read5. I always enjoy _ to popular music at night.A. to listen  B. listening&

3、#160;     C. that I can listen    D. if I can listen6.We are considering _ a trip around the island.A. take   b. to take   C. to be taking   D. taking7.I hope you dont mind _ at your newspaper.A. I look   B. my looking 

4、C. I looking   D. my to look8.When a mans heart stops _ , he dies.  A. to beat  B. beating  C. beat  D. beaten9.I cant help _ he is still alive.  A. thinking  B. think  C. to think  D. thought of10.So far as I am concerned , I prefer reading _ .A. th

5、an meat   B. for joy   C.  instead of sleeping   D to drinking11. It goes without _ that knowledge is important. A. talking   B. telling   C. saying   D. mentioning12. we are looking forward _ our friends next week. A. to see

6、   B. to seeing    C. to be seeing   D. shall see13.He spent a lot of money _ books and magazines.A. buy   B. buying   C. to buy   D. bought14.The silkworm is an insect worth _. A. to know   B. knowing   C. to

7、be known   D. being known15.She went out without _ good-bye to us.A. say   B. to say   C. saying    D. being said16.The curious student kept on _ questions.    A. asks  B. asking  C. to ask  D. asked17.He is such a strange pe

8、rson; theres _ what hell do next.A. no knowing   B. not to know  C. not known  D. being unknown18.When she heard the bad news, she burst_.A. into crying    B. out to tears   C. crying    D. out crying19. You must never cross the street with

9、out _ the light to turn green.A. waiting    B/ to wait   C. waiting for   D. to wait for20. Scientists succeed _ protein out of old newspapers.A. to make   B. at making   C. making   D. in making21.I became _ after watching too much te

10、levision.A. bored   B. boring   C. bore   D. bores22.I felt _ by his interest in my new invention.A. encourage   B to encourage   C. was encouraged   D. encouraged23.He sat there _ a novel.      A. read &#

11、160;  B. reading   C. reads   D. had read24. Dont wake up the_ child.  A. sleep   B. slept   C. sleeping  D. sleepy25.A proverb goes: A _ stone gathers no moss. A. roll   B. rolling  C. rolled  D. rolls26.The heavy rain

12、kept us _ for two hours.   A. wait  B. waited  C. waiting  D. to wait27.I found a dog _ over by a car on the road.   A. to run  B. run  C. ran  D. running28. We found the baby  _ on the floor.       A. slept

13、60; B. sleep  C. asleep  D. sleeping29.Jack saw a woman _ near the dog , so he walked up to her.A. stood    B. stands   C. to stand   D. standing30.They got  their car _ at the garage. A. be washed   B. washed   C. being wash

14、ed   D. to have been washed31. _ with his report , I told him to write it all over again.      A. Dissatisfactory    B. Not being satisfied   C. Having not satisfied  D. Dissatisfying32._ our shoes in our hands , we crossed the stream.

15、A. To carry  B. Carrying  C. Carried  D. Carry 33._ my homework, I went home .A. Having finished  B. Finished   C. Being finished   D. Finish34._ the door unlocked, I went in.A. Finding  B. Found  C. Had found  D. Have found35._ a careless fello

16、w, he forget all about it.         A. Is  B. Be  C. Being  D. Was36._ carefully, this letter is very beautiful     A. Type  B. Typing  C. Typed  D. To typed37.Animals can do many amazing things when properly_.A

17、. train   B. training  C. trained  D. to train38. You must be careful when _ on the highway.A. you driving  B. are driving  C. driving  D. you were driving39.If _ , I will go to the party tonight.  A. invite B. inviting C. to invite D. invited40.Thousands of p

18、roducts _ from coal are now in daily use.A. made  B. make   C. making  D. to make41.Engines are machines _ power or motion.A. produce   B. producing   C. produced   D. which producing42.During this battle some soldiers were wounded , and some _.A. mi

19、ss    B. missed    C. missing   D. to miss43Weather _ , we will have a picnic tomorrow.  A. permit B. permits C. permitted D. permitting44.The vacation  _ over , the students came back to school.  A. is B. are C. was D. being45._, we left o

20、ff our work.          A. After setting the sun  B. Having set the sun  C. The sun having set  D. Being the sun set.46._ the painting, he gave a sigh of relief.A. Finishing   B. Has finished   C. Being finished  D. Having

21、 finished47._ the way to take, the traveller went on his journey.A. Telling  B. Having told  C. Having been told  D. Have told 48.The United States has developed into a modern nation in a very short time_ with many other countries.    A. compares  B. comparing

22、  C. to compare   D. compared49.When you find something in your writing that needs _ , you should mark it on the paper.A. to be correcting    B. correct   C. to correct  D. correcting50.None of us objected to _ George to the birthday party.A. invite 

23、  B. inviting  C. have invited  D. invited1. I cant stand _ with Jane in the same office. She just refuses_talking while she was working. A. working; stopping B. to work; stopping C. working; to stop D. to work; to stop 2. Dont sit there_nothing. Come and help me with this table. A. d

24、o         B. to do       C. doing    D. and doing 3. The wild flower looked like a soft orange blanket_the desert. A. covering    B. covered    C. cover     D. to co

25、ver 4. Toms never willing to alter any of his opinions. Its no use_with him. A. to argue    B. arguing      C. argued   D. having argued 5. The storm left,_a lot of damage to this area. A. caused     B. to have caused   

26、 C. to cause        D. having caused 6._ , the more expensive the camera, the better its quality. A. General speaking            B. Speaking general C. Generally speaking      

27、;     D. Speaking generally 7. “You cant catch me!” Jane shouted,_away. A. run        B. running          C. to run          D. ran 8. I couldt do my homew

28、ork with all that noise_ . A. going on   B. goes on         C. went on        D. to go on 9. He got well-prepared for the job interview, for he couldnt risk_the good opportunity. A. to lose     B

29、. losing           C. to be lost      D. being lost 10._for many years, the two brothers cant recognize each other. A. Being separated              B. Having se

30、parated C. Having been separated        D. To be separated 11. The manager,_it clear to us that he didnt agree with us, left the meeting room. A. who has made        B. having made      C. made   

31、;      D. making 12. I really cant understand_her like that. A. you treat              B. you to treat       C. why treat      D. you treating 13. Eve

32、rybody in the village likes Jack because he is good at telling and _ jokes. A. turning up             B. putting up        C. making up     D. showing up 14. Reading is an experience qu

33、ite different from watching TV; there are pictures_in your mind instead of before your eyes! A. to form                B. form           C. forming     

34、60; D. having formed 15. Dont leave the water_while you brush your teeth. A. run                    B. running           C. being run   

35、;   D. to run 16. According to a recent survey, children spend up to 25 hours a week _ TV.A. to watch               B. to watching       C. watching       D. wa

36、tch 17. The man insisted_a taxi for me even though I told him I lived nearby. A. find                    B. to find            C. on finding  

37、60;  D. in finding 18. Having been ill in bed for nearly a month, he had a hard time_the exam. A. pass                   B. to pass           C. passe

38、d        D. passing 19. He looked around and caught a man_his hand into the pocket of a passenger. A. put                    B. to be putting     

39、0; C. to put         D. putting 20. A cook will be immediately fired if he is found_in the kitchen. A. smoke                 B. smoking       

40、60;   C. to smoke      D. smoked 21. The discovery of new evidence led to_ . A. the thief having caught            B. catch the thief C. the thief being caught        

41、60;    D. the thief to be caught 22. I couldnt find my key to the car when_home. A. leaving           B. to leave          C. left          

42、D. having left 23. Though_money, his parents managed to send him to university. A. lacked           B. lacking of        C. lacking       D. lacked in 24._to sunlight for too much time

43、will do harm to ones skin. A. Exposed B. Having exposed C. Being exposed D. After being exposed 25. I really appreciate_to relax with you on this nice island. A. to have had time    B. having time    C. to have time    D. to having time 26. One learns a l

44、anguage by making mistakes and_them. A. correct             B. correcting      C. corrects        D. to correct 27. Mr Reed made up his mind to devote all he had to_some schools fo

45、r poor children. A. set up              B. setting up      C. have set up     D. having set up 28. Sometimes new ideas have to be tested many times before_ . A. accept fully   

46、0;B. fully accepting    C. fully been accepted   D. being fully accepted 29._this, you should have no trouble with the difficult work. A. Knowing      B. If you are knowing    C. From knowing     D. If you had known

47、 30. Never_faith in himself, the scientist went on with his research. A. losing         B. to lose              C. lose             

48、60;D. to be lost 31._made her very happy. A. Her parents will come        B. Her parents to come C. Her parents came           D. Her parents coming 32. The_girl was last seen_near the park. A. missing; playing 

49、0;      B. missing; play C. missed; play           D. missed; to play33. Tony was very unhappy for_to the party. A. having not been invited            B. not having

50、invited C. having not invited                 D. not having been invited 34. When he was young, he used to go there and watch_ . A. to repair bikes             

51、B. bikes to be repaired C. bikes being repaired       D. repairing bikes 35. After the party the children were allowed to finish off the_sandwiches and cakes. A. remaining        B. rest        C. lea

52、ving       D. remained 36. A policeman reported_an old lady risk_very fast on the highway. A. to see; driving    B. seeing; driving   C. to see; drive     D. to see; driven 37. I really appreciate_to help me, but I am sure th

53、at I can manage by myself. A. your offering     B. that you offer      C. you to offer      D. that you are offering 38. What worried the boy most was_to go to school. A. his not allowing        

54、      B. his not being allowed C. his being not allowed        D. having not been allowed 39. Slowly she opened the letter,_ . A. her hands slightly trembling      B. trembling her hands slightly C. her hands t

55、rembled slightly      D. slightly her hands were trembled 40. What do you think of the book? Oh, excellent. Its worth_a second time. A. to read         B. to be read          C. reading 

56、0;     D. being read 41. It was_computer games that took the boy a lot of time that he ought to have spent on his lessons. A. to have played      B. playing           C. played     

57、; D. having played 42. The old man told the story in a_voice and the little girl felt very _. A. frightening; frightened            B. frightened; frightening C. frightening; frightening          

58、; D. frightened; frightened 43. How many of us_ , say, a meeting that has nothing to do with us is not important at all. A. to attend          B. attending            C. have attend   &

59、#160;      D. attend 44. Did you tell her the news? No, of course not. But_from what she said, she must have known about it. A. judge             B. judged          

60、     C. being judged         D. judging 45. He sat_to her_the stairs. A. to listen;to climb    B. to listen; climb   C. listening; climb   D. listening; to climb 46._of danger in the street at night, she had to go home, with a friend_her. A. Warned; followed  &