1. The speaker raised his voice but still couldn’t make himself____ .

A. hear B. to hear C. hearing D. heard 2. On afternoon, Mrs Green went to the market, ____ some bananas and visited her cousin.

A. bought B. buying

C. to buy D. writing

3. --I usually go there by train. --Why not ___ by boat for a change?

A. to try going B. trying to go C. to try and go D. try going

4. ____ a reply, he decided to write again.

A. Not receiving B. Receiving not

C. Not having received

D. Having not received

5. How about the two of us ____ a walk down the garden?

A. to take B. take C. taking D. to be taking 6. ____ down the radio ---- the baby’s asleep in the next room. A. Turning B. To turn C. Turned D. Turn

7. Charles Babbage is generally considered ____ the first computer. A. to invent B. inventing C. to have invented D. having invented

 

 8. ---I must apologize for ____ ahead of time.

---That’s all right.

A. letting you not know B. not letting you know

C. letting you know not D. letting not you know 9. Rather than ___ on a crowded bus, he always prefers ____ a bicycle.

A. ride; ride B. riding; ride C. ride; to ride D. to ride; riding

10. The missing boys were last seen ____ near the river.

A. playing B. to be playing C. play D. to play

11. The first textbooks ____ for teaching English as a foreign language came out in the 16th century.

A.having written B. to be writtenC. being written D. written 12. ---What do you think made Mary so upset? ---____ her new bicycle. A. As she lost B. Lost C. Losing D. Because of losing

13. ---You were brave enough to raised objections at the meeting.

---Well, now I regret ____ that. A. to do B. to be doing C. to have done D. having done

14. The boy wanted to ride his bicycle in the street, but his mother told him_____.

A. not to B. not to do C. not do it D. do not to

15. She can’t help ____ the house because she’s busy making a cake. A. to clean B. cleaning C. cleaned D. being cleaned

16. She looks forward every spring to _____ the flower-lined garden

A. visit B. paying a visit C. walk in D. walking in

18. The purpose of new technologies is to make life easier, ____ it more difficult.

A. not make B. not to make C. not making D. do not make

17. While shopping, people sometime can’t help ____ into buying

something they don’t really need. A. to pursue B. persuadingC. being persuaded D. be persuaded

20. When I got back home I saw a message pinned to the door ____“Sorry to miss you; will call later.”

A. read B. reads C. to read D. reading

19. A computer does only what thinking people _____.

A. have it do B. have it done C. have done it D. having it done

1.I cannot understand _____ such a well-paid job.

A. him to give up B. him to have given up

C . his giving up D. his being given up

2.Jane’s summer vacation in England led to _____ an

Englishman.

A. her marry B. her to marry

C. her being married D. her marrying

3.She was sad because of _____ any chance left.

A. there being not B. there not being

C. not there being D. there was not

4.If you think a letter is too slow, why not _____ a

telegram?

A. try to have sent B. trying to send

C. to try to send D. try sending

5.There is no chance _____ him today.

A. in seeing B. to seeing

C. of seeing D. about seeing

6.I know you like _____ . Would you like _____ with me now? A. to swim, to swim B.swimming,swimmingC. swimming, to swim D. to swim, swimming

7.Before _____, the machine must be checked. A. being used B. using it C. being used to D. using

8.To give up _____ means _____ . A. smoking, stopping smoking B. smoking, to stop smoking C. to smoke, to stop to smoke D. to smoke, stopping to smoke9. — What do you think of the book? — Oh, excellent. It’s worth _____ a second time.A. to read B. reading C. to be read D. being read

10. 20. The library needs ______,but it’ll have to wait until Sunday.

A.cleaning B. be cleaned C. clean D. being cleaned

11. ____ but he still could not understand it. A. Told many times

B. Having been told many timesC. He has been told many times D. Though he had been told many times

12. To master a foreign language,______. A. a lot of practice is needed B. it needs a lot of practice C. practice is in need of D. one needs a lot of practice13._________a reply, he decided to

write a sixth letter.A. Not receiving B. Not to receive C. Not having received D. Having not received