1. Charles Babbage is generally considered___ the first computer.
A. to invent B. inventing C. to have invented D. having invented
2. I would love___ to the party last night but I had to work extra hours to finish a report.
A. to go B. to have gone C. going D. having gone
3. We agreed____ here but so far she hasn’t turned up.
A. having met B. meeting C. to meet D. to have met
4. She reached the top of the hill and stopped___ on a big rock by the side of the side of the path.
A. to have rested B. resting C. to rest D. rest
5. --You were brave enough to raise objections at the meeting.
--Well, now I regret___ that.
A. to do B. to be doing C. to have done D. having done
6.I can hardly imagine Peter____ across the Atlantic Ocean in five days.
A. sail B. to sail C. sailing D. to have sailed
8. Robert is said___ abroad, but I don’t know what country he studied in.
A. t have studied B. to study C. to be studying D. to have been studying
9. The squirrel was lucky that it just missed____.
A. catching B. to be caught C. being caught D. to catch
10. While shopping, people sometimes can’t help___ into buying something they don’t really need.
A. to persuade B. persuading C. being persuaded D. be persuaded
11. He claimed___ in the supermarket when he was doing shopping yesterday.
A. being badly treated B. treating badly C. to be treated badly D. to have been treated badly
12. –Car 17 won the race.
--Yes, but its driver came close to____.
A. having been killed B. have been killed C. be killed D. being killed
13. The murder was brought in, with his hands___ behind his back.
A. being tied B. having tied C. to be tied D. tied
14. The Olympic Games, ____ in 776 B.C, didn’t include women players until 1912.
A. first playing B. to be first played C. first played D. to be first playing
15. As soon as she entered the room, the girl caught sight of the flowers___ by her mother.
A. buying B. being bought C. were bought D. bought
16. Do you mind___ alone at home?
A. Jane leaving B. Jane having left C. Jane’s being left D. Jane to be left
17. There are five pairs___, but I’m at a loss which to buy.
A. to be chosen B. to choose from C. to choose D. for choosing
18. The managers discussed the plan that they would like to see___ the next year.
A. carry out B. carrying out C. carried out D. to carry out
19. I’ve worked with children before, so I know what___ in my new job.
A. expected B. to expect C. to be expecting D. expects
20. She can’t help___ the house because she’ busy making a cake.
A. to clean B. cleaning C. to cleaned D. be cleaned
21. Cleaning women in big cities get___ by the hour.
A. pay B. paying C. paid D. to pay
22. ___ the general state of his health, it may take him a while to recover from the operation.
A. Given B To give C. Giving D. Having given
23. If you go to Xi’an, you will find the places there are more magnificent than commonly____.
A. supposing B. supposed C. to suppose D. suppose
24. He turned and went to sleep again, ___ that it was still early.
A. to think B. and thought C. thinking D. though
25. –Mum, why do you always make me eat an egg every day?
--___ enough protein and nutrition as you are growing up.
A. Get B. Getting C. To get D. To be
26. 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
27. ___such heavy pollution already, it may not be too late to clear up the river.
A. Having suffered B. Suffering C. To suffer D. Suffered
28. __many times, but he still doesn’t know how to do it.
A. Having told B. Having been told C. He has been told D. Being told
29. –Sorry, but I’ll have to keep you waiting for some time.
--That’s all right. I don’t mind___ waiting
A. keeping B. having kept C. having been kept D. being kept
30.—What do you think made Mary so upset?
--___her bicycle.
A. Losing B. As she lost C. To lost D. Because of losing
30. Time must be made full use of___ the Three Georges Project ahead of time.
A. completing B. to complete C. .completed D. being completed
31. That’s the best way w should think of___ the dying soldier.
A. helping B. saving C. to save D. being saved
32. Who did the teacher have___ an article for the wall newspaper just now?
A. writing B. write C. to write D. written
33. The night club,___ last month, was popular with the college students near it.
A. being opened B. to be opened C. o open D. opened
34. Children today are still suffering heavy work, ___ at preparing them for the entrance examination.
A. to aim B. aimed C. aiming D. having been aimed
35. –What did you hear last night?
--I seemed___ someone knock at the door.
A. to be heard B. to be hearing C. to have heard D. having heard
35. Could you give me a hand___ the shopping from the car, please?
A. to carry B. for carrying C. carrying D. carried
36. Hearing the news, he hurried out,___ book___ on the table and disappeared into the distance.
A. left, lain open B. leaving, lying open C. leaving, lie opened D. left, lying open
37. She looks forward every spring to___ the flower garden.
A. visiting B. visit C. paying a visit D. visited
38. What worried the child most was___ to visit his mother in the hospital.
A. his not allowing B. his not being allowed C. his being not allowed D. having not allowed
39. Everything___ into consideration, they ought to have another chance.
A. to take B. taken C. to be taken D. taking
40. The Yellow River,___ to be the mother river, runs across China like a huge dragon.
A. saying B. to say C. said D. being said
41. He is lying in bed, his eyes looking at the ceiling and his hands___ behind his head.
A. to cross B. crossing C. cross D. crossed
42. The old man was moved by what she said, tears___ up in his eyes.
A. welling B. welled C. rolling D. rolled
44. –Where is Mr Li? He was here a moment ago.
--His secretary has just come.___, he hurried out at once.
A. Being told something B. Telling something
C. To tell something D. Having been told something
45. Those who want to separate Taiwan from the mainland are lifting stone__ it dropped on their own feet.
A. have B. to have C. only to have D. only having
46. –Shall we go swimming?
--OK, I’ll just go and get___.
A. to change B. changed C. it changed D. changing
48. The houses___ are for the teachers and the construction work will start soon.
A. built B. to be built C. to build D. being built
49. ___ some of the juice—perhaps you will like it.
A. Try B. To try C. Trying D. If you try
50. He sent me an E-mail, ___ to get further information.
A. hoped B. to hope C. hope D. hoping
51. __ to make a speech, he said he would be very glad to.
A. When asked B. When asking C. To be asked D. When he was asking
52. I’m examining the composition he has just finished___ the possible mistakes in it.
A. to correct B. correct C. corrected D. correcting
53. The boy has a habit of asking questions and then___ their answers.
A. not listen to B. not to listen to C. not listening to D. doesn’t listen to
54. ___ the idiom, he looked it up in the dictionary.
A. Never having learned B. Not learning C. Having not learned D. Having never learned
55. ___ the tower building, where you can see the whole city.
A. Standing on the top of B. If you climb to
C. When you reach the top of D. Get to the top of
56. The students,___ at the way the question was put, didn’t know how to answer it.
A. being surprised B. surprising C. surprised D. having surprised
57. When the car crashed, your brother____?
A. escaped hurt, didn’t he B. escaped being hurt, didn’t he
C. escaped hurting, didn’t it D. escaped to hurt, didn’t he
58. “I’ll do some washing this afternoon. Do you have any clothes___?” Mother asked Jim.
A. washing B. washed C. to wash D. to be washed
59. It rained heavily ___ several flooding in that country.
A. causing B. to cause C. caused D. and caused
60. They live in an island country. There is no man in its___ area.
A. surround B. surrounding C. surrounded D. to surround
61. –Why did he let you repeat his instruction time and time again?
--___ that I remember what was___ after he went out.
A. To make sure, to do B. Making sure, to be done
C. To see to it, to be done D. Seeing to it, done
62. No computers so far___ can have the same ability as human brains.
A. be built B. being built C. having being built D. built
63. ___ on time, I think, the medicine will work on him before long.
A. Taken B. Being taken C. If taking D. Take