二、非谓语动词
1. 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
2. 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
3. The bell _________the end of the period and , _________our heated discussion.
A. indicating ; interrupting B. indicated ; interrupting
C. indicating ;interrupted D. indicated ; interrupted
4. Fishing is his favorite hobby , and ________.
A. he’d like to collect coins as well
B. he feels like collecting coins , too
C. to collect coins is also his hobby
D. collecting coins also gives him GREat pleasure
5. He sent me an E-mail ,_________to get further information.
A. hoped B. hoping C. to hope D. hope
6. ________ in 1636, Harvard is one of the most famous universities in the United States.
A. Being founded B. Was founded C. hangs D. being hung
7. The picture _________on the wall is painted by my nephew.
A. having hung B. hanging C. hangs D. being hung
8. _________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
9. _________such heavy pollution already , it may now be too late to clean up the river.
A. Having suffered B. Suffering C. To suffer D. Suffered
10. _________late in the afternoon , Bob turned off the alarm.
A. To sleep B. Sleeping C. Sleep D. having slept
11. One learns a language by making mistakes and _________them.
A. correct B. correcting C. corrects D. to correct
12. __Let me tell you something about the journalists.
__Don’t you remember ________me the story yesterday?
A. told B. telling C. to tell D. to correct
13. The ________boy was last seen ________neat the East Lake.
A. missing ; playing B. missing ; play C. missed ; played D. missed ; to play
14. Tony was very unhappy for _______to the party.
A. having not been invited B. not having invited
C. missed ; played D. not having been invited
15. Sandy could do nothing but ________to his teacher that he was wrong.
A. admit B. admitted C. admitting D. to admit
16. In order to improve English , ___________.
A. Jenny’s father bought her a lot of tapes
B. Jenny’s bought a lot of tapes for herself
C. A lot of tapes were bought by Jenny
D. A lot of tapes were bought by Jenny’s father
17. Mr. Reed made up his mind to devote all he had to _________some schools for poor children.
A. set up B. setting up C. have set up D. having set up
18. 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
19. — 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 getting
20. A. computer does only what thinking people __________ .
A. have it do B. have it done
C. have done it D. having it done
21. The lady said she would buy a gift for her daughter with the ____________ .
A. 20 dollars remained B. 20 dollars to remain
C. remained 20 dollars D. remaining 20 dollars
22. 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
23. 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
24. Robert is said _________ abroad , but I don’t know what country he studied in .
A. to have studied B. to study
C. to be studying D. to have been studying
25. __________ from heart trouble for years , Professor White has to take some medicine with him wherever he goes .
A. Suffered B. Suffering C. Having suffered D. Being suffered
26. Finding her car stolen , ___________ .
A. a policeman was asked to help B. the area was searching thoroughly
C. it was looked for everywhere D. she hurried to a policeman for help
27. Do let your mother know all the truth . She appears ___________ everything .
A. to tell B. to be told C. to be telling D. to have been told
28. 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
29. The missing boys were last seen __________ near the river .
A. playing B. to be playing C. play D. to play
30. The visiting Minister expressed his satisfaction with his talks , __________ that he had enjoyed his stay here .
A. having added B. to add C. adding D. added
31. The first textbooks ________ for teaching English as a foreign language came out in the 16th century .
A. having written B. to be written
C. being written D. written
32. European football is played in 80 countries , __________ it the most popular sport in the world .
A. making B. makes C. made D. to make
33. The Olympic Games , _________ in 776 B. C. , did not include women players until 1912 .
A. first played B. to be first played
C. first playing D. to be first playing
34. I would love _________ to the party last night but I had to work extra hours to finish a report .
A. to go B. having gone
C. going D. to have gone
35. ___________ in thought , he almost ran into the car in front of him .
A. Losing B. Having lost C. Lost D. To lose
36. The patient was warned __________ oily food after the operation .
A. to eat not B. eating not C. not to eat D. not eating
37. The boy wanted to ride his bicycle in the street , but his mother told him __________ .
A. not to B. not to do C. not to it D. do not to
38. How about the two of us ________ a walk down the garden ?
A. to take B. take C. taking D. to be taking
39. The computer center , __________ last year , is very popular among the students in this school .
A. open B. opening C. having opened D. opened
40. Charles Babbage is generally considered _________ the first computer .
A. to invent B. inventing
C. to have invented D. having invented
41. She set out soon after dark _______home an hour later.
A. arriving B. to arrive C. having arrived D. and arrived
42. __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
43. 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
44. __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. to have met
45. We aGREed __________here but so far she hasn’t turned up yet.
A. having met B. meeting C. to meet D. to have met
46. Paul doesn’t have to be made ________, He always works hard.
A. learn B. to learn C. learned D. learning
47. Having a tip abroad is certainly good for the old couple , but it remains _______whether they will enjoy it.
A. to see B. to be seen C. seeing D. seen
48. The research is so designed that once ________nothing can be done to change it.
A. begins B. having begun C. beginning D. begun
49. __How do you deal with the disaGREement between the company and the customers?
__They key _______the problem is to meet the demand ______by the customers.
A. to solving ; making C. to solving ; made
C. to solve ; making D. to solve ; made
50. Little Jim should love ________to the theater this evening.
A. to be taken B. to take C. being taken D. taking
