The officers narrowly escaped ___________ in the hot battle.
A.have killed | B.to kill | C.to be killed | D.being killed |
. ___________ the letter, he went out to post it.
A.Writing | B.Being writing | C.Having written | D.Written |
. Don't you remember ___________ ?
A.seeing the man before | B.to see the man before |
C.saw the man before | D.to have seen the man before |
. People couldn't help ___________ the foolish emperor in the procession.
A.laugh at | B.to laugh at | C.laughing at | D.laughing on |
. We’re looking forward ___________ the photo exhibition.
A.to visiting | B.to visit | C.to having visited | D.visiting |
. The girl ___________ under that tree is my sister.
A.sitting | B.sits | C.is sitting | D.sat |
. This sentence needs ___________ .
A.a improvement | B.improve | C.improving | D.improved |
. ___________ anything about the accident, he went to work as usual..
A.Not known | B.Known not | C.Knowing not | D.Not knowing |
. The next morning she found the man ___________ in bed, dead.
A.lying | B.lie | C.lay | D.laying |
. There was terrible noise ___________ the sudden burst of light.
A.followed | B.following | C.to be followed | D.being followed |
. The secretary worked late into the night, ___________ a long speech for the president.
A.to prepare | B.preparing | C.prepared | D.was preparing |
. “Can't you read?” Mary said ___________ to the notice.
A.angrily pointing | B.and point angrily | C.angrily pointed | D.and angrily pointing |
. How about two of us ___________ a walk down the garden?
A.to take | B.take | C.taking | D.to be taking |
. ---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 |
. ---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 |
. Would you ___________ me your identification card, sir?
A.mind to show | B.mind showing | C.trouble to show | D.trouble showing |
. He suggested ___________ on Saturday.
A.to have a meeting | B.having a meeting | C.a meeting to have | D.that having a meeting |
. It is no good ___________ to come now. He is busy.
A.if you ask him | B.to ask him | C.asking him | D.that you ask him |
. Although punctual himself, the professor was quite used ___________ late for his lecture.
A.to have students | B.for students to be | C.for students’ being | D.to students’ being |
. He dressed himself quickly and ___________ his schoolbag, went to school.
A.carried | B.to carry | C.carrying | D.Carries |
. ___________ for several weeks, the city needed food.
A.As having flooded | B.being flooded | C.Having been flooded | D.To flood |
. ___________ ill worried my parents greatly.
A.I fell | B.Me falling | C.My falling | D.I falling |
. She is writing a letter to a friend of hers, ___________ him to attend the meeting.
A.having invited | B.inviting | C.to invite | D.Invited |
. Our town has dozens of factories, ___________ several saw mills.
A.included | B.are including | C.are included | D.including |
. ___________ the classroom, the students went to the playground to watch the football match
A.To clean | B.Having cleaned | C.Cleaned | D.Cleaning |
1. I’ve heard him ______ about you often.
2.
A.speak | B.speaks | C.spoke | D.Speaking |
. I went to see him, _______ him out.
A.finding | B.find | C.only to find | D.to finding |
. He didn’t know _______ or stay.
A.to leave | B.if that he should leave | C.if to leave | D.whether to leave |
. ---Will the Smiths go abroad this summer? ---No, they finally decided _______ .
A.to | B.not going | C.not to | D.not to be going |
. ---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 |
. He pretended _______ nothing about it.
A.know | B.to know | C.knowing | D.Knew |
. Little Jim should love _______ to the theatre this evening.
A.to be taken | B.to take | C.being taken | D.Taking |
. They would not allow him _______ across the enemy line.
A.to risk going | B.risking to going | C.for risk to go | D.risk going |
. There are so many kinds of tape-recorders on sale that I can’t make up my mind ____to buy.
A.what | B.which | C.how | D.Where |
. Charles Babbage is generally considered _______ the first computer.
A.to invent | B.inventing | C.to have invented | D.having invented |
. The missing boys were last seen _______ near the river.
A.playing | B.to be playing | C.play | D.to play |
. The patient was warned _______ oily food after the operation.
A.to eat not | B.eating not | C.not to eat | D.not eating |
. I regret _______ you that we are unable to offer you employment.
A.informing | B.having informed | C.to inform | D.to informing |
. You had better get a doctor _______ your bad tooth.
A.pull out | B.to pull out | C.pulled out | D.pulling out |
. The matter had better _______ as it is.
A.leave | B.being left | C.leaving | D.be left |
. He was so foolish _______ his car unlocked.
A.to leave | B.that leave | C.as to leave | D.for him to leave |
. Almost everyone fails _______ the driving test on the first try.
A.passing | B.to have passed | C.to pass | D.in passing |
. The girl was made _______ she didn’t love at all.
A.marry a man | B.to marry a man | C.to marry with a man | D.married with a man |
. The man will use what he has _______ a camera for his wife.
A. to get B. got C. buy D bought
. .To answer correctly is more important than _______ .
A.a quick finish | B.to finish quickly | C.finishing quickly | D.you finish quick |
. Tom kept quiet about the accident _______ lose his job.
A.so as not to | B.so not as to | C.so as to not | D.not so as to |
. I felt it an honor _______ to speak here.
A.to ask | B.asking | C.to be asked | D.having asked |
. ---I’d like to buy an expensive camera.
---Well, we have several models _______ .
A.to choose from | B.to choose | C.to be chosen | D.for choice |
. _______ to the left and you’ll see the post office.
A.To turn | B.Turning | C.Turned | D.Turn |
. Will you be able to attend the lecture next week?
A.giving | B.given | C.to be given | D.being given |
.An exhibition of paintings ____ at the museum next week.
A.are to be held | B.is to be held |
C.are holding | D.will hold |
Every possible means ____, but none ____ successful.
A.has tried; has proved | B.tried; proves |
C.has been tried; proves | D.is being tried; is proved |
.The question he asked is hard ____ .
A.for answer | B.to answer | C.to be answered | D.answering |
.By the end of last year, another new gymnasium ____ in Beijing.
A.would be completed | B.was being completed |
C.has been complete | D.had been completed |
.More than a dozen students in that school ___ abroad to study medicine last year.
A.sent | B.were sent | C.had sent | D.had been sen![]() |
.--Why did you leave that position?
-- I __a better position at IBM.
A.offer | B.offered | C.am offered | D.was offered |
.More patients __ in hospital this year than last year.
A.treated | B.have treated | C.had been treated | D.have been treated |
.Sarah, hurry up. I’m afraid you wouldn’t have time to __before the party.
A.get changed | B.get change | C.get changing | D.get to change |
.Rainforests __and burned at such a speed that they will disappear from the earth in the future.
A.cut | B.are cut | C.are being cut | D.had been cut |
.After a fire broke out in the lab, a lot of equipment__.
A.is damaged | B.had damaged | C.Damaged | D.was damaged |
.The mayor of Beijing says that all construction work for the Beijing Olympics __by .
A.has been completed | B.has completed |
C.will have been completed | D.will have completed |
.I feel it is your husband who ______ for the spoiled child.
A.is to blame | B.is doing to blame | C.is to be blame | D.should blame |
.Great changes______in the city and a lot of factories______.
A.have been taken place…have been set up | B.have taken place…have been set up |
C.have taken place…have set up | D.were taken place…were s![]() |
.——Do you like the material?
——Yes, it______ very soft.
A.is feeling | B.felt | C.feels | D.is felt |
.The Olympic Games, ____in BC ,did not include women players until .
A.first playing | B.to be first played | C.first played | D.to be first playing |
.This is Ted’s phone. We miss him a lot. He ___ trying to save a child in the earthquake.
A.killed | B.is killed | C.was killed | D.was killing |
.The manager entered the office and was happy to learn that four-fifths of the tickets ___.
A.was booked | B.had been booked | C.were booked | D.have been booked |
.When and where to go for the on-salary holiday ___ yet.
A.are not decided | B.have not been decided | C.is not being decided | D.has not been decided |
.Having a trip 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 |
.While shopping, people sometimes can’t help ___ into buying something they don’t really need.
A.to persuaded | B.persuading | C.being persuaded | D.be persuaded |
.I feel it is your husband who ___ for the spoiled child.
A.is to blame | B.is going to blame | C.is to be blamed | D.should blame |