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1. Bill suggested _______ a meeting on what to do for the Shanghai Expo during the vacation.

A. having held

B. to hold

C. holding

D. hold

2. _______well in an interview will be an important part of getting a place at university.

A. Do

B. Doing

C. Done

D. Being done

3. Something as simple as _______ some cold water may clear your mind and relieve pressure.

A. to drink

B. drinking

C. to be drinking

D. drunk

4. As a new driver, I have to practise _______ the car in my small garage again and again.

A. parking

B. to park

C. parked

D. park

5. All the staff in our company are considering _______ to the city centre for the fashion show.

A. to go

B. going

C. to have gone

D. having gone

6. Eugene's never willing to alter any of his opinions. It's no use _______ with him.

A. to argue

B. arguing

C. argued

D. having argued

7. The parents suggested _______ in the hotel room but their kids were anxious to camp out during the trip.

A. sleep

B. to sleep

C. sleeping

D. having slept

8. He got well-prepared for the job interview, for he couldn't risk _______ the good opportunity.

A. to lose

B. losing

C. to be lost

D. being lost

9. Victor apologized for _______ to inform me of the change in the plan.

A. his being not able

B. him not to be able

C. his not being able

D. him to be not able

10. According to a recent U.S. survey, children spent up to 25 hours a week _______ TV.

A. to watch

B. to watching

C. watching

D. watch

11. The discovery of new evidence led to _______.

A. the thief having caught

B. catch the thief

C. the thief being caught

D. the thief to be caught

12. _______ to change the constitution caused a great deal of confusion among the people in Egypt.

A. President Morsi will try

B. President Morsi to try

C. President Morsi tried

D. President Morsi's trying

13. In some parts of London, missing a bus means _______ for another hour.

A. waiting

B. to wait

C. wait

D. to be waiting

14. I really appreciate _______ to talk with you on this nice island.

A. to have had time

B. having time

C. to have time

D. to having time

15. Fishing is his favorite hobby, and _______.

A. he'd like to collect coins as well

B. he feel like collecting coins, too

C. to collect coins is also his hobby

D. collecting coins also gives him great pleasure

16. 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

17. Tony was very unhappy for _______ to the party.

A. having not been invited

B. not having invited

C. having not invited

D. not having been invited

18. It is of little use _______ a bicycle when you don't know how _______ it.

A. to own; to ride

B. owning; riding

C. to own; riding

D. owning; to ride

19. _______ is no good _______ children to read books of this kind.

A. It; permitting

B. That; letting

C. This; allowing

D. It; letting

20. —What makes you so worried?

—_______.

A. Because I've lost the papers

B. Losing the papers

C. For the papers were lost

D. Because of the papers

21. —I wish I could buy one of those lovely dogs.

—I'm afraid your wife wouldn't allow _______ at home.

A. your keeping it

B. you can keep it

C. you keep it

D. you will keep it

22. We would prefer her _______ in the company.

A. staying

B. stay

C. stayed

D. to stay

23. Rather than _______ on a crowded bus, he always prefers _______ a bicycles.

A. ride; ride

B. riding; ride

C. ride; to ride

D. to ride; riding

24. If you keep _______ English, you can learn English well.

A. practising speak

B. practising speaking

C. practising speak

D. to practise spoken

25. James liked fishing, _______.

A. but hunting had been enjoyed by him

B. but hunting was also enjoyed by him

C. but hunting was also enjoyed

D. but he also enjoyed hunting

26. Remember _______ my best regards to him when you write.

A. sending

B. send

C. sent

D. to send

27. They failed to pass the exam last time. I regretted _______ them.

A. to be not able to help

B. being unable to help

C. being not able to help

D. not be able to help

28. Try _______ at the back door if nobody hears you at the front door.

A. to knock

B. and knock

C. knocking

D. and to knock

29. _______ the exam will disappoint your parents.

A. You failing

B. Your failing

C. You fail

D. You to fail

30. _______ the medicine made her mother angry.

A. Not his talking

B. His not taking

C. He not take

D. No to take

31. _______ the radio made it worse.

A. My repairing

B. Me repairing

C. I repairing

D. I repaired

32. It was really hard work _______ our way _______ the forest.

A. cut; through

B. cut; up

C. cutting; across

D. cutting; through

33. Her job is _______ the garden clean.

A. keep

B. kept

C. keeping

D. keeps

34. His question is _______.

A. puzzling

B. puzzled

C. to puzzled

D. to puzzling

35. The Spring Festival is coming. I'm busy _______ the room. There is no time _______ to the shop.

A. cleaning; to go

B. to clean; going

C. cleaning; going

D. to clean; to go

36. —You look tired after the walk. You'd better have a rest.

—I don't feel like _______ now.

A. to sleep

B. asleep

C. sleeping

D. to be sleeping

37. All the students are now busy _______ their lessons for the _______ examinations.

A. to review; coming

B. review; come

C. reviewing; coming

D. to review; to come

38. —What do you think of the book?

—Oh, excellent. It's worth _______ a second time.

A. to read

B. to be read

C. reading

D. being read

39. Such books are not worthy _______ at all.

A. of being read

B. being read

C. reading

D. to read

40. The old man wanted to leave here, because he just couldn't stand _______ in the noisy room.

A. to sleep

B. sleep

C. sleeping

D. being slept

41. The teacher apologized _______ late.

A. to his students to arrive

B. to his students for arriving

C. at his students to arrive

D. at his students for arriving

42. I didn't mind _______ home, but my brother preferred _______ a taxi.

A. walking; getting

B. to walk; get

C. walking; to get

D. walk; getting

43. —Do you feel like _______ there or shall we take a bus?

—I'd like to walk. But since there isn't much time _______ , I'd rather you _______ a taxi.

A. to walk; to leave; hired

B. to walk; left; hired

C. walking; left; hired

D. walking; left; hiring

44. Journalists ought to avoid _______ mistakes in their reports.

A. make

B. making

C. to make

D. made

45. —Why were you so late?

—I had a hard time _______ up this morning.

A. to get

B. get

C. got

D. getting

46. You can never imagine what great difficulty I have _______ your house.

A. found

B. to find

C. in finding

D. for finding

47. _______ waste our time _______ such a question.

A. Don't let us; to discuss

B. Let's not; discussing

C. Don't let us; discussing

D. Let's not; to discuss

48. He spent all his time _______ for the TOEFL.

A. to prepare

B. to preparing

C. in preparing

D. of preparing

49. The young men are successful _______ the power station.

A. to repair

B. to repairing

C. in repairing

D. repaired

50. He apologized for _______.

A. his not being able to come

B. his being able not to come

C. not his being able to come

D. his being not able to come

51. She blamed me _______ away the money _______ to her.

A. to take; belonging

B. for taking; that was belonging

C. for taking; that belonged

D. of taking; which is belonged

52. Mary's father is very happy because of _______ given a prize.

A. her being

B. being

C. her having been

D. she has been

53. —Used you to _______ vegetables in the country before you came here?

—Yes, but now I've got quite used to _______ in this computer company.

A. grow; working

B. growing; work

C. grow; work

D. growing; working

54. He devoted every _______ this unknown element（元素）.

A. effort to find

B. effort to finding

C. effect to find

D. effect to finding

55. How can he escape _______?

A. seeing

B. seen

C. being seen

D. being seeing

56. They insisted on _______ tomorrow.

A. being finished the design

B. the design to be finished

C. the design finished

D. the design being finished

57. They narrowly missed _______ in the forest of South America 15 years ago.

A. killing

B. to be killed

C. being killed

D. to have been killed

58. The thief stole into the house and congratulated himself _______.

A. without seeing

B. on not being seen

C. on not seeing

D. not to be seen

59. He regretted _______ the days when he _______ studied.

A. wasting; could have

B. to waste; should have

C. having wasted; had

D. having wasted; should have

60. —You were brave enough to raise objections at the meeting.

—Well, now I regret _______ that.

A. to do

B. to being doing

C. to have done

D. having done

61. Generally speaking, the _______ are respected by the common people.

A. learned

B. learning

C. learn

D. being learnt

62. You must learn _______ English by _______.

A. speak; speak

B. speaking; speaking

C. spoken; spoken

D. spoken; speaking

63. —I can't see the words on the blackboard.

—Perhaps you need _______.

A. to examine your eyes

B. to have your eyes examined

C. to have examined your eyes

D. your eyes to be examined

64. Your shoes are dirty. They need _______ badly.

A. to wash

B. washing

C. washed

D. being washed

65. We wanted the watch _______ this afternoon.

A. repaired

B. being repaired

C. to be repaired

D. repairing