综合练习
1. Lots of rescue workers were working around the clock, _______ supplies to Yushu, Qinghai Province after the earthquake.
A. sending
B. to send
C. having sent
D. to have sent
2. In April, thousands of holidaymakers remained _______ abroad due to the volcanic ash cloud.
A. sticking
B. stuck
C. to be stuck
D. to have stuck
3. In my opinion, this is the best use of time that could be made _______ the foreign language well.
A. to learn
B. of to learn
C. to learning
D. of learning
4. _______ the city center, we saw a stone statue of about 10 meters in height.
A. Approaching
B. Approached
C. To approach
D. To be approached
5. The president promised to keep all the board members _______ of how the negotiations were going on.
A. inform
B. informed
C. be informed
D. informing
6. He had a wonderful childhood, _______ with his mother to all corners of the world.
A. travel
B. to travel
C. traveled
D. traveling
7. Listen! Do you hear someone _______ for help?
A. calling
B. call
C. to call
D. called
8. Dina, _______ for months to find a job as a waitress, finally took a position at a local advertising agency.
A. struggling
B. struggled
C. having struggled
D. to struggle
9. So far nobody has claimed the money _______ in the library.
A. discovered
B. to be discovered
C. discovering
D. having discovered
10. The lady walked around the shops, _______ an eye out for bargains.
A. keep
B. kept
C. keeping
D. to keep
11. There were many talented actors out there just waiting _______.
A. to discover
B. to be discovered
C. discovered
D. being discovered
12. I have a lot of readings _______ before the end of this term.
A. completing
B. to complete
C. completed
D. being completed
13. It rained heavily in the south, _______ serious flooding in several provinces.
A. caused
B. having caused
C. causing
D. to cause
14. A great number of students _______ said they were forced to practise the piano.
A. to question
B. to be questioned
C. questioned
D. questioning
15. The lawyer listened with full attention, _______ to miss any point.
A. not trying
B. trying not
C. to try not
D. not to try
16. Mrs.White showed her students some old maps _______ from the library.
A. to borrow
B. to be borrowed
C. borrowed
D. borrowing
17. With Father's Day around the corner, I have taken some money out of the bank _______ presents for my dad.
A. buy
B. to buy
C. buying
D. to have bought
18. The retired man donated most of his savings to the school damaged by the earthquake in Yushu, _______ the students to return to their classrooms.
A. enabling
B. having enabled
C. to enable
D. to have enabled
19. _______ from the top of the tower, the south foot of the mountain is a sea of trees .
A. Seen
B. Seeing
C. Having seen
D. To see
20. His first book _______ next month is based on a true story.
A. published
B. to be published
C. to publish
D. being published
21. Though _______ to see us, the professor gave us a warm welcome.
A. surprising
B. as surprised
C. surprised
D. being surprised
22.We were astonished _______ the temple still in its original condition.
A. finding
B. to find
C. find
D. to be found
23. Alexander tried to get his work _______ in the medical circles.
A. to recognize
B. recognizing
C. recognize
D. recognized
24. _______ at my classmates' faces, I read the same excitement in their eyes.
A. Looking
B. Look
C. To look
D. Looked
25. I'm calling to enquire about the position _______ in yesterday's China Daily.
A. advertised
B. to be advertised
C. advertising
D. having advertised
26. The news shocked the public, _______ to great concern about students' safety at school.
A. having led
B. led
C. leading
D. to lead
27. Many buildings in the city need repairing, but the one _______ first is the library.
A. repaired
B. being repaired
C. repairing
D. to be repaired
28. The traffic rule says young children under the age of four and _______ less than 40 pounds must be in a child safety seat.
A. being weighed
B. to weigh
C. weighed
D. weighing
29. The play _______ next month aims mainly to reflect the local culture.
A. produced
B. being produced
C. to be produced
D. having been produced
30. For breakfast he only drinks juice from fresh fruit _______ on his own farm.
A. grown
B. being grown
C. to be grown
D. to grow
31. The way the guests _______ in the hotel influenced their evaluation of the service.
A. treated
B. were treated
C. would treat
D. would be treated
32. All of them try to use the power of the workstation _______ information in a more effective way.
A. presenting
B. presented
C. being presented
D. to present
33. _______ not to miss the flight at 15:20, the manager set out for the airport in a hurry.
A. Reminding
B. Reminded
C. To remind
D. Having reminded
34. In April, 2009, President Hu inspected the warships in Qingdao, _______ the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PLA Navy.
A. marking
B. marked
C. having marked
D. being marked
35. When he_______the door, he found his keys were nowhere.
A. would open
B. opened
C. had opened
D. was to open
36. At the age of 29, Dave was a worker, _______in a small apartment near Boston and _______ what to do about his future.
A. living; wondering
B. lived; wondering
C. lived; wondered
D. living; wondered
37. Nowadays people sometimes separate their waste to make it easier for it _______.
A. reusing
B. reused
C. reuses
D. to be reused
38. Please do me a favor —_______ my friend Mr. Smith to Youth Theater at 7:30 tonight.
A. to invite
B. inviting
C. invite
D. invited
39. _______ the right kind of training, these teenage soccer players may one day grew the international stars.
A. Giving
B. Having given
C. To give
D. Given
40. The government plans to bring in new laws _______ parents to take more responsibility for the education of their children.
A. forced
B. forcing
C. to be forced
D. having forced
41. The children all turned_______the famous actress as she entered the classroom.
A. looked at
B. to look at
C. to looking at
D. look at
42. Now that we've discussed our problem, are people happy with the decisions _______?
A. taking
B. take
C. taken
D. to take
43. We are invited to a party _______ in our club next Friday.
A. to be held
B. held
C. being held
D. holding
44. I still remember _______to the Famen Temple and what I saw there.
A. to take
B. to be taken
C. taking
D. being taken
45. Many teachers were praised at the meeting, Mr. Zhou _______.
A. including
B. included
C. to include
D. being included
46. With the government's aid, those _______ by the earthquake have moved to the new settlements.
A. affect
B. affecting
C. affected
D. were affected
47. _______ with fright, a hungry fox hid himself in a small cave, _______ his tail to the rain.
A. Trembled; exposing
B. Trembled; exposed
C. Trembling; exposing
D. Trembling; exposed
48. _______ for the terrible accident, as the public thought, the mayor felt nervous and was at a loss what to do.
A. Having blamed
B. To blame
C. Being to blame
D. Being to be blamed
49. _______ from heart trouble for years, Professor White has to take some medicine with him wherever he goes.
A. Having suffered
B. To suffer
C. suffered
D. Being suffered
50. He told us whether _______ a picnic was still under discussion.
A. to have
B. having
C. have
D. had
51. _______ many times, he finally understood it.
A. Told
B. Telling
C. Having told
D. Having been told
52. _______ the project in time, the staff were working at weekends.
A. Competing
B. Having completed
C. To have completed
D. To complete
53. _______ by the advances in technology, many farmers have set up wind farms on their land.
A. Being encouraged
B. Encouraging
C. Encouraged
D. Having encouraged
54. _______ and short of breath, Andy and Ruby were the first to reach the top of Mount Tai.
A. To be tired
B. Tired
C. Tiring
D. Being tired
55. There is a great deal of evidence _______ that music activities engage different parts of the brain.
A. indicate
B. indicating
C. to indicate
D. to be indicating
56. Michael's new house is like a huge palace, _______ with his old one.
A. comparing
B. compares
C. to compare
D. compared
57. With the world changing fast, we have something new_______with all by ourselves every day.
A. deal
B. dealt
C. to deal
D. dealing
58. They use computers to keep the traffic_______smoothly.
A. being run
B. run
C. to run
D. running
59. Schools across China are expected to hire 50,000 college graduates this year as short-term teachers, almost three times the number hired last year, _______reduce unemployment pressures.
A. help
B. to have helped
C. to help
D. having helped
60. Distinguished guests and friends, welcome to our school. _______ the ceremony of the 50th Anniversary this morning are our alumni (校友) from home and abroad.
A. Attend
B. To attend
C. Attending
D. Having attended
61. I like getting up very early in summer.The morning air is so good _______.
A. to be breathed
B. to breathe
C. breathing
D. being breathed
62. —Did the book give the information you needed?
—Yes. But _______ it, I had to read the entire book.
A. to find
B. find
C. to be finding
D. finding
63. I feel greatly honored _______ into their society.
A. to welcome
B. welcoming
C. to be welcomed
D. welcomed
64. It is worth considering what makes “convenience” foods so popular, and _______ better ones of your own.
A. introduces
B. to introduce
C. introducing
D. introduced
65. _______their hats into the air, the fans of the winning team let out loud shouts of victory.
A. To throw
B. Thrown
C. Throwing
D. Being thrown
66. I hear they've promoted Tom, but he didn't mention _______ when we talked on the phone.
A. to promote
B. having been promoted
C. having promoted
D. to be promoted
67. We finished the run in less than half the time _______.
A. allowing
B. to allow
C. allowed
D. allows
68. The trees _______ in the storm have been moved off the road.
A. being blown down
B. blown down
C. blowing down
D. to blow down
69. _______the project as planned, we'll have to work two more hours a day.
A. Completing
B. Complete
C. Completed
D. To complete
70. Susan wanted to be independent of her parents. She tried _______ alone, but she didn't like it and moved back home.
A. living
B. to live
C. to be living
D. having lived
71. _______ around the Water Cube, we were then taken to see the Bird's Nest for the 2008 Olympic Games.
A. Having shown
B. To be shown
C. Having been shown
D. To show
72. We had an anxious couple of weeks _______ for the results of the experiment.
A. wait
B. to be waiting
C. waited
D. waiting
73. _______to reach them on the phone, we sent an email instead.
A. Fail
B. Failed
C. To fail
D. Having failed
74. _______that he was in great danger, Eric walked deeper into the forest.
A. Not realized
B. Not to realize
C. Not realizing
D. Not to have realized
75. It is one of the funniest things _______ on the Internet so far this year.
A. finding
B. being found
C. to find
D. found
76. _______in the queue for half an hour, the old man suddenly realized he had left the queue in the car.
A. Waiting
B. To wait
C. Having waited
D. To have waited
77. —Can those _______ at the back of the classroom hear me?
—No problem.
A. seat
B. sit
C. seated
D. sat
78. He was busy writing a story, only _______ once in a while to smoke a cigarette.
A. to stop
B. stopping
C. to have stopped
D. having stopped
79. Please remain _______； the winner of the prize will be announced soon.
A. seating
B. seated
C. to seat
D. to be seated
80. To learn English well, we should find opportunities to hear English _______ as much as we can.
A. speak
B. speaking
C. spoken
D. to speak
81. Lucy's new job paid twice as much as she had made _______ in the restaurant.
A. working
B. work
C. to work
D. worked
82. _______that she was going off to sleep, I asked if she'd like that little doll on her bed.
A. Seeing
B. To see
C. See
D. Seen
83. —The last one _______ pays the meal.
—Agreed!
A. arrived
B. arrives
C. to arrive
D. arriving
84. At the beginning of class, the noise of desks _______ could be heard outside the classroom.
A. opened and closed
B. to be opened and closed
C. being opened and closed
D. to open and close
85. There is nothing more I can try _______ you to stay, so I wish you good luck.
A. being persuaded
B. persuading
C. to be persuaded
D. to persuade
86. —Robert is indeed a wise man.
—Oh, yes. How often I have regretted _______ his advice!
A. to take
B. taking
C. not to take
D. not taking
87. When asked why he went there, he said he was sent there _______ for a space flight.
A. training
B. being trained
C. to have trained
D. to be trained
88. “Things _______ never come again!” I couldn't help talking to myself.
A. lost
B. losing
C. to lose
D. have lost
89. _______ that she didn't do a good job, I don't think I am abler than her.
A. To have said
B. Having said
C. To say
D. Saying
90. Peter received a letter just now _______ his grandma would come to see him soon.
A. said
B. says
C. saying
D. to say
91. As Jack left his membership card at home, he wasn't allowed _______ into the sports club.
A. going
B. to go
C. go
D. gone
92. When Peter speaks in public, he always has trouble_______the right things to say.
A. thinking of
B. to think of
C. thought of
D. think of
93. The club, _______ 25 years ago, is holding a party for past and present members.
A. founded
B. founding
C. being founded
D. to be founded
94. “Genius” is a complicated concept, _______many different factors.
A. involved
B. involving
C. to involve
D. being involved
95. People have learnt the importance of keeping a balanced diet _______ their nutritional needs.
A. satisfy
B. satisfied
C. to satisfy
D. having satisfied
96. Once _______ , Jose devoted her life to looking after children and being a full-time homemaker.
A. having married
B. being married
C. marrying
D. married
97. _______ a wet football can hurt your foot if you are not careful.
A. Kicking
B. Kicked
C. Having kicked
D. Kick
98. Big companies usually have a lot of branch offices _______ in different parts of the world.
A. to have operated
B. be operated
C. operating
D. having operated
99. _______ to work overtime that evening, I missed a wonderful film.
A. Having been asked
B. To ask
C. Having asked
D. To be asked
100. This machine is very easy _______. Anybody can learn to use it in a few minutes.
A. operating
B. to be operating
C. operated
D. to operate
101. The old couple often take a walk after supper in the park with their pet dog _______ them.
A. to follow
B. following
C. followed
D. follows
102. Tom took a taxi to the airport, only _______ his plane high up in the sky.
A. finding
B. to find
C. being found
D. to have found
103. I looked up and noticed a snake _______ its way up the tree to catch its breakfast.
A. to wind
B. wind
C. winding
D. wound
104. Before driving into the city, you are required to get your car _______.
A. washed
B. wash
C. washing
D. to wash
105. Having finished her project, she was invited by the school _______ to the new students.
A. speaking
B. having spoken
C. to speak
D. to have spoken
106. John has really got the job because he showed me the official letter_______him it.
A. offered
B. offering
C. to offer
D. to be offered
107. The lecture, _______ at 7:00 pm last night, was followed by an observation of the moon with telescopes.
A. starting
B. being started
C. to start
D. to be started
108. Time, _______ correctly, is money in the bank.
A. to use
B. used
C. using
D. use
109. We've had a good start, but next, more work needs _______ to achieve the final success.
A. being done
B. do
C. to be done
D. to do
110. Before you quit your job, _______ how your family would feel about your decision.
A. consider
B. considering
C. to consider
D. considered
111. We're having a meeting in half an hour. The decision _______ at the meeting will influence the future of our company.
A. to be made
B. being made
C. made
D. having been made
112. I make $2,000 a week, 60 surely won't make _______ difference to me.
A. that a big
B. a that big
C. big a that
D. that big a
113. _______ in a long queue, we waited for the store to open to buy a new iPad .
A. Standing
B. To stand
C. Stood
D. Stand
114. If he takes on this work, he will have no choice but _______ an even greater challenge.
A. meets
B. meeting
C. meet
D. to meet
115. One learns a language by making mistakes and _______ them.
A. corrects
B. correct
C. to correct
D. correcting
116. _______ with care, one tin will last for six weeks.
A. Use
B. Using
C. Used
D. To use
117. The old man sat in front of the television every evening, happy _______ anything that happened to be on.
A. to watch
B. watching
C. watched
D. to have watched
118. Tony lent me the money, _______ that I'd do as much for him.
A. hoping
B. to hope
C. hoped
D. having hoped
119. George returned after the war, only _______ that his wife had left him.
A. to be told
B. telling
C. being told
D. told
120. —Have you figured out how much the trip will cost?
—$4,000, or it won't worthy _______.
A. of making
B. being made
C. to be made
D. of to be made
121. China recently tightened its waters controls near the Huangyan Island to prevent Chinese fishing boats from _______ in the South China Sea.
A. attacking
B. having attacked
C. being attacked
D. having been attacked
122. Pressed from his parents, and _______ that he has wasted too much time, the boy is determined to stop playing video games.
A. realizing
B. realized
C. to realize
D. being realized
123. “It's a such nice place,” Mother said as she sat at the table _______ for customers.
A. to be reserved
B. Living reserved
C. reserving
D. reserved
124. I think Tom, as the head of a big department, should either study regularly or _______ his job.
A. quits
B. to quit
C. quitting
D. quit
125. No matter how bright a talker you are, there are times when it's better _______ silent.
A. remain
B. be remaining
C. having remained
D. to remain
126. _______ an important decision more on emotion than on reason, you will regret it sooner or later.
A. Based
B. Basing
C. Base
D. To base
127. _______ around the fire, the tourists danced with the local people.
A. Gather
B. To gather
C. Gathering
D. To be gathering
128. When _______ for his views about his teaching job, Philip said he found it very interesting and rewarding.
A. asking
B. asked
C. having asked
D. to be asked
129. I remembered _______ the door before I left the office, but forgot to turn off the lights.
A. locking
B. to lock
C. having locked
D. to have locked
130. The next thing he saw was smoke_______from behind the house.
A. rose
B. rising
C. to rise
D. risen
131. The island, _______to the mainland by a bridge, is easy to go to.
A. joining
B. to join
C. joined
D. having joined
132. Sarah pretended to be cheerful, _______nothing about the argument.
A. says
B. said
C. to say
D. saying
133. It's important for the figures_______regularly.
A. to be updated
B. to have been updated
C. to update
D. to have updated
134. Sit down, Emma. You will only make yourself more tired, _______ on your feet.
A. to keep
B. keeping
C. having kept
D. to have kept
135. Birds' singing is sometimes a warning to other birds _______ away.
A. to stay
B. staying
C. stayed
D. stay
136. He got up late and hurried to his office, _______ the breakfast untouched.
A. left
B. to leave
C. leaving
D. having left
137. Film has a much shorter history, especially when _______ such art forms as music and painting.
A. having compared to
B. comparing to
C. compare to
D. compared to
138. The party will be held in the garden, weather _______.
A. permitting
B. to permit
C. permitted
D. permit
139. After completing and signing it, please return the form to us in the envelope _______.
A. providing
B. provided
C. having provided
D. provide
140. Passengers are permitted _______ only one piece of hand luggage onto the plane.
A. to carry
B. carrying
C. to be carried
D. being carried
141. _______into English, the sentence was found to have an entirely different word order.
A. Translating
B. Translated
C. To translate
D. Having translated
142. Mike found his missing car in the street outside his house, _______newly cleaned and polished.
A. looked
B. to look
C. looking
D. to be looking
143. _______ in 1955, Disneyland in California is regarded by many as the original fun park.
A. Opened
B. Having opened
C. Opening
D. Being opened
144. Harrison Ford is thought to be one of the few movie stars_______as a carpenter before.
A. to work
B. to be working
C. to have worked
D. to have been working
145. Look over there—there's a very long, winding path_______up to the house.
A. leading
B. leads
C. led
D. to lead
146. Recently a survey _______prices of the same goods in two different supermarkets has caused heated debate among citizens.
A. compared
B. comparing
C. compares
D. being compared
147. Tsinghua University, _______ in 1911, is home to a great number of outstanding figures.
A. found
B. founding
C. founded
D. to be founded
148. The difference in thickness and weight from the earlier version makes the iPad 2 more comfortable _______.
A. held
B. holding
C. be held
D. to hold
149. Tom asked the candy makers if they could make the chocolate easier_______into small pieces.
A. break
B. breaking
C. broken
D. to break
150. Bats are surprisingly long-lived creatures, some_______a life span of around 20 years.
A. having
B. had
C. have
D. to have
151. Even the best writers sometimes find themselves_______for words.
A. lose
B. lost
C. to lose
D. having lost
152. If they win the final tonight, the team are going to tour around the city_______by their enthusiastic supporters.
A. being cheered
B. be cheered
C. to be cheered
D. were cheered
153. Ladex doesn't feel like_______abroad. Her parents are old.
A. study
B. studying
C. studied
D. to study
154. Simon made a big bamboo box _______ the little sick bird till it could fly.
A. keep
B. kept
C. keeping
D. to keep
155. _______ an important role in a new movie, Andy has a chance to become famous.
A. Offer
B. Offering
C. Offered
D. To offer
156. More TV programs, according to government officials, will be produced_______people's concern over food safety.
A. to raise
B. raising
C. to have raised
D. having raised
157. Michael put up a picture of Yao Ming beside the bed to keep himself_______of his own dreams.
A. reminding
B. to remind
C. reminded
D. remind
158. Claire had her luggage _______ an hour before her plane left.
A. check
B. checking
C. to check
D. checked
159. More highways have been built in China, _______ it much easier for people to travel from one place to another.
A. making
B. made
C. to make
D. having made
160. The ability_______an idea is as important as the idea itself.
A. expressing
B. expressed
C. to express
D. to be expressed
161. The players_______from the whole country are expected to bring us honor in this summer game.
A. selecting
B. to select
C. selected
D. having selected
162.Do you wake up every morning_______energetic and ready to start a new day?
A. feel
B. to feel
C. feeling
D. felt
163. _______ around the fire, the tourists danced with the local people.
A. Gather
B. To gather
C. Gathering
D. To be gathering
164. On receiving a phone call from his wife_______she had a fall, Mr. Gorden immediately rushed home from his office.
A. says
B. said
C. saying
D. to say
165. Twenty students want to attend the class that aims to teach _______ to read fast.
A. what
B. who
C. how
D. why
