3. 1.The speaker raised his voice but still couldn’t make himself____. A. hear B. to hear C. hearing D. heard 2. On afternoon, Mrs Green went to the market, ____ some bananas and visited her cousin. A. bought B. buying C. to buy D. writing

4. 3. --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 4. ____ a reply, he decided to write again. A. Not receiving B. Receiving not C. Not having received D. Having not received

5. 5. How about the two of us ____ a walk down the garden? A. to take B. take C. taking D. to be taking 6. ____ down the radio ---- the baby’s asleep in the next room. A. Turning B. To turn C. Turned D. Turn 7. Charles Babbage is generally considered ____ the first computer. A. to invent B. inventing C. to have invented D. having invented

6. 8. ---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 9. 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

7. 10. The missing boys were last seen ____ near the river. A. playing B. to be playing C. play D. to play 11. The first textbooks ____ for teaching English as a foreign language came out in the 16 th century. A.having written B. to be written C. being written D. written 12. ---What do you think made Mary so upset? ---____ her new bicycle. A. As she lost B. Lost C. Losing D. Because of losing

8. 13. ---You were brave enough to raised objections at the meeting. ---Well, now I regret ____ that. A.to do B. to be doing C. to have done D. having done 14. The boy wanted to ride his bicycle in the street, but his mother told him_____. A. not to B. not to do C. not do it D. do not to

9. 15. She can’t help ____ the house because she’s busy making a cake. A. to clean B. cleaning C. cleaned D. being cleaned 16. She looks forward every spring to _____ the flower-lined garden A.visit B. paying a visit C. walk in D. walking in

10. 18. 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 17. While shopping, people sometime can’t help ____ into buying something they don’t really need. A.to pursue B. persuading C. being persuaded D. be persuaded

11. 20. 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 19. A computer does only what thinking people _____. A. have it do B. have it done C. have done it D. having it done

12. 1. I cannot understand _____ such a well-paid job. A. him to give up B. him to have given up C. his giving up D. his being given up 2.Jane’s summer vacation in England led to _____ an Englishman. A. her marry B. her to marry C. her being married D. her marrying 3.She was sad because of _____ any chance left. A. there being not B. there not being C. not there being D. there was not

13. 4.If you think a letter is too slow, why not _____ a telegram? A. try to have sent B. trying to send C. to try to send D. try sending 5.There is no chance _____ him today. A. in seeing B. to seeing C. of seeing D. about seeing

14. 6.I know you like _____. Would you like _____ with me now? A. to swim, to swim B.swimming,swimming C. swimming, to swim D. to swim, swimming 7.Before _____, the machine must be checked. A. being used B. using it C. being used to D. using

15. 8.To give up _____ means _____. A. smoking, stopping smoking B. smoking, to stop smoking C. to smoke, to stop to smoke D. to smoke, stopping to smoke 9. — What do you think of the book? — Oh, excellent. It’s worth _____ a second time. A. to read B. reading C. to be read D. being read

16. 10. 20. The library needs ______,but it’ll have to wait until Sunday. A.cleaning B. be cleaned C. clean D. being cleaned 11. ____ but he still could not understand it. A. Told many times B. Having been told many times C. He has been told many times D. Though he had been told many times

17. 12. To master a foreign language,______. A. a lot of practice is needed B. it needs a lot of practice C. practice is in need of D. one needs a lot of practice 13._________a reply, he decided to write a sixth letter. A. Not receiving B. Not to receive C. Not having received D. Having not received