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Directions: There are 50 incomplete statements here. You are required to complete each statement by choosing the appropriate answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D.
1. ______ her window, he heard Lucy playing the piano.
A. Passing
B. Passed
C. Being passed
D. Pass
2. ______ a driver's license, my father could drive anywhere he wanted to.
A. Having been got
B. Getting
C. Having to get
D. Having got
3. ______ spelling mistakes, you are supposed to check your answers before turning in the papers.
A. Avoid
B. Avoiding
C. Avoided
D. To avoid
4. Generally ______, that city is less crowded than the others in the province.
A. talking
B. telling
C. saying
D. speaking
5. ______ with Lei Feng, we still have a long way to go.
A. Comparing
B. Compared
C. To compare
D. Being compared
6. With a great weight ______ my mind, I turned into a by-stander.
A. to take of
B. taking off
C. taken off
D. being taken off
7. ______ in the fields on a March afternoon, you could feel the warmth of spring.
A. Walking
B. To walk
C. Walked
D. Walk
8. There are so many products made in China that foreigners can hardly avoid buying things ______ in China.
A. create
B. created
C. creating
D. be creating
9. Charlie Chaplin plays a poor worker ______ a pair of old shoes and a round hat.
A. to wear
B. wearing
C. worn
D. to be wearing
10. In 2015, Beijing won the right to host the 24th Winter Olympics, ______ it the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
A. to make
B. making
C. makes
D. made
11. She watched the sunlight dancing on the water surface, ______ in thought.
A. to lose
B. lost
C. losing
D. loses
12. We worked as fast as we could ______ the task on time.
A. finish
B. finished
C. finishing
D. to finish
13. ______ finished his homework, he had to do it at the weekend.
A. Having not been
B. Being not
C. Having not
D. Not having
14. We are invited to the party ______ in our club next Saturday.
A. to be held
B. held
C. being held
D. holding
15. ______ to reach him on the phone, we sent an email instead.
A. Fail
B. Failed
C. To fail
D. Having failed
16. The telephone was invented in 1876 by a man ______ Alexander Graham Bell.
A. named
B. naming
C. that names
D. who named
17. ______ a chance, we will visit Shanghai a second time.
A. To be given
B. Given
C. Giving
D. Having given
18. ______ to the light music enables us to feel relaxed.
A. Listening
B. Listened
C. To listen
D. Is listened
19. The secretary worked late into the night, ______ a long speech for the president.
A. to prepare
B. preparing
C. prepared
D. was preparing
20. ______ my dad working so hard, I could not help bursting into tears.
A. Seeing
B. Seen
C. Saw
D. To see
21. He hurried to the booking office only ______ that all the tickets had been sold out.
A. to tell
B. to be told
C. telling
D. told
22. ______ more attention, the trees could have grown much better.
A. Given
B. To give
C. Giving
D. Having given
23. On weekends, the park is full of people ______ themselves in the sunshine.
A. to enjoy
B. enjoying
C. enjoy
D. enjoys
24. The university ______ in 1911, is home to a great number of outstanding figures.
A. found
B. founding
C. to be found
D. founded
25. Susan smiled at me without ______ anything.
A. say
B. saying
C. said
D. to say
26. Some of the music ______ in his production was written by Tom himself, the rest by Bob.
A. used
B. having used
C. using
D. to use
26. Some of the experiments ______ in the book are easy to perform.
A. described
B. being described
C. to be described
D. having described
27. ______ the opportunity to come together, we didn't intend to let it go.
A. Having given
B. Having been given
C. Giving
D. To have given
28. Without most people ______ it, there has been a revolution in office work over the last ten years.
A. realizing
B. having been realized
C. realized
D. being realized
29. Greater time ______ online often means less self-control.
A. spent
B. spending
C. taken
D. taking
30. ______ the right address, we found her house easily.
A. Given
B. Having given
C. Giving
D. Being giving
31. They went to the classroom, ______ some books under their arms.
A. carry
B. carrying
C. to carry
D. carried
32. No one is permitted to enter the museum without ______ his/her ID card.
A. having to show
B. being shown
C. showing
D. having shown
33. ______ late frequently will do harm to your health.
A. Stay up
B. Staying up
C. To have stayed
D. Having stayed
34. Yesterday I went to see her, ______ that she had gone abroad a week before.
A. find
B. found
C. only to find
D. to have found
35. ______ in a car accident, he is sent to a hospital in the neighborhood.
A. Injuring
B. Being injured
C. Injure
D. Injured
36. ______ bed reading ______ harmful to your eyes.
A. Lying in; are
B. Lying on; is
C. Lying on; are
D. Lying in; is
37. ______ abundant rules to build their life better, the leader still has to try his best to solve other trouble.
A. Abandoned
B. To abandon
C. Abandoning
D. Having abandoned
38. ______ their loss, you have to do something to prevent it.
A. Replace
B. Replacing
C. To replace
D. Replace of
39. The problem is believed ______ at the meeting two days ago.
A. to have discussed
B. to have been discussed
C. being discussed
D. having been discussed
40. Tom 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
41. Don't stand there ______ nothing.
A. to do
B. doing
C. do
D. for doing
42. ______, her suggestion is of greater value than yours.
A. All things considering
B. All things considered
C. All things were considered
D. With all things were considered
43. She returned three days later, her face ______ with mud.
A. covering
B. having covered
C. being covered
D. to be covered
44. ______, we are going to go to the park the day after tomorrow.
A. Weather is good
B. Weather will be good
C. Weather permits
D. Weather permitting
45. Weather ______, the foreign guests will visit the Panda Base.
A. permits
B. permitted
C. permitting
D. is permitted.
46. I apologize for ______ my promise that I would take you to the seaside.
A. not keep
B. not having kept
C. not have kept
D. having not kept
47. The building is said ______ in an accident last year.
A. to have destroyed
B. to be destroyed
C. to have been destroyed
D. having been destroyed
48. It is accepted that children need friends of their age ______.
A. to play
B. to be played with
C. to be played
D. to play with
49. The captain is supposed to be the last man ______ a sinking ship.
A. left
B. leaves
C. to be leaving
D. to leave
50. ______ from the top of the building, the whole city looks very beautiful.
A. See
B. Saw
C. Seeing
D. Seen