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1.One’s world outlook cannot but _____ in what one says and does.

  A. to appear          B. appear        C. appearing           D. appeared

2.He made a long speech only _____ that he was ignorant of the subject.

  A. to show        B. showing         C. showed            D. show

3._____ that the police would recognize him, he never went out in daylight.

  A. To fear       B. Feared          C. Fearing        D. To be feared

4.Can’t you do anything but _____ silly questions?

  A. asking         B. to ask         C. asked           D. ask

5.I know it isn’t important but I can’t help _____ about it.

  A. but to think          B. thinking        C. think         D. to think

6.My typist has not returned my paper yet, but she promised    _____ by tomorrow.

  A. for me to have it ready           B. it was ready for me

  C. me it was ready                D. to have it ready for me

7.I want you to stand beside me and _____ the torch.

  A. hold        B. to hold       C. holding       D. held

8.Anna said in her letter that she’d appreciate _____ from you some time.

  A. to hear        B. having heard      C. hearing          D. hear

9.Rather than _____ any more, I decided to go home by taxi.

  A. wait        B. waiting      C. to wait      D. waited

10.She hopes _____ something from the sale.

   A. getting       B. to get      C. she is getting       D. she would get

11.The way he talks is simply intolerable. I object to _____ like a child.

   A. be treated        B. treat       C. being treated      D. treating    

12.Many of these costumes for the play are torn _____.

A. and mending is required of them      B. but need mending

   C. and need to be mended            D. but require to be mended

13.I forgot _____ the letter yesterday. It is still in my bag.

   A. I posted         B. posting       C. post          D. to post

14.I regret _____ I haven’t given you enough help.

   A. saying       B. to say       C. I said           D. I had said

15.Don’t you remember _____ the man before?

   A. to see         B. seeing           C. saw         D. to have seen

16.They failed to pass the exam. I regretted _____.

   A. being unable to help         B. to be not able to help

   C. being not able for helping          D. not be able to help

17.Let’s _____ about our examination results.

   A. stop to worry   B. stop worry      C. to stop worrying      D. stop worrying

18.The old lady needs _____ after her shock.

     A. to comfort     B. be comforted        C. comforting      D. comforted

19.Please forgive me, I don’t mean _____ an argument.

A. starting      B. to start       C. my starting     D. I should start

20.I prefer _____ at home today.

   A. staying        B. stay       C. to stay         D. to be staying

21.I shall never forget _____ Swiss Alps for the first time.

A. seeing       B. to see       C. I had seen        D. having seen

22.Have you tried _____ on your back as a cure for snoring?

   A. sleeping      B. to sleep      C. sleep          D. you sleep

23.I’ll do anything ____ on a farm.

A. and work      B. but work         C. but working       D. but to work

24.I’m going to have _____ with me soon.

   A. her live       B. her to live         C. her living         D. she live

25.All the mother could do was _____ the children.

   A. to take care of    B. taking care of    C. to look after       D. take care of

26.There was nothing they could do _____.

   A. except waiting    B. but wait     C. unless they waited    D. only to wait

27.We preferred to put the meeting off rather than _____ without adequate preparation.

   A. to hold it       B. holding it       C. hold it       D. held it

28.There seems to be no alternative _____ the offer.

   A. but to accept     B. but accept      C. but accepting     D. but to accepting

29.I didn’t hear anyone _____ anything about it.

   A. say          B. to say          C. said        D. to have said

30.People who won’t work _____.

   A. should be made work          B. should be made to work

   C. should make to work           D. should make work

31.But why not _____ the reasonable demands?

   A. to grant      B. grant        C. granting            D. granted

32.It is no use _____ about it, because he will never change his mind.

   A. to argue     B. for arguing        C. argued                  D. arguing

33.When in the army, he felt _____.

   A. things were dissatisfying discouraged     B. they were discouraged

   C. he was dissatisfyingly discouraged         D. discouraged and dissatisfied

34.They tried to silence the _____ audience but in vain.

   A. exciting        B. excited            C. to excite                D. excite

35.Things are going in that direction with _____ speed.

   A. astonishing      B. astonished        C. astonish        D. astonishingly

36.“I can’t see the blackboard very well.” --- “perhaps you need _____.”

   A. to examine your eyes           B. to have your eyes examined

   C. to have examined your eyes      D. to be examined your eyes

37.His face wore a _____ expression when he came in .

A. puzzle    B. puzzling      C. puzzled     D. to be puzzled

38.“Why did you leave the meeting early?”---“I found the discussion _____.”

   A. boring     B. bored         C. bore        D. boredom

39.Many people favor _____ more nuclear power plants.

A. to build      B. built        C. build      D. building

40.If you try to learn too many things at a time, you may get _____.

   A. confusing      B. to be confusing       C. confused     D. confuse

41.Because of my poor English, I’m afraid I can’t make myself _____.

A. understand    B. to understand      C. understanding       D. understood

42.Suddenly he heard someone _____ gently on the window.

   A. knock       B. knocking      C. knocked      D. to knock

43.We had nothing to do _____ at the posters outside the cinema.

   A. and to look    B. except looking     C. except look      D. and looked

44.She was glad to see her children well _____ in the nursery.

   A. taken care of     B. take care of      C. took care of    D. taking care of

45. The _____ horse ran away from the fire.

   A. frighted    B. frightening   C. to be frightened       D. frightened

46.The words immediately set us all _____.

   A. laughed     B. laughing       C. laugh    D. to laugh

47.He tried to _____ the engine running.

   A. begin        B. start         C. let        D. make

48.Tom’s parents should _____ study because his grades are poor.

   A. force him       B. insist on him       C. make him     D. tell him

49.His mother does not allow him _____ cigarette.

   A. smoke        B. smoking     C. smoked       D. to smoke

50.I’m going to the passport office _____.

   A. to stamp my passport           B. for stamping my passport

   C. to have stamped my passport     D. to have my passport stamped

51.Returning to my apartment _____.

   A. my watch was missing      B. I found my watch disappeared

   C. I found my watch missing       D. the watch was missed

52.Seen in this light,_____as serious as people generally suppose.

   A. we don’t think the matter is       B. the mater is not

   C. we considered the mater is        D. they thought it is

53.Never _____ faith in himself, James Watt went on with his experiment.

   A. losing        B. to lose       C. lost          D. to be lost

54._____ in 1192, the bridge is over 800 years old.

   A. Built        B. Being built      C. Building       D. Had built

55.Television is another major instrument of communication, _____ us to see as well as to hear the performer.

   A. permitted        B. permitting      C. to permit       D. being permitted

56.After seeing the movie, _____.

   A. the book was read by him             B. the book made him want to read it

   C. he wanted to read the book           D. the reading of the book interested him

57._____ the coffee, he washed the cup and put it away.

A.  Having drank   B. Having drunk       C. Drinking      D. Drunk

58._____ in the fog, we were forced to spend two hours in the forest.

   A. To lose     B. Losing      C. Having lost        D. Lost

59._____ a fine day, we decided to go out on a picnic.

   A. Having been       B. Being        C. It’s         D. It being

60.It’s no good _____ the stable door when the horse is stolen.

   A. to lock      B. shutting        C. locking       D. locked

61._____, we missed our plane.

   A. The train being late        B. To be late

   C. The train is being late     D. The train’s being late

62._____ the news, they all jumped with joy.

A. Heard        B. Hearing       C. We hearing      D. Their hearing

63._____ plastics, the machine is light in weight.

   A. Making of       B. Having made    C. Made of      D. To be made of

64.Whistling the merry tune, _____.

   A. the tire was fixed          B. the tire was fixed by Jack

   C. Jack fixed the tire          D. Jack was fixed with the tire

65._____ a bomb on the road, the car was stopped. 

   A. Having seen       B. Seeing        C. After seeing     D. The driver seeing

66.Our main task now is _____ food production.

   A. increasing   B. to increase      C. going to increase     D. to have increased

67._____ is good exercise, I like to swim in the summer.

   A. Swimming        B. To swim        C. Swim      D. Swam

68.There are many kinds of metals, _____ its special properties.

   A. each having       B. having          C. one has       D. each has

69._____, he prepared to return to his institute.

   A. Finishing       B. His work finished   C. Finished        D. His finishing

70._____ work means moving a body through a distance by a force.

   A. To do    B. Done        C. Doing       D. Being done

71._____ this experiment is not difficult.

   A. Doing       B. Being done    C. To do       D. Having done

72._____ no telling what will happen.
  A. It’s       B. There is       C. It was       D. There had been

73.It’s a waste of time _____ to him.

   A. to have talked   B. your talking       C. being talked      D. you to talk

74.It took us thirty hours _____ there by train.

   A. getting      B. for us to get     C. to get     D. got

75.What she likes is _____ the children play.

A. watching     B. to watch       C. about to watch     D. to see

76.Ann was angry at _____ at her.

   A. his laughing     B. him laughing     C. his laugh  D. him being laughed

77.The storm delayed _____ Yokohama Harbor.

   A. the ship leave        B. the ship’s leaving

   C. the leaving ship       D. the ship to leave

78.I can’t understand _____ at that poor child.

   A. you to laugh    B. you laugh     C. why laugh         D. you laughing

79.The teacher insisted on the _____ who threw the eraser apologizing.

   A. boy’s          B. boy         C. boy of        D. boy being

80._____ to help was a great encouragement to us.

   A. Their coming     B. Them coming    C. They coming      D. They come

81.How can we escape _____?

   A. to be seen       B. being seen        C. to see       D. seeing

82.I have forgotten some of the words _____.

   A. learning last year        B. learned in last year

   C. learned last year          D. to learn last year.

83.Can the scheme be made _____?

   A. seem practicable             B. seeming practicable

   C. seemed practicable           D. to seem practicable

84.He’d just as soon _____ that he was wrong.

   A. die than admit          B. to die than to admit

   C. die than to admit       D. dying than admitting  

85.She wished to _____ see you yesterday, but it rained heavily then.

   A. have come to     B. be coming to    C. come to     D. having come

 

参考答案（练习九）：

1—5 BACDB     31—35 BDDBA       61—65 ABCCD

6—10 DACAB    36—40 BCADC       66—70 BAABC

11—15 CCDBB   41—45 DBCAD       71—75 CBBCA

16—20 ADCBC   46—50 BBCDD       76—80 ABDBA

21—25 AABAD   51—55 CBAAB       81—85 BCDAA

26—30 BCAAB   56—60 CBDDC