.     We are aware that _____ , the situation will get worse. (2002-12)

A. if not dealing with carefully B. if dealt not carefully with C. if not carefully dealt with D. if not carefully dealing with

2.          I had a lot of trouble _____ the car ____ this morning. (2002-15)

A.     to get, started B. to get, starting C. getting, started D. getting, starting

3.          He is said ______ two trips to China in the last two years. (2002-40)

A.     to be making B. to make C. to have made D. to have been making

4.          I appreciate ____ to your birthday party. (2003-15)

A.     to be invited B. to have invited C. having invited D. being invited

5.          They found the lecture hard ____. (2004-15)

A.     to be understood B. to understand C. for being understood D. for understanding

6.          Finally the accused confessed to ____ the girl. (2004-16)

A.     kill B. killing C. have killed D. having killed

7.          I vaguely remember _____ something like that. (2004-19)

A.     that he had said B. him having said C. his saying D. him to say

8.          The _____ power of the people in this town has been decreasing because most young people have left for the big cities. (2004-23)

A.     shopping B purchasing C. enduring D. spending

9.          ______ out of the taxi, he was seized by the police. (2005-4)

A.     To step B When stepped C. In his stepping D. On his stepping

10. The Great Pyramid ____ nearly five thousand years ago is located on the bank of the Nile River. (2005-21)

A. built B. was built C. being built D. to be built

11. He didn’t seem to mind ____ TV while he was reading. (2005-26)

A. me to watch B. that I watch C. my watching D. being watched

12. The departure time of the plane has been postponed, so we have nothing to do now but ____. (2006-11)

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

13. I couldn’t understand why he pretended ____ in the garden. (2006-12)

A. not to see me B. not see me C. to see me not D. to see not me

14. ____ more time, the scientists will be able to work out a good solution to the problem. (2006-14)

A. Given B. Giving C. To give D. Be given

15. ____ in Beijing for more than twenty years, he knows the city very well. (2006-16)

A. Living B. Lived C. Having lived D. To live

16. I don’t mind ______ out for a walk in such bad weather. (2006-19)

A. go B. to go C. going D. gone

17. As a lawyer he spent a lot of time ____ investigations. (2006-20)

A. conducted B. to conduct C. conduct D. conducting

18. The new invention is to make our daily life easier, ____ it more difficult. (2006-21)

A. not to make B. not make C. not making D. do not make

19. His English was so poor that he found it difficult to make himself ____. (2006-30)

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

20. When you are free this afternoon, please help me to have these letters _____. (2006-39)

A. to mail B. mail C. mailed D. mailing

21. Many of his novels are reported ____ into several foreign languages last year. (2006-44)

A. to be translated B. to translate C. being translated D. to have been translated

22. I’ve never seen the young man ____ next to the director. (2006-47)

A. sits B. sat C. sitting D. to sit

23. If ____ to speak, he has no problem expressing himself. (2007-17)

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

24. If the building project _____ by the end of this month is delayed, the construction company will be fined. (2007-23)

A. being completed B. is completed C. to be completed D. completed

25. He went on to say that it was as important to respect others as ____ by others. (2007-33)

A. to be respected B. to respect C. being respected D. respected

26. Any student _____ in swimming can apply for membership. (2007-43)

A. having a keen interest B. with a keen interesting C. who is keenly interesting D. has a keen interest

27. When _____ the education systems of China and Britain, the professor gave his own comment. (2008-2)

A. asking to be compared B. asked him to compare

C. asking him to compare D. asked to compare

28. No one can avoid ____ by advertisements. (2008-29)

A. influenced B. influencing C. to influence D. being influenced

29. Henry’s remarks left me ____ about his real purpose. (2008-36)

A. wonder B. wondered C. wonder D. wondering

30. Julie spent one month ____her term paper on Chinese poems. (2009-1)

A. to write B. and wrote C. written D. writing

31. The garden requires ____. (2009-8)

A. watering B. being watered C. to water D. having watered

32. They found the lecture hard ____. (2009-16)

A. to understand B. to be understand C. being understood D. understood

33. It is no use ___ me not to worry about his injury. (2009-17)

A. for you to tell B. your telling C. you tell D. having told

34. _____ finished his work, he had to stay at home at the weekend. (2009-20)

A. Having not been B. Being not C. Not having D. Having not

35. ---Are you going downtown this afternoon?

--- I am going to have these letters ____. (2009-29)

A.     mailed B. mail C. to mail D. mailing

36. _____ from space, our earth, with water covering 70% of its surface, appears as a “blue planet”. (2009-32)

A. Seen B. Seeing C. To be seen  D. Having seen

37. Children who are overprotected by their parents may become ____. (2009-36)

A. hurt B. spoiled C. damaged D. harmed

38. He enjoys ____ pop music while I prefer classical music. (2010-5)

A. to listen to B. to listen C. listening D. listening to

39. When the little girl awoke, she found herself ____ by a group of soldiers. (2010-6)

A. surround B. be surrounded C. being surrounded D. being surrounding

40. He hurried to the hospital, only ____ his father had just died. (2010-13)

A. to tell B. to be told C. telling D. told

41. He is a pleasant fellow to ____. (2010-24)

A. work B. work with C. be working D. be worked

42. I used _____ on the left in England, but I soon got used _____ on the right in China.

A. to driving, to drive B. to drive, to driving C. to drive, to drive D. to driving, to driving

43. It’s no use ____ with him since he has made up his mind. (2010-31)

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

44. My mobile phone isn’t working. It_____. (2010-35)

A. needs being repaired B. needs repairing C. needs to repair D. needs repaired

45. That was so serious a matter that I had no choice but _____ the police. (2010-36)

A. called in B. calling in C. call in D. to call in

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