非谓语动词综合练习200

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1.Do you hear someone ___ at the door？ Yes， I did. I heard him ____ three times.

A. knock, knock   B. knocking, knocking  C. knock, knocking  D. knocking, knock

2. The girl has the ability ___ the huge stone.  A.to lift  B. of lifting  C. lifting  D. lifted

3. He has a habit ___ in bed.  A.to read   B. reading  C. of reading  D. read

4. They got up early ___ the train.  A. for catching   B.in order to catch  C. catching  D. caught

5. They keep the goat ___ so that it will not go away. A. tied up    B. trying up   C. tie up  d.to tie up

6. ____ more money， they will work harder.  A. Paid   B. Being paid   C. Paying    D. To pay

7. Excuse me for ____ passing the examination.  A. not my   B.my not   C.no my   D.my no

8. ___ handed in exercise-books he was told ___ go home after class.

A. Not having, not to  B. Having not, not to  C. Not having, to not  D. Having not, to not

9. She is busy now. She __ a lot of work to do. A. said to have B. said to have had C.is said to have D.is said to have had

10. My father expects _______. A.me to be a scientist B.my being a scientist C.me being a scientist D. being a scientist

11. What's the best way ___ a foreign language? A.to learn B. of learning C. learning D. both A and B

12. He once made an objection _____. A.to elect you B.to being electing you C.to your being elected D. of electing you

13. The author stayed here for the purpose ____ an account.  A.to write   B.to writing   C. of writing  D. writing

14.____ we fail again， what should we do？ A. To suppose  B. Supposed   C. supposing   D. Having supposed

15. She devoted herself ___ the theory of Marxism.  A.to study   B. studying   C.to studying   D. studied

16. Don't plant potatoes until I tell you ____.  A. that   B.to   C.to do   D.to plant

17. The officers are doing what they can ___ their soldiers from _____.

A.to prevent, being wounded B. prevent, wounding C. prevent, being wounded D. prevent, wounded

18. He ___ his cousin although his parents had told him ____.

A. married, not to B. got married, to C. married, to D. got married, not to

19.Will you come？ ____ .  A.I am glad  B. I'm coming   C.I should be glad to   D. I'm glad to be coming

20. He asked me to help him repair his radio, but I don't know ____. A.to do it B. how to C. how to do D. what to do it

21.___ with fright, a hungry fox hid himself in a small cave, ___ his tail to the rain.

A. Trembling, exposing   B. Trembled, exposed  C. Trembled, exposing  D. Trembling, exposed

22. Does Mr. Smith remember ___ to China when he was a child? A. being taken B.to be taken C. taking D.to take

23.___, water will be turned into vapor.  A. Heated    B. Heating   C. Be heated    D. By heating

24. He wants ___ as soon as possible.  A. that this job is done   B. this job done  C. this job to do  D. this job doing

25. Let's stop ___ the composition.

A.to write and hand in     B. writing and hand in   C. writing and to hand in   D. writing and handing in

26.Do you mean ___ home alone？ A.to walk  B. walking   C. walk   D. being walked

27. Your hesitation means ____ the chance.  A.to give up  B. give up   C. giving up   D.to be given up

28. I stepped aside ____.   A. for her passing  B. for her to pass  C.so that she passed   D. for her pass

29. Mary had her child ___ to school every day.   A.to send   B. sent   C. send   D. sending

30.The poor man had his son ____ for years.  A. support B.be supported C. supported D. supporting

31.____ with a bottle， a ____ candle will soon go out.

A. Covering， burning  B. Covered， burning  C. Covered， burned  D. Covering， burned

32. The program was so exciting that the children kept their eyes ___ on the TV screen.

A.to fix  B. fixing   C. fixed   D. fix

33. The long sentence is ____ later.  A.to explain   B.to have been explained  C.to be explained  D.to be explaining

34. We could not help ____ by her honesty.  A. moved   B. moving   C. being moved   D.to be moved

35. He suggested ___to Paris for my holidays. A.is going B.me going C. for me going D. that my going

36._______ is bad for one's health.  A. Smoke   B. Smokes   C. To smoke   D. Smoking

37. He told us to start working, but he gave us no tools ____. A.to work with   B.to work   C. work with   D.to work for

38. He lifted a rock, only ____ on his own foot.  A.to drop    B. dropping   C. for dropping  D. drop

39. The patient was warned ______ oily food after the operation.

A.to eat not B. eating not C. not to eat D. not eating

40. All passengers _________ to London must change trains at this stop.

A. not going B. aren't going C. don't go D. who not going

41. Harry said that he would mind ___ outside that night.

A. keeping waiting  B. kept being waiting  C. keep being waited  D. being kept waiting

42. Nothing could be heard but the noise of machines ______.

A. To be repaired  B. being repaired  C.to repair  D. repairing

43. She is now considering ___ your kind offer.  A. accept   B.to accept   C. accepting   D. accepted

44.If you keep ___ English， you are able to improve it.

A. practicing to speak  B. on practicing speak  C. practicing speaking  D. to practice to speak

45. Instead of ____ she ought to be praised.  A. to criticize   B. be criticized   C. criticizing   D. being criticized

46. The song caused the child ______. A. going to sleep B.to go to sleep C. going to bed D.to go to bed

47. The officer ordered his soldiers ____ in the village. A.to station   B. to be stationed   C. stationed   D.to the station

48.____，vapor will be turned into water.  A. Cooled    B. Cooling   C. To cool   D. To be cooled

49. Four ____ nine makes thirteen.   A. adds   B. added to   C. adds to   D. added

50. The beggar couldn't afford ____ the pretty jacket.   A. buy   B to buying   C. buying   D.to buy

51. The kid would be seen ____ around the trunk. 

A. wrapping his legs   B. wrapped his legs  C. with his legs wrapping  D. with his legs

52. Why do you only stand and watch the milk _____ over?

A. boiling   B. boiled   C. from boiling   D. being boiled

53._____ the hall, we found a dead boy on the floor.

A. Entering   B. Entered   C. When entered   D. Having entered

54.He came to the dark room， holding a ____ lamp above his head.  A. light B. lit  C. lighted D. lighting

55. The sun ________, everything seems to become more active.  A. rises  B. risen   C. rising   D. rose

56. They tried to prevent the young man from ____ as the manager.

A. choosing   B. chosen   C. being chosen   D. having chosen

57.____ more attention， the trees could have grown better. A. Given B. To give C. Giving D. Having given

58.The principal spoke so loudly as ____ clearly in the meeting hall.

A.to hear   B.to be heard   C.to listen   D.to be listened

59.Once there was a famous scientist ____in this lab.  A. work   B. worked   C. working   D.to work

60.Ji'an has rather wild weather _____ other places. A. comparing B. comparing to C. compared with D. compared to

61.They killed 60 enemies and sent the rest _____.  A. flee   B.to flee   C. fled   D. fleeing

62.The cow bug seems _____ on the back by the ant.

A. enjoying being struck      B.to enjoy to be struck   C.to enjoy to strike     D.to enjoy being struck

63.They are making canoes _____down the stream in the valley.   A.to travel B. and travel  C. traveling  D.travel

64.At that time, we didn't have time for reading newspaper. Let alone _____ films. A. see   B. saw  C. to see   D. seeing

65._____ made her mother very angry.  A. Mary's married Tom     B. Mary's marrying Tom  C. Mary had married Tom   D. Mary's married to Tom

66. I couldn't help but ____ good-bye to him.  A. saying    B.to say    C. say     D. said

67. Try ____ another method to work out the problem.  A.to use    B. use    C. and use   D. using

68.He could not keep his eyes ____ to all this.  A. shut   B.to shut   C. shutting   D. shutted

69._____the teacher coming in, the girl's face went red. A. When she saw  B. After seeing  C. Seeing D. Having seen

70._____ in the rain， he was wet to the skin. A. Caught B. Catching C. Having caught D. To be caught

71. Ice will change into water when _______. A. heating   B. heated    C. being heated   D.to be heated

72. I don't think he will let his men risk ____ in that area. A. being killed    B.to be killed   C.be killed   D. killed

73. The short story is reported ____ into English already.

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

74. Horses sleep ____________.  A. standing   B.to stand    C. stood up    D. stood

75. I spoke to him kindly ___ him. A. not frighten B.so as not to frighten C. in order to not frighten D. far not frightening

76. China, ____ about 9.6 million square kilometers, is one of the largest countries in the world.

A. covers B.to cover C. covering D. covered

77. A book like this ought ____ with care.  A.be read   B.to be read    C.to read   D. have read

78. The pioneer gave her seat to a middle-aged woman with a baby ___ in her arms.

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

79. The story of the little hero was made ____ quickly through the army.

A.to know   B. knew   C. knowing   D. known

80. They were forced to bow before the hat _____ on a pole or they would be _______.

A. hanged, hung  B. hung, hanged  C. hang, hanged  D. hung, hang

81. They were quite pleased to see their child well ____. A. take care of B. taking care of C. take care D. taken care of

82. My girlfriend tried ____ my parents. A.to avoid to meet B. to avoid meeting C. avoiding meeting D. avoiding to meet

83. English-__________ countries are ones where English is ______.

A. speaking， spoken  B. spoken， speaking  C. spoken， spoken  D. speak， speaking

84. The way Della thought of ____ enough money was to sell her hair. A. get   B. getting   C.to get   D. got

85.Did you get a ticket for today's show？  No， I ____， but there weren't any _____.

A. tried， left  B. tried to， left   C. tried to get， leave  D. tried it， left

86. The soldier gave his life to _____ a Korean boy.  A. saving   B. saving for   C. save for   D. save

87. I suggest that the person ____ to be put into prison. A. refer B. should refer C. referring D. referred

88. Write two sentences ____ each of the verbs ____ above.

A. used, given  B. using, given   C. used, giving   D. using, giving

89. While _____ a letter she was disturbed by some people _____ in the room.

A. writing， talking  B. write， talking  C. wrote， talking   D. writing， talked

90. Matter is anything ___ weight and ____ space.

A. have， occupy   B. having， occupy  C. have， occupying  D. having， occupying

91.The ____ visitors rushed out of the room， pale and with a ____ lip.

A. insulted， trembling  B. insulting， trembling  C. insulted， trembled  D. insulting， trembled

92.I found Xiao Wang's English greatly ____.  A. improves B. improved C. improving D.to be improved

93. I have been looking for the boy all the morning but he is nowhere _____.

A.to find   B.to be found   C. finding   D. that you can find

94. They talked in so low a voice ____ be heard. A.as not to B.in order not to C.in order that they wouldn't D. not to

95. Where shall I have this package _____, Madam? A. weight    B. weighing   C.be weighed   D. weighed

96. Jack got his leg _____ in the football match.  A. hurt   B.to be hurt   C. hurting   D.be hurt

97. The Emperor spent a lot of money in order to _____ well. A. wear B. dress C.be dressed D.to be worn

98. The driver said he ____ in all kinds of weather.

A. was used to drive  B. got used to drive  C. used to driving  D. got used to driving

99. I ____ to America when I was young.

A. was used to taking B. used to take C. used to be taken D. got used to be taken

100. I suggest you should have the food _____.  A. freeze   B. freezing   C. frozen   D. being frozen

101. He was _____ at meeting the ____ storm. 

A. terrifying， terrifying  B. terrified， terrible  C. frightened， terrified  D. scaring， scared

102. Those students ____ in this topic may join us in the discussion.

A. interesting  B. interested   C.to be interested   D. being interested

103._____ what the place was like， he decided not to spend his holidays there.

A. Having told   B. Told   C. Telling   D. Being told

104.____ in the particularly heavy shower he walked into an expensive shop.

A. Having caught  B. To be caught  C. Being caught   D. Having been caught

105. We had a great deal of work to do during the short time still _____.

A. remained   B. remaining   C. remain   D.to be remained

106. The thief stole into the house ___ by the owner.

A. only to be caught B. only being caught C. being caught D. caught

107. I remember John _____ that.  A. say   B. said   C.to say   D. saying

108. The emperor insisted on the cloth ____ right away.

A.be woven  B. should be woven  C. being woven  D. was woven

109. None of the enemies will take their defeat ____ down.  A. laying  B. lying   C. laid   D. lain

110. She felt an honor ___ a model worker for years running.

A.to be  B. to be selected   C.to have selected   D.to have been selected

111. I found him ____ to get along with.  A.be easy   B.to be easy   C. easily   D. being easy

112. Weather ___, we'll drive there and say hello to him. A. permit  B. permitting C. permitted  D.be permitted

113.The terrible things _____ by the two noblemen astonished me greatly.

A. had done them  B. had done to them  C. done them  D. which have been done to them

114. We found their illegal activities _______. A. disclosing B. uncovered C. discovered D. have discovered

115. The ______ machine costs more than 2000 yuan.  A. freeze   B. freezed    C. freezing   D. frozen

116.What _____ weather it is today！  A. freeze   B. freezed     C. freezing   D. frozen

117. His family couldn't afford him the advanced education _____. A. need  B. needing  C.to need  D. needed

118.In _____ conditions， a bad thing can ______ good results.

A. giving， lead  B. giving， lead to   C. given， lead up to   D. given， lead on

119. Every minute is made full ___ of ___ our lessons.

A. use, studying   B. useful, to study  C. use, to study  D. used, studying

120. I can't help ____ housework at home because I'm busy preparing for the college entrance exam.

A. doing  B. to do   C. done   D. with doing

121. Keep these ____ from those.  A. separating   B.to separate   C. separates  D. separated

122. Would you tell me ____ with the situation?

A. how to do B. what to deal C. how to deal D. what to do it

123.Illness stopped him ____ to school.   A. going   B.to go   C. went   D. goes

124.Why were you so late for work this morning？____ to the office was very slow because of the traffic.

A. Drove   B. Driving   C.I drove   D. That I drove

125. The boy was afraid ____ across the old wooden bridge because he was afraid ____ into the water.

A.to walk， to fall  B. of walking， of falling  C.to walk， of falling  D. of walking， to fall

126. It's very crowded here. There isn't enough room for another person _____. A. sitting B. seat C.to seat D.to be seated

127.He looked half ____， his eyes _____ tight. A. death, closed   B. died, close  C. dead, closing   D. dead, closed

128.I remember ____ to their party, but I ___ the invitation in the office.

A.to be invited, have forgotten     B.to invite, forget  C. being invited, have left   D. inviting, left

129.The English _____ American is a well-_______ woman.

A. spoken, dressing  B. speaking, dressed   C. spoke, dress  D. speech, dressed

130.“Hello， who is that ____？” asked the officer ____ with medals.

A. saying, sticking   B.to talk, sticks  C. speaking, stuck  D. tell, to stick

131. He suggested _____ four groups.

A. our being divided into  B. us to separated from C. we would be divided from D.us separating with

132. We'll do what we can ____ the disease _____.

A. stop, extend  B. keep, from spreading C.to prevent, spreading D.to stop, to be extended

133. The party secretary ____ in bed is considering ____ a decision to show a film once every other week.

A. laying， to take  B. laid， taking  C. lying， making   D.to lie， to make

134. Why did you leave them _____?  A. wait  B. to wait   C. waiting   D. waited

135. ____ smoking, please. You should know smoking ____ your health.

A. Don't, effects   B. Not, affects   C. Never, effects   D. No, affects

136. The boy regretted ____ so many hours ____ in the woods.

A. have wasted, playing B. having wasted, to play C.to waste, play D. having wasted, playing

137. The heroine glared at the enemy, both her hands ____. A. clenching B. clench  C. clenched  D.to clench

138. “It's your turn ______.” The teacher said to me. A.to be asked   B. asking  C. of being asked   D.to asking

139. We need more _____ workers.  A. practicing   B. practical   C. practiced   D. practice

140. Hearing the good news, she gave an _____scream. A. exciting   B. excited   C. excite   D. being excited

141. He is an ____ and _____ teacher.

A. advancing, experiencing  B. advanced, experienced C. advanced, experiencing  D. advancing, experienced

142.The first thing for us ____ is ____ the room ____.

A. doing, getting, clean     B. doing, getting, cleaned  C.to do, to get, cleaned    D.to, to get, cleaning

143.____ many times， but he still couldn't understand it.

A. Having been told   B. Though he had been told  C. He had been told   D. Having told

144. The murderer was brought in, with his hands _____ behind his back.

A. being tied  B. having tied   C.to be tied   D. tied

145. I can hardly imagine Peter ___ across the Atlantic Ocean in five days. A. sail  B.to sail  C. sailing  D.to have sailed

146. There are three children needing ______. A.to take care of B.to look after C.to be looked after D. being looked after

147._______ the news of his father's death, he burst into tears.

A. After hearing  B. On hearing   C. Having heard   D. While hearing

148.____ knocked down and hurt ____ her friends.

A. Kate being, worried  B. Kate's being, worried  C. Kate was, worrying  D. Kate had been, worry

149. Mr. Smith needs someone ____ after his house when he is away. A. can look   B. looking   C.to look   D. looks

150. I would appreciate _______ back this afternoon. A. you to call  B. you call  C. your calling   D. you're calling

151. 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

152. Go on ____ the other exercise after you've finished this one. A.to do  B. doing  C. with  D.to be doing

153. The party was successful, but we thought it a pity not ____ you. A. invited B.to invite C. inviting D.to have invited

154. I delayed ____ your letter because I had been away for a week. A. answering   B. writing   C.to post   D.to sending

155. The noise of the door ____ the baby. A. closing waken   B.to close woke   C. closed wake   D. being closed woke

156. I ____ her not to delay ____ a doctor, but she didn't obey me.

A. persuaded, seeing  B. advised, seeing  C. persuaded, to see  D. insisted on, to see

157.____ the truth he is a good husband. A. Telling   B. To tell   C. Tell   D. Having told

158.Why ____ there, Mary？  A. going   B. go   C.to go   D. don't go

159. I was _____ at the ____ news.

A. surprised, unexpected B. surprising, unexpected C. surprised, unexpecting D. surprising, unexpecting

160.If _____ you can tell him.  A. asking  B. asked   C. asking you   D. being asked

161.The old man ____ for us has died.  A. cooking   B.to cook   C. cooked    D. who cooked

162.You can't help ____ by the Great Wall.  A. striking   B. struck   C. being struck   D. stricken

163.I was trying to get into the ______ bus.  A. crowd   B. crowding    C. crowdy   D. crowded

164. The picture writing ____ long ago is hard for us to understand today. A. drawing B.to be drawn C.to draw D. drawn

165. The knife wants ____.We must have it ____.

A. sharpen, sharpen B. sharpened, sharpening C. sharpening, sharpened D.to sharpen, sharpened

166. This is one of the experiments ____ in our laboratory. A. being made B. making C. having made D. will make

167._____ as an old teacher， he is respected by his students. A. Knowing B. Having known C. Known D. To know

168. Mother caught the boy _____ in the corner. A. smoke   B.to smoke   C. smoking    D. being smoked

169. Who were those people with the banner? A group ____ itself the League for peace.

A. calling    B. calls   C. called    D.is called

170.______, the invention is useless.

A. To speak practical B. Speaking practical C. Practically speaking D. In speaking practical

171.Walking down the street the other day， __________. A.I saw unusual something happened   B. terrible accident happened C. something unusual was seen by me   D.I saw a terrible accident

172. Your hair needs washing badly, “washing” here means ______. A.to wash   B.to be washed   C. wash   D. washed

173. People don't like ______. A.to be kept to wait B.to keep waiting C.to be kept waiting D. being kept to wait

174.I've been invited to a party _____ at their university at 7：30 p.m. next Wednesday.

A. given  B.to be given   C. giving   D. being given

175.Those engines _______ by hand， now they are started by electricity.

A. used to be started    B. were used to started   C. got used to starting   D. used to start

176.I don't regret _____ even if it might have upset her.

A.to tell her what I thought  B. to have told her that I thought C. telling what I thought D. telling her what I thought

177._____ in the sands was an ancient village.  A. Burying   B. Buried   C. Bury   D. To bury

178. He was disappointed to find his suggestions _______.

A. been turned down   B. turned down  C. to be turned down  D. to turn down

179. Yesterday Henry forgot ____ and looked for it everywhere.

A.to post the letter  B. to have the letter posted  C.to have posted the letter  D. having posted the letter

180. The police forbid _________ here.  A. park   B. parking   C.to park   D.to be parked

181. They don't permit _____ noise here.  A.to make   B. make    C. making   D. made

182. Have you decided when ___? Yes, tomorrow morning. A.to leave B.be leaving C. will you leave D. are you leaving

183.You can't see the blackboard clearly， perhaps you need ________.

A.to examine your eyes  B. examining your eyes  C.to have your eyes examined  D.to have examined your eyes

184.The visiting minister expressed his satisfaction with the talks， ____ that he had enjoyed his stay here.

A. having added   B.to add   C. adding   D. added

185. The villagers won't have their fields ______ a hotel. A. turned into  B. turned in  C. turn in   D.to turn into

186.Are you a third-year student？  No, but I do wish _______.  A.to    B.so    C.to be    D. /

187. She has the ability ____ with her two hands at the same time. A. write  B. to write C. writing D. of writing

188. We found the cool weather ______.  A. relaxing   B. relax   C. relaxed   D. being relaxed

189.____ a book for $1.78, the boy hurried home with the _____ 13cents.

A. Having bought, remaining  B. Having bought, remained  C. Bought, remaining  D. Buying, remained

190. We couldn't help _____ by his speech.

A.to be impressed    B.to have been impressed  C. being impressed   D.to got impressed

191. She must be looking forward as much to his return as he himself is to _____ her.

A. see    B. have seen    C. seeing   D. having seen

192.What would you like for your birthday？   I'd like the ___ works of Shakespeare.

A. collected   B. collection   C. collecting   D. collect

193.____ with a gas lighter than air, a balloon can float in the air.

A. When filling   B. When filled   C. Being full   D. having filled

194. Get ______, everybody. The meeting _____ to begin. A. seat, is   B. sitting, is about   C. seated, is   D. place, is

195. The boy was afraid ____ verbs. A. of being questioned on B.to be questioned C.to question about D. of questioning

196. What's _____ them is ____ enough time.

A. troubled, not have  B. to trouble,  having not  C. trouble, to have to   D. troubling, their not having

197. I want to buy a camera. We have several models _________.

A. for you to choose from     B. for your choice   C. for the choice of yours      D. for you to choose

198. The foreign office is the right place to ______.

A.be sent this paper     B.be sent this paper to  C. send this paper  D. send this paper to

199. Hearing the word “stop”, Tom, ____ going in, stopped at once and the smile on his face ______.

A. kept, freeze  B. keeping, froze   C. instead of, froze   D. instead, freeze

200.Whom would you rather have _____ with you？  A.to go   B. gone   C. go   D. went