Non-finite verbs:
1. Soldiers have few options but _____ the wisdom of their government but doubts sometimes arise.
A. trust B. to trust C. trusting D. trusted 2.____ a large group, your tone should be clear and loud. A. When addressing B. While addressing C. When you address D. Upon addressing 3.He fell into the habit___ there every Saturday evening. A. to go B. going C. of going D. for going 4.___, the ship?s captain changed course.
A. To be warned B. To have warned C. Having been warned D. Being warned 5.Maggie ran back to the kitchen , with eggs___ carefully in her hands. A. to be held B. held C. were held D. holding
6.Miss Mary has never taken any painting lessons but she has a natural ability__. A. to paint B. of painting C. painting D. to painting
7.___in an important examination, one of the students in his class lost interest in his work. A. Failing B. Failed C. Having been failed D. Having failed 8. Pragmatists were hardly the first men___ beliefs control behavior. A. insist B. insisted C. who insists D. to insist 9.I was late___ the party yesterday evening.
A.to go to B. going to C. to go for D. going for 10.While the weather is fine, I must get down ___ the house. A. repainting B. to repaint C. to repainting D. on repainting 11.Why ___ such a lot of money?
A. you spend B. you should spend C. to spend D. spend 12.Suddenly there appeared a young woman___ in green. A. worn B. dressing C. to dress D. dressed 13.Returning to my apartment, ____.
A. my watch was missing B. I found my watch missing C. I found my watch missed D. the watch was missed
14.He wasn?t asked to take on the chairmanship of the society,___ insufficiently popular with all members.
A. being considered B. considering C. to be considered D. having considered 15. “Have you gone to see the doctor?” “ No, but___. ”
A.I go B.I ?m going to see C. I?m going to D.I go to see
16.Although a teenager, Fred could resist ____what to do and what not to do.
A. to be told B. having been told C. being told D. to have been told
17.Doctors see a connection between increased amounts of leisure time spent___ and the increased number of cases of skin cancer.
A. to sunbathe B. to have sunbathe C. having sunbathe D. sunbathing 18.One should never lose one?s heart when ___ with temporary difficulties.
A. being confronted B. confronted C. having been confronted D. confronting
19. I?m sorry___ waiting out for a long time.
A. to keep you B. to have kept you C. to be kept D. having kept you 20.The Chinese people hope to ___ by the year 2008 at a state of modernity.
A. have arrived B. arrive C. be arriving D. have been arriving
21.They are said___ each other long time before they met in Harvard University where they worked together on a research project.
A. to know B. to have known C. knowing D. having knowing 22.___ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain does not seem high at all.
A. When compared B. While comparing C. Compare D. Comparing 23.A new technique___, the yields as a whole increased by 20 percent. A. working out B. having worked out
C. having been worked out D. to have been worked out
24.The students___ all the exercises, the teacher went on to explain the text.
A. having done B. being done C. doing D. having been done 25.___,the inhabitants fled.
A .The city have been taken B. Having taken the city
C. To take the city D. The city having been taken 26.There was no sign that Mr. Josphin, who keeps a firm control on the party despite ___ from leadership of it, would intervene personally.
A. being resigned B. having resigned C. going to resign D. resign
27.The city management firm first tried ____ the padlocks, and now in an act of desperation, plans to erect a new iron fence exclusively for love padlocks. A. to remove B. remove C. removed D. removing
28. I want to address a few ideas here today, ____ on Canadian foreign policy. A. focusing B. having focused C. to focus D. to be focused 29._____in an atmosphere of simple living was what her parents wished for. A. The girl was educated C. The girl's being educated B. The girl educated D. The girl to be educated
30. The project ____ by the end of this month, will expand the society's telephone network to cover 1,000,000 users.
A. accomplished C. being accomplished
B. to be accomplished D. having been accomplished
31. It' is impossible _____ that those 20 percent of British survey respondents who confused over Hitler's identity would not understand we are talking of quite a real person.
A. to be imagined B. to imagine C. imagining D. having imagine
32. Corn originated in the New World and this was not known in Europe until Columbus found it _____ in Cuba.
A. being cultivated B. having cultivated C. been cultivated D. cultivating 33. His two priorities in life are ____ old with his partner and to have happy, healthy children. A. grows B. to grow C. growing D. grown
34. Pilgrim and her sister Josephine were disappointed_____ on their father's legacy, but respected his decision to give the money to charity.
A. to miss out C. to have missed out B. having missed out D. to have been missing out
35. These men have been chucked out by their wives for impossible behavior, _______ couch potatoes, unfaithful or totally uncommunicative.
A. were B. to be C. have been D. being 36. I don't mind _____the decision as long as it is not too late. A. you to delay making C. your delaying making. B. your delaying to make D. you delay to make
37. The heroic fighter would rather die with his head high than __with his knees bent. A. to live B. live C. living D. lived
38. In France, David Copperfield was knighted by the French government,_____ the Chevalier of Arts and Letters, the first ever for a magician.
A. to have received B. having received C. receiving D. received 39. I?m sorry___ waiting out for a long time.
A. to keep you B. to have kept you C. to be kept D. having kept you
40. Let business, trade and investment all build up and let the reward for everybody ____the highest growth rate around the region.
A. to be B. has been C. being D. be 41. I woke at dawn to a different world of rosy volcanoes, ____the clouds, fields bathed in gold and lilac glow.
A. their peaks nudged C. them peaks nudged B. their peaks nudging D. them peaks to nudge
42. We dumped all our belongings under a tree and walked lightly on, ____madly in all directions for a glimpse of black eyes of gorilla..
A. our eyes darted C. our eyes to dart B. our eyes have darted D. our eyes darting
43. _____in a recent science competition, the three students were awarded scholarships totaling $ 21,000.
A. Judged the best C.Judging the best B. To be judged the best D. Having judged the best
44. Someone rushed in and told Amber that her home is on fire. Amber hurried to her home, only ____ it in ruins.
A. found B. to find C. having found D. to have found
45. Amber is sure that someone wanted her to die since she was ____first in the performance.
A. supposing to go B. supposed going C. supposed to go D. supposing going
46. His friends have concealed the truth to keep him from _____.
A. catching B . caught C. being caught D. having caught
47._____ a dispirited girl, gloomy with worry, she would step up and tenderly ask, \something upsetting you?”
A. Having seeing B. Seen C. To see D. Seeing
48. In Australia the Asians make their influence _____ in business large and small. A. feeling B. felt C. feel D .to be felt
49. Diana never dreams of _____ her to be sent abroad very soon. A. there being a chance for C. there be a chance to B. being a chance for D. there to be a chance to