70. Although it was very late when John began doing the job, he managed with his friend’s assistance, ______ before the building was locked.
a. to be finished b. being finished c. finishing d. to finish
71. Despite the earnest efforts of various private groups as well as government agencies, many of the problems have not yet been solved, and much remains to ______.
a. have been done b. be done c. have done d. do
72. ______ that bad weather was on the way, the climbers decided to put off their attempt on Eiger until the following week.
a. Having told b. Being told c. Telling d. Having been told
73. Members of the Government itself acknowledge many of their predictions _______ wildly over-optimistic.
a. to be? b. being c. to have been d. having been
74. The match was cancelled because most of the members ______ a match without a standard court.
a. objected to having b. objected to have
c. were objected to have d. were objected to having
75. The teacher doesn’t permit ______ in class.
a. smoke b. smoking c. to smoke d. to have smoke
76. I like watching TV ______ to the cinema.
a. more than to go b. more than going c. than going d. rather than to go
77. The manager promised to keep me ______ of how our business was going on.
a. to be informed b. informed c. on informing d. informing
78. Mrs. Brown is supposed ______ for Italy last week.
a. to have left b. to leave c. to be leaving d. to have been left
79. Dorothy went to work quietly, ______ to work as hard as she could.
a. her mind being made up b. with her mind made up c. with her mind making up d. he mind making up
80. Husband and wife with a common duty to the country will find themselves ______ closer together.
a. been drawn b. drawn c. to draw d. drawing
81. Here we found little snow, as most of it seemed ______ blown off the mountain.
a. to have been b. that it was c. to be d. that it had been
82. ______ halfway through the exercise, the teacher changed his mind and collected all our papers.
a. When only being b. When we were only
c. Being only d. Having been
83. Some passengers are reading the morning paper, others are talking with one another, ______ nervously for the train.
a. to wait b. are waiting c. waiting d. being waited
84. There’s one thing I dislike about him: he will never admit ______ a mistake.
a. having made b. making c. being made d. have been made
85. Stan spent half a year ______ material for his new book.
a. to collect b. collect c. collecting d. collected
86. It’s no use ______ me not to worry.
a. you tell b. your telling c. for you to have told d. having told
87. The chairman insists that there be a meeting _______ within the shortest possible time.
a. to hold b. to be held c. to have been held d. to be holding
88. When the famous pianist was a child, he was accustomed ______ for several hours a day.
a. to practicing b. to practice c. to be practicing d. to have practiced.
89. In China hundreds of different dialects are spoken; people of some villages ______ themselves understood by the inhabitants of the next town. a. making trouble have b. have making trouble c. have trouble making d. trouble making have
90. It’s a wonderful place for anyone ______ in architecture, as you are.
a. interesting b. to be interested c. being interested d. interested
91. Another feature worth ______ is the role of information throughout a feedback control system.
a. noticed b. noticing c. being noticed d. notice
92. I believe ______ very largely due to mistaken views of the world.
a. this unhappiness are b. to be this unhappiness c. this be unhappiness d. this unhappiness to be
93. When they met, Leonards and his enemy were fighting ______.
a. killed each other b. to kill each other c. killing each other d. to be killed each other
94. Before the invention of aero-planes, ______ in the sky like a bird was only a dream.
a. men fly b. to fly c. for flying d. man flies
95. At last they succeeded ______ the job.
a. to persuade him to take b. in persuading him to take c. to persuade him taking d. in persuading him taking
96. All that it does is ______ the place of a house wife.
a. takes b. taking c. take d. being taken
97. He listened to me ______ what Mr. Smith had said the day before.
a. to repeat b. to be repeated c. to repeating d. repeat
98. He could do little except ______.
a. writing b. write c. written d. to write
99. The electric shaver ______ before it can be used.
a. needs repairing b. requires to repair c. should be in repair d. has to be repairable
100. ______ a problem requiring multiplication or division, the computer solves it by adding or subtracting.
a. Giving b. Having given c. Being given d. Given
101. You can fly to London this evening ______ you don’t mind changing planes in Paris.
a. provided b. except c. unless d. so far as
102. Students from the south prefer _______.
a. eat rice than bread b. eating rice than bread c. eating rice to eating bread d. eating rice to eat bread
103. Would you be ______ to help me with my luggage?
a. enough kind b. kind enough c. too kind d. kind too
104. The father advise ______ the second-hand car.
a. his son to not buy b. his son not to buy c. his son’s no buying d. that his son not to buy
105. “Do you intend to come with us?”
“Yes, ______.”
a. I intend so b. I intend that c. I intend to d. I intend
106. It takes a whole year for the earth ______ round the sun once.
a. traveling b. to travel c. traveled d. travels
107. The factory ______ next year will be one of the largest in this city.
a. to build b. to be built c. being built d. having been built
108. With the guide ______ the way, we set off on foot into the dark night.
a. leading b. led c. leads d. to lead
109. They got the work ______ before the rainy season set in.
a. to do b. done c. doing d. did
110. Things are known ______ when they unite with the oxygen of the air.
a. burning b. to burn c. burn d. being burning
111. He was thoroughly ashamed ______ so much money on such an ugly picture.
a. for spending b. with spending c. to have spent d. of having spent
112. ______ of the burden of ice, the balloon climbed up and drifted to the South.
a. To be free b. Freeing c. To free d. Freed
113. The bank is reported in the local newspaper ______ in broad daylight yesterday.
a. to be robbed b. robbed
c. to have been robbed d. having been robbed
114. There seemed little hope that the explorer, ______ in the tropical forest, would find his way through it.
a. to be deserted b. having deserted c. to have been deserted d. having been deserted
115. “Where should I send my application?”
“The Personnel Office is the place ______.”
a. to sent it b. sent it to c. to send it to d. for sending it
116. The publisher will send you a specimen copy of their new book ______.
a. when it will be requested b. when they are requested c. when requested d. when request it
117. Rome is the city ______.
a. I rather most like to visit b. I’d most like to visit c. I’m rather to visit most d. I’d prefer most to visit
118. There ______ no further business, the meeting came to a stop.
a. being b. was c. been d. had been
119. Please remind me ______ some eggs for the coming party.
a. buy b. to buy c. of buying d. for buying
120. Don’t say anything at the meeting unless ______.
a. asking b. asked c. being asked d. to be asked
121. The radio announced that all flights ______ have been cancelled because of the fog.
a. go out b. gone out c. going out d. will go out
122. What’s the use ______ extra leisure time if you don’t know what to do?
a. have b. to have c. being have d. of having
123. ______ mathematical concepts of some students was very difficult because the students did not have a math background.
a. Explain b. Explaining c. Have explained d. Having explained
124. Although John was the oldest in the family, he always let his sister _____ charge of the house.
a. to take b. taking c. take d. taken
125. Commercial banks make most of their income from interest ______ on loans and investment in stocks and bonds.
a. earn b. earned c. to earn d. was earned
126. Amelia Earhart, the first woman ______ a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, was born in 1898.
a. makes b. made c. making d. to make
127. It is impossible for the plan ______.
a. to put into practice b. not to put into practice
c. to be put into practice d. to be not put into practice
128. ______ is what she wants to know.
a. Who to do it b. Whom to do it c. Who does it do d. Whom doing it
129. My wife suggested ______ to Scotland for a holiday, but I favor ______ Wales instead.
a. to go…to visit b. going …visiting c. to go…visiting d. going …to visit
130. There are several ______ leaves on the ground.
a. falling b. fallen c. to fall d. fell