广州地铁淘金站:V-ing形式精练题

V-ing形式精练题
1. When I got back home I saw a message pinned to the door ________"Sorry to miss you; will
call later."
A. read B. reads C. to read D. reading
2. The salesman scolded the girl caught ________ and let her off.
A. to have stolen B. to be stealing C. to steal D. stealing
3. A cook will be immediately fired if he is found________in the kitchen.
A. smoke B. smoking C. to smoke D. smoked
4. The secretary worked late into the night________a long speech for the president.
　A. to prepare B. preparing C. prepared D. was preparing
5. The visiting Minister expressed his satisfaction with his talks, ________that he had
enjoyed his stay here.
A. having added B. to add 　 C. adding D. added
6. "Can't you read?" Mary said________ to the notice.
　 A. angrily pointing B. and point angrily
C. angrily pointed D. and angrily pointing
7. European football is played in 80 countries, ________it the most popular sport in the
world.
A. making B. makes C. made D. to make
8. Autumn ________ on ,the leaves on the trees began falling.
　 A. coming B. come C. comes D. was coming
9. In parts of Asia you must not sit with your feet ________ at another person.
　 A. pointed B. pointing C. points D. to be pointing
10.She didn't remember ________ him before.
　 A. having met B. have met C. to meet D. to having met
11. -I must apologize for ________ ahead of time.
-That's all right.
　　A. letting you not know B. not letting you know
　　C. letting you know not D. letting not you know
12. I can hardly imagine Peter ________ across the Atlantic Ocean in five days.
　 A. sail B. to sail C. sailing D. to have sailed
13. I would appreciate ________ back this afternoon.
　 A. you to call B. you call C. your calling D. you're calling
14. How about the two of us ________ a walk down the garden?
　 A. to take B. take C. taking D. to be taking
15. Mr Read made up his mind to devote all he had to ______ some schools for poor children. 　 A. set up B. setting up C. have set up D. having set up
16. She looks forward every spring to ________ the flower-lined garden.
　　A. visit B. paying a visit C. walk in D. walking in
17. Before he went abroad he spent as much time as he ________ English.
　 A. could learning B. learned C. to learn D. could learn
18. You can hardly imagine the difficulty Mrs Jones had ________ up her children.
　　A. brought B. to bring C. bringing D. to have brought
19. ______ to sunlight for too much time will do harm to one's skin. ( '02上海)
A. Exposed B. Having exposed
C. Being exposed D. After being exposed
20. _______ the meeting himself gave them a great deal of encouragement. ('03上海春招)
A. The president will attend B. The president to attend
　 C. The president attended D. The president's attending
21.In some parts of London, missing a bus means _______ for another hour. ('02上海春招)
A. waiting B. to wait C. wait D. to be waiting
22.The discovery of new evidence led to _______ .('03上海)
A. the thief having caught B. catch the thief
C. the thief being caught D. the thief to be caught
23.Victor apologized for _______ to inform me of the change in the plan. ('04上海春招)
A. his being not able B. him not to be able
C. his not being able D. him to be not able
24. -What do you think of the book?
　 -Oh, excellent. It's worth _______ a second time. (MET'89)
　　A. to read B. to be read C. reading D. being read
25. What worried the child most was _______to visit his mother in the hospital.
A. his not allowing B. his not being allowed
C. his being not allowed D. having not been allowed
26. It is believed that if a book is _______ , it will surely _______ the reader. ('03上海)
　　A. interested; interest B. interesting; be interested
C. interested; be interesting D. interesting; interest
27. The picture _______ on the wall is painted by my nephew. (2000北京春招)
　　A. having hung B. hanging C. hangs D. being hung
28. The lady said she would buy a gift for her daughter with the _______ . ('99上海)
　 A. 20 dollars remained B. 20 dollars to remain
　 C. remained 20 dollars D. remaining 20 dollars
29. He sent an e-mail, _______ to get further information. (2000上海)
　 A. hoped B. hoping C. to hope D. hope
30. Though ________ money, his parents managed to send him to university. ('02上海)
　　A. lacked B. lacking of C. lacking D. lacked
31. He looked around and caught a man ___ his hand into the passenger's pocket.('04北京春招)
A. put B. to be putting C. to put D. putting
32. Suddenly, a tall man driving a golden carriage _______ the girl and took her away,
_______ into the woods. ('04上海春招)
A. seizing; disappeared B. seized; disappeared
C. seizing; disappearing D. seized; disappearing
33. Finding her car stolen, ________.
　 A. a policeman was asked to help B. the area was searched thoroughly
　 C. it was looked for everywhere D. she hurried to a policeman for help
34.________ a reply, he decided to write again.
　 A. Not receiving B.Receiving not
C. Not having received D. Having not received
35. ________hard before, Tom is afraid of failing in the exam.
A. Having been worked B. Not to have worked
C. Having never worked D. Never have worked
36.________the exam, the boy was punished by his father.
　 A. No passing B. Having passed C. Not passing D. Not having passed
37.Time________, I can have done it better.
　 A. permit B. be permitted C. permitting D. to permit
38.________, the boy couldn't enter his house.
A. Since the key has lost B. The key been lost
C. Lost the key D. Having lost the key
39. ________into many languages, the story is well known all over the world now.
　 A. Being translated B. Having translated
C. To be translated D. Having been translated
40. ________from heart trouble for years, Professor White has to take some medicine with
him wherever he goes.
A. Suffered B. To suffer C. Having suffered D. Being suffered
41. ________from what he said, he must be the thief who has stolen the car.
　 A. Judging B. Judged C. To judge D. Judge
42. ________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
43. -Who were those people with the flags?
-A group________ itself the League of Peace.
　 A. calls B. calling C. called D. being called
44. We slept with the light________ all night long last night.
　 A. burnt B. to burn C. being burnt D. burning
45. When________ that it was getting late, I put off the light and went to bed.
　　A. find B. finding C. found D. to find
46.No one enjoys ______　at.
A. laughing　 　B. to laugh C. being laughed　 D. to be laughed
47.You must do something to prevent your house_______ . 　　　　　　　.
A. to be broken in B. from being broken in
C. to break in　　　　 D. from breaking in
48.They insisted on_________　another chance to try.
A. given　　　 B. giving　　　 C. being given　　　 D. to be given
49.—Where is my passport? I remember __________　it here.
—You shouldn't have left it here. Remember __________it with you all the time.
A. to put；to take　 B. putting；taking
C. putting；to take　 D. to put；taking
50. The young trees we planted last week require _________with great care.
A. looking after　 B. to look after
C. to be looked after　 D. taken good care of
51.She returned home only to find the door open and something ____.　　　　　　　　　
A missed　 B. to be missing C. missing　 D. to be missed
52.She decided to devote herself _______　the problem of old age.
A. to study B. studying C. to studying D. study
53.Remember _______　the newspaper when you have finished it.
A. putting back B. put back C. to put back D. be put back
54.As she is looking forward to_____ from me, please remember____ this letter on your way to
school.
A. hear；post B. hearing；to post
C. be heard；posting D. be hearing；to posting
55.Grandma said that she had a lot of trouble _________ your handwriting.
A. to read　　 B. to see　　 C. reading　　 C. in seeing
56.Writing stories and articles _______what I enjoy most.
A. is　 B. are C. was D. were
57. We appreciate _______ us to the ball.
A. them to invite　B. to invite C. their inviting D. being invited
58.He was afraid _________ for being late.
A. of seeing　B. of being seen C. to be seen　 D .to have seen
59.I'd like to suggest _________ the meeting till next week.
A. to put off B. putting off C. put off 　 D. to be put off
60.Anything worth _____ is worthy of _____ well.
A. doing；being done B. doing；doing
C. to be done；to be done D. to be done；being done
61.We advised them to take a rest, but they insisted　______　the work.
A. finish　　B. to finish　C. in finishing D. on finishing
62.I delayed _______　your letter because I had been away for a week.
A. answer　 B. answering　 C. writing　 D. to post
63.The thief drove as fast as he could to escape _______ by the police.
A. to be caught 　B. he caught C. being caught 　 D. catching
64.I searched for my wallet and it wasn't there. At first, I thought I ______it at home.
Then I remembered _____ it out to pay for the taxi.
A. must have left；to take B. may leave；taking
C. might leave； to take D. could have left；taking
65. _____ his mother, the baby could not help_____. 　　　　　　　.
A. To see；to laugh　 B. Seeing； to laugh
C. Seeing；laughing　 D. To see；laughing
66. It's no use ____ so much money on clothes.
A. spend B. spent C. spending D. being　spent
67.The sentence needs ____.
A. improve B. a improvement C improving D. improved
68.If he succeeded _____ a job, his children wouldn't be suffering from hunger now.
A.to find　 B.to look for C.in finding D.in looking for
69.I still remember ______ to my home town when I was young.
A.taking　　 B.taken　　 C.being taken　　 D.to take
70.Fishing is his favorite hobby, and ________ .
A. he'd like to collect coins as well
B. he feels like collecting coins, too
C. to collect coins is also his hobby
D. collecting coins also gives him great pleasure

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