from leadership of it, would intervene personally.

A. being resigned B. having resigned C. going to resign D. resign

114. Ted has told me that he always escapes _____ as he has got a very fast sports car.

A. to fine B. to be fined C. being fined D. having been fined

115. 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

116. I appreciate _____ the opportunity to study abroad two years ago.

A. having been given B. having given C. to have been given D. to have given

117. Nowhere in nature is aluminum found free, owing to its always _____ with other

elements, more commonly with oxygen.

A. combined B. having combined C. combine D. being combined

118. anyone with half an eye on the unemployment figures knew that the assertion about

the economic recovery _____ just round the corner was untrue. A. would be B. to be C. was D. being

119. Teaching students of threshold level is hard work but the effort is very _____.

A. precious B. rewarding C. worth D. challenging

120. How many of us _____, say, a meeting that is irrelevant to us would be interested in

the discussion.”

A. attended B. attending C. to attend D. have attended

121. There was a very interesting remark in a book by an Englishman that I read recently

_____ what he thought was a reason for this American characteristic. A. giving B. gave C. to give D. given

122. There was a very interesting remark in a book by an Englishman that I read recently

_____ what he thought was a reason for this American characteristic. A. giving B. gave C. to give D. given

123. It’s easy to blame the decline of conversation on the pace of modern life and on the

vague changes _____ place in our ever-changing world. A. taking B. to take C. take D. taken

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124. He wasn’t asked to take in the chairmanship of the society, _____ insufficiently

popular with all members.

A. being considered B. considering C. to be considered D. having considered

125. If the ocean were free of ice, storm paths would move further north, _____ the plains

of North America of rainfall.

A. to deprive B. deprived C. depriving D. being deprived

126. The ruling party could even lose its majority in the lower house of parliament, started a

period of prolonged struggling.

127. 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 sunbathed C. having sunbathed D. sunbathing

128. Sometimes very young children have trouble _____ fact from fiction and may believe

that such things actually exist.

A. for separating B. to separate C. having separated D. separating

129. 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

130. All flights _____ because of the storm, they decided to take the train.

A. having canceled B. having been canceled C. were canceled D. have been canceled

131. The article opens and closes with descriptions of two news reports, each _____ one

major point in contrast with the other.

A. makes B. made C. is to make D. making

132. Iceland lies far north in the Atlantic, with its northernmost tip actually _____ the

Arctic Circle.

A. touched B. touches C. touching D. being touched

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133. Homework _____ on time will lead to better grades.

A. done B. be done C. having done D. to have been done

134. I hope all the precautions against pollution, _____ suggested by the local government,

will be seriously considered here.

A. while B. after C. since D. as

135. “When are you going to move to the countryside?” “Tomorrow is our _____.”

A. long-waiting day B. long-awaited day C. long-awaiting day D. day we waited for long

136. _____ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain does not seem high at all.

A. When compared B. Compare C. While comparing D. Comparing

137. Contrast may make something appear more beautiful than it is when _____ alone.

A. seen B. is seen C. to be seen D. having been seen

138. _____ in England, Anne Bradstreet both admired and imitated several English poets.

A. Having born and educated B. Born and educated C. Since born and educated D. To be born and educated

139. _____ in a recent science competition, the three students were awarded scholarships

totaling ＄21,000.

A. Judeged the best B. Judging the best C. To be judgeg the best D. Having judged the best

140. _____ in this way, the situation doesn’t seem so disappointing.

A. To look at B. Looking at C. Looked at D. To be looked at

141. You will see this product _____ wherever you go.

A. to be advertised B. advertised C. advertise D. advertising

142. Don’t get your schedule _____; stay with us in this class.

A. to change B. changing C. changed D. change

143. The president promised to keep all the board members _____ of how the negotiations

were going on.

A. inform B. informing C. be informed D. informed

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144. They’ll have you _____ if you don’t pay your taxes.

A. to be arrested B. arrest C. arrested D. being arrested

145. “Is the radio bothering you?” “It certainly is. I’d like it _____ off.”

A. turning B. to turn C. turned D. turns

146. _____ left before the deadline, it doesn’t seem likely that John will accomplish the job.

A. Although such a short time B. It is such a short

C. With so short time D. With such a such a short time

147. All things _____, the planned trip will have to be called off.

A. considered B. be considered C. considering D. having considered

148. Maggie ran back to the kitchen, eggs _____ carefully in her hands.

A. to be held B. held C. were held D. holding

149. The sale usually takes place outside the house, with the audience _____ on the benches,

chairs or boxes.

A. having seated B. seating C. seated D. having been seated

150. The real nature of heat was established long a after the concept of temperature became

_____ (understand).

151. After a long walk on a hot day, one often feels _____.

A. exhaustive B. exhausting C. exhaust D. exhausted

152. Life is a candle _____ to burn ever brighter.

A. being meant B. meaning C. to mean D. meant

153. _____ of the burden of ice, the balloon climbed up and drifted to the South.

A. To be freed B. Freeing C. To free D. Freed

154. _____ the claim about German economic might, it is somewhat surprising how

relatively small the German economy actually is.

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

155. In reading stories we anticipate what is to come _____ on our memory of what has

gone before.

A. based B. basing C. to base D. to be based

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