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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