26. How could he get the plan _____ without any one to support him?
A. to carry out B. carry out C. carrying out D. carried out
27. New ideas sometimes have to wait for years before _____.
A. being fully accepting B. fully accepting C. having fully accepted D. fully accepted
28. Having passed all the tests, she felt a great weight _____ off her mind.
A. taking B. taken C. take D. to be taken
29. I’m examining the article he has just finished _____ the possible mistakes in it.
A. being corrected B. to correct C. corrected D. having corrected
30. _____ full preparations, we decided to put off the meeting till next week.
A. We did not make B. Having not made C. We had not made D. Not having made
31. We should prevent such a silly mistake _____ again.
A. occurring B. to occur C. to be occurred D. from being occurred
32. I regret _____ hard at school, or I would have succeeded in passing the exam.
A. not to work B. having not worked C. to have not worked D. not having worked
33. They looked forward with hope _____ a chance to receive further education.
A. for getting B. of getting C. to get D. to getting
34. “Well, I’ll tell you a secret ...” said the boy, with his mouth almost _____ my ear.
A. touched B. touching C. touch D. to touch
35. Towards evening, the patient opened his mouth as if _____ something to his son.
A. said B. say C. to say D. to have said
36. --- Would you be _____ lend me your bicycle?
--- Sure.
A. so kind as to B. kind enough as to C. very kind to D. so kind to
37. The beach is so beautiful that it is worthwhile, I think, _____ for a short holiday.
A. of going B. to be going C. your going D. you to go
38. The teacher asked more _____ to prevent the students’ eyes from being injured.
A. to do B. done C. to be done D. being done
39. Some of the schools in Shanghai have moved one step closer to _____ with the global education community.
A. being connected B. connect C. having connected D. be connected
40. The performance of the host, _____ to please the audience and draw their attention, was greeted with a cold silence, however.
A. had intended B. intended C. being intended D. to intend
41. _____ and out of breath, we reached the top of the mountain and stopped _____ the beautiful scenery.
A. Tiring; to admire B. Being tired; admiring C. Tired; to admire D. Tired; admiring
42. The 18-storeyed building, when _____, will shut out the sun _____ up the rooms in my house.
A. completed; lighted B. completing; lighting C. completing; lighted D. completed; lighting
43. --- I hear Warren _____ in a middle school.
--- What? I can’t imagine him _____ as a teacher.
A. teaches; working B. teaches; work C. teach; to work D. teach; working
44. _____ he’s only been learning English for a year, he speaks it very well.
A. Considered B. Considering C. Having considered D. To consider
45. It was _____ computer games that cost the boy a lot of time that he ought to have spent on his lessons.
A. to have played B. playing C. played D. having played
46. At no time does the salesgirl get up late in the morning, for she is always too busy _____ a good rest.
A. to take B. taking C. took D. taken
47. _____ as the most excellent student in her university, as most classmates had expected, made her parents very happy.
A. Mary was chosen B. Mary chosen C. Mary being chosen D. Mary’s being chosen
48. _____ the big snake, the little girl stood under the tree _____ to death.
A. Seeing; frightened B. Seeing; frightening C. Seen; frighten D. To see; frightening
49. You will see this product made in this factory _____ wherever you go.
A. to be advertised B. advertised C. advertise D. advertising
50. Mr. Green is said _____ an experiment to prove the new method of solving the problem when young.
A. to do B. to have done C. to be doing D. to have been doing
