1.Taking pictures___ very interesting.
A. is B. are C. to be D. be
2.______ the bad news made him cry.
A. Hear B. Heard C. Hearing D. Is hearing
3._____ a desert had always been a risk adventure.
A. Being crossed B. Having crossed C. Crossing D. To have crossed
4.Before he came , I’d finished _______ the whole book.
A. to read B. to have read C. reading D. read
5. I always enjoy ____ to popular music at night.
A. to listen B. listening C. that I can listen D. if I can listen
6.We are considering ________ a trip around the island.
A. take b. to take C. to be taking D. taking
7.I hope you don’t mind ____ at your newspaper.
A. I look B. my looking C. I looking D. my to look
8.When a man’s heart stops ______ , he dies.
A. to beat B. beating C. beat D. beaten
9.I can’t help _______ he is still alive.
A. thinking B. think C. to think D. thought of
10.So far as I am concerned , I prefer reading ________ .
A. than meat B. for joy C. instead of sleeping D to drinking
11. It goes without _______ that knowledge is important.
A. talking B. telling C. saying D. mentioning
12. we are looking forward ______ our friends next week.
A. to see B. to seeing C. to be seeing D. shall see
13.He spent a lot of money _____ books and magazines.
A. buy B. buying C. to buy D. bought
14.The silkworm is an insect worth _____.
A. to know B. knowing C. to be known D. being known
15.She went out without ______ good-bye to us.
A. say B. to say C. saying D. being said
16.The curious student kept on _______ questions.
A. asks B. asking C. to ask D. asked
17.He is such a strange person; there’s _____ what he’ll do next.
A. no knowing B. not to know C. not known D. being unknown
18.When she heard the bad news, she burst______.
A. into crying B. out to tears C. crying D. out crying
19. You must never cross the street without ______ the light to turn green.
A. waiting B/ to wait C. waiting for D. to wait for
20. Scientists succeed _____ protein out of old newspapers.
A. to make B. at making C. making D. in making
