非谓语动词专项练习

1. The murderer was brought in, with his hands ______ behind his back. (91高考) A. being tied B. having tied C. to be tied D. tied

2. The secretary worked late into the night, ______ a long speech for the president. (91高考) A. to prepare B. preparing C. prepared D. was preparing 3. I can hardly imagine Peter ______ across the Atlantic Ocean in five days. (91高考) A. sail B. to said C. sailing D. to have sailed 4. ---The light in the office is still on. –Oh, I forgot ______.(91高考) A. turning it off B. turn it off C. to turn it off D. having turned it off 5. –I usually go there by train. –Why not ______ by boat for a change? (92高考) A. to try going B. trying to go C. to try and go D. try going 6. I would appreciate ______ back this afternoon. (92高考) A. you to call B. you call C. your calling D. you’re calling

7. There’re so many kinds of tape-recorders on sale that I can’t make up my mind ______ to buy. (92高考)

A. what B. which C. how D. where 8.______ a reply, he decided to write again. (92高考) A. Not receiving B. Receiving not C. Not having received D. Having not received 9.”Can’t you read?” Mary said ______ to the notice. (93高考) A. angrily pointing B. and point angrily C. angrily pointed D. and angrily pointing 10.How about the two of us ______ a walk down the garden? (93高考) A. to take B. take C. taking D. to be taking

11.The computer centre, ____ last year, is very popular among the students in this school. (93高考) A. open B. opening C. having opened D. opened 12.Charles Babbage is generally considered ______ the first computer. (93高考) A. to invent B. inventing C. to have invented D. having invented 13.The missing boys were last seen ______ near the river. (94高考) A. playing B. to be playing C. play D. to play

14.The visiting Minister expressed his satisfaction with the talks, ______ that he had enjoyed his stay here. (94高考) A. having added B. to add C. adding D. added

15.The first textbooks ______ for teaching English as a foreign language came out in the 16th century. (94高考)

A. having been written B. to be written C. being written D. written 16.—You were brave enough to raise objections at the meeting. --Well, now I regret ______ that. (95高考) A. to do B. to be doing C. to have done D. having done 17.Paul doesn’t have to be made ______. He always works hard. (95高考)

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A. learn B. to learn C. learned D. learning 18.We agreed ______ here but so far she hasn’t turned up yet. (95高考) A. having met B. meeting C. to meet D. to have met 19.The patient was warned ______ oily food after the operation. (96高考) A. to eat not B. eating not C. not to eat D. not eating

20.I would love ____ to the party last night but I had to work extra hours to finish a report. (97高考) A. to go B. to have gone C. going D. having gone 21.Cleaning women in big cities usually get ______ by the hour. (98高考) A. play B. paying C. paid D. to play

22.European football is played in 80 countries, ____ it the most popular sport in the world. (98高考) A. making B. makes C. made D. to make 23.Robert is said ______ abroad, but I don’t know what country he studied in. (99高考) A. to have studied B. to study C. to be studying D. to have been studying 24. ______ his telephone number, she had some difficulty getting in touch with Bill.(91上海高考) A. Not knowing B. Knowing not C. Not having known D. Having not known 25. He used to ______ his teaching when he was young. (91上海高考) A. devote to B. be devoted to C. devoting to D. being devoted to 26. He didn’t keep on asking me the time any longer as he had had his watch ______.(93上海高考) A. to repair B. repaired C. repairing D. repair

27. As soon as she entered the room, the girl caught sight of the flowers ______ by her mother. (93上海高考) A. buying B. being bought C. were bought D. bought

28. Seeing the sun ______ above the surface of the sea, we let out a shout of joy. (94上海高考) A. to rise B. to raise C. rising D. raising

29. If you go to Xi’an, you will find the palaces there more magnificent than commonly ______.(94上海高考)

A. supposing B. supposed C. to suppose D. suppose 30.She looks forward every spring to ______ the flower-lined garden. (95上海高考) A. visit B. paying a visit C. walk in D. walking in

31.Once your business becomes international, ______ constantly will be part of your life. (95上海高考)

A. you fly B. your flight C. flight D. flying 32.The little time we have together we try ______ wisely. (91上海高考) A. spending it B. to spend it C. to spend D. spending that

33.While shopping, people sometimes can’t help _____ into buying something they don’t really need. (96上海高考) A. to persuade B. persuading C. being persuaded D. be persuaded 34.When I handed the report to John, he said that George was the person ______.(96上海高考)

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A. to send B. for sending it C. to send it to D. for sending it to 35.She can’t help ______ the house because she’s busy making a cake. (97上海高考) A. to clean B. cleaning C. cleaned D. being cleaned 36.—What do you think made Mary so upset? --______ her new bicycle. (97上海高考) A. As she lost B. Lost C. Losing D. Because of losing 37.If ______ the same treatment again, he is sure to get well. (98上海高考) A. giving B. give C. given D. being given

38.He claimed ______ in the supermarket when he was doing shopping yesterday. (98上海高考) A. being badly treated B. treating badly C. to be treated badly D. to have been badly treated 39.To fetch water before breakfast seemed to me a rule ______.(98上海高考) A. to never break B. never to be broken C. never to have broken D. never to be breaking 40.She asked me to help her, ______ that she couldn’t move the heavy suitcase alone. (96上海高考) A. only to realize B. realizing C. having been realized D. realized 41.—Let me tell you something about the journalists.

--Don’t you remember ______ me the story yesterday? (99上海高考) A. told B. telling C. to tell D. to have told 42.There are five pairs ______, but I’m at a loss which to buy. (99上海高考) A. to be chosen B. to choose from C. to choose D. for choosing 43.The lady said she would buy a gift for her daughter with the ______.(99上海高考)

A. 20 dollars remained B. 20 dollars to remain C. remained 20 dollars D. remaining 20 dollars 44. I wouldn’t advise ______ there by bus, because it is too crowded. A. and go B. to go C. to going D. going 45. You shouldn’t allow ______ games near the classroom, for it’s too noisy. A. student to play B. to play C. students to play D. to playing 46. The students are kept busy ______ their lessons. A. to review B. review C. reviewing D. on reviewing 47. No one enjoys ______ fun of in public. A. making B. being C. to be made D. having been made 48. None of the criminals escaped ______. A. be punished B. being punished C. to be punished D. punishing 49. On a ______ morning the little match girl was found ______ at the corner of the street. A. freezing; freezing B. freezing; frozen C. frozen; frozen D. frozen; freezing 50.Jack was a lazy boy. He was often caught ______ in class. A. sleeping B. slept C. to sleep D. sleep 51.His words left me ______ what he was driving at. A. to wonder B. wondering C. wondered D. wonder 52.I won’t have you ______ me what to do.

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A. to tell B. to telling C. told D. telling 53.When I put my hand on his chest, I could feel his heart still ______. A. beat B. to be beating C. beating D. was beating 54.The teacher forbade ______ our seats. A. us to leave B. us leaving C. to leave D. to leaving 55.Don’t forget ______ the letter for me when ______ to town. A. to post; go B. to post; going C. posting; going D. posting; go 56.Have you forgotten ______ a ruler from Betty? Please remember _____ it to her tomorrow. A. borrowing; to return B. borrowing; returning C. to borrow; to return D. to borrow; reutrning

57.I knew he didn’t listen to me, but I went on ______ to get him ______ in the proposal. A. hoping; interesting B. to hope; interesting C. hoping; interest D. hoping; interested 58.You had better get a doctor ______ your bad tooth. A. pull out B. to pull out C. pulled out D. pulling out 59.Don’t get ______ in the rain. A. to be caught B. catching C. to catch D. caught 60.I haven’t got a chair ______. Will you make room for me? A. to sit B. to sit in C. for sitting D. sitting on 61.—By the way, when did you get your bedroom ______? --Last week. A. having been painted B. painted C. painting D. to be painted 62.We can’t get the car ______. We need someone ______ us. A. to go; to help B. going; to help C. going; helping D. gone; helping 63.I’m afraid your suggestion can’t help ______ the service of their shop. A. improving B. in improving C. to improve D. for improving 64.The matter had better ______ as it is. A. leave B. being left C. left D. be left

65.I studied English in prison from a teach-yourself book, but I have never heard a word of it _____. A. to be spoken B. spoken C. having been spoken D. being spoken 66.—Do you often have someone ______ your clothes? --Yes, I often have them ______. A. wash; to wash B. to wash; washed C. washed; wash D. wash; washed 67.It was so cold that the travellers had the fire ______ all the night. A. burning B. to burn C. burn D. burnt 68.Your hair is rather long, you should have ______ a little. A. them cut B. it cutting C. it to be cut D. it cut 69.My grandmother seems to have a lot ______. A. worry about B. worrying about C. to be worried D. to worry about 70.Who could have imagined such a sweet-tempered girl as Alice ______ such a thing! A. doing B. to do C. will do D. does

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71.You can hardly imagine a child ______ so cruelly. A. to treat B. to be treated C. being treated D. treating 72.It’s dangerous to let the children who are so young ______ in the river. A. to go swimming B. going to swim C. go swimming D. go to swim 73.He likes ______, but he doesn’t like ______ today because it is too cold.

A. to swim; to swim B. swimming; swimming C. to swim; swimming D.swimming; to swim 74.He would sit alone and listen to Mary ______ the piano. A. to play B. playing C. play D. having played 75.He managed to make himself ______ with his ______ English. A. understand; breaking B. understand; broken C. understood; breaking D. understood; broken 76.—Do you mind ______? --Go ahead.

A. turning on the fan B. if I turn on the fan C. to turn on the fan D. I turning on the fan 77.We didn’t miss ______ the football match last night. A. watching B. to watch C. watch D. watched 78.I’m sorry, but I must say your English needs ______. A. improving B. to be improving D. improved D. to improve 79.She must be looking forward as much to his return as he himself is to ______ her. A. see B. have seen C. seeing D. having seen 80.—You have come just in time to help us. –Fine, what needs ______? A. I do B. being done C. to be done D. to do 81.Attention must be paid to ______ the jewellery shop ______. A. prevent; to be robbed B. preventing; from being robbed C. prevent; to be robbed D. preventing; from robbing 82.I prefer to watch ______ football. A. to play B. to playing C. rather than play D. than to play 83.Even on holidays, he preferred ______ to ______ nothing. A. working; do B. working; doing C. to work; do D. to work; doing 84.—How about a drink? --I’d rather ______ something to eat. A. have B. to have C. had D. having 85.Excuse ______ you, but I have an important message for you. A. me to interrupt B. my interrupt C. my interrupting D. me of interrupting 86.We regret ______ that the film was not worth ______. A. to say; to see B. to say; seeing C. saying; to see D. saying; to be seen 87.He regrets ______ to watch the volleyball match. A. not being able B. being not able C. not to be able D. to be not able 88.Mr John requires each of his students ______ a composition every other week. A. writing B. writes C. to write D. to have written

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89.The whole place requires ______. A. to be cleaned B. to be cleaning C. being cleaned D. to clean 90.The rule required that all of us ______ at the office by two o’clock. A. arrived B. should arrive C. would arrive D. arriving 91.When class began, the students stopped ______ attentively. A. talking and sat listening to the teacher B. to talk and sat listening to the teacher C. talking and sitting to listen to the teacher D. to talk and sat to listen to the teacher 92.I’m pleased to see the problem ______ so quickly. A. settled B. having been settled C. be settled D. settle 93.I saw him ______ under a tree, thinking. A. sat B. seated C. seating D. seat 94.He was seen ______ into the bedroom. A. steal B. to be stealing C. had stolen D. stealing 95.You look light-hearted. Nothing seems ______ to you. A. to happen B. to have been happened C. to have happened D. to be happened 96.I will spend as much time as I ______ the lesson. A. can go over B. can to go over C. can going over D. go 97.Much time is spent ______. A. writing B. to write C. to writing D. to be writing 98.We advise them ______ of carrying out such a dangerous plan. A. stopping to think B. to stop to think C. stopping thinking D. to stop thinking 99.______ late, Jack was afraid ______ the classroom, for he was afraid ______. A. Being; of entering; to be scolded B. Having been; of entering; to scold C. To be; to enter; of scolding D. Being; to enter; of being scolded 100.The day we had looked forward to ______ at last. A. coming B. come C. came D. comes 101.I tried ______ it was no good ______ into the habit of smoking. A. making him understand; to get B. making him understood; to get C. to make him understand; getting D. to make him understood; getting 102.He couldn’t open the front door, so he tried ______ the back door. A. to pushing B. to push C. pushed D. pushing 103.This instrument is used ______ machines. A. checking B. to checking C. to check D. to be checked 104.He used ______ on the right in China, but he soon got used ______ on the left in England. A. to drive; to drive B. to drive; driving C. to driving; to drive D. to drive; to driving 105.The mother wanted her son ______ without delay. A. to operate B. to be operated on C. to operate on D. being operated on 106.If you want a letter ______, you must keep in mind several rules while ______.

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A. written; written B. well written; writing C. well writing; writing D. well written; write 107.They put the bird in a cage ______ it ______away.

A. to prevent; to fly B. preventing; flying C. for preventing; to fly D. to prevent; from flying 108.My watch wants ______. It ______ the right time. A. to repair; doesn’t tell B. being repaired; won’t tell C. repairing; hasn’t told D. repairing; doesn’t tell 109.Why do you stand and watch the milk ______ boiling over? A. boiling B. boiled C. to boil D. being boiled 110.The book is ______ worth ______. A. very; to be read B. much; reading C. much; to read D. well; reading 111.After ______ her lesson, she set about ______ supper. A. finishing to do; to prepare B. finishing doing; preparing C. finished doing; to prepare D. finished to do; preparing 112.Mr Li devoted his life ______ poor children in the countryside. A. to teach B. to teaching C. teaching D. in teaching 113.Though they had a meeting yesterday, there is still much that remains ______. A. to solve B. solving C. to be solved D. solved 114.The wallet was returned to Mr Hopkins without anything ______. A. missing B. to be missed C. missed D. to miss 115.When he got off the train, it happened ______. A. to rain B. to be raining C. raining D. to have rained 116.She is far from ______ with the result of the exam. A. satisfy B. satisfied C. being satisfied D. satisfying 117.______ you the truth, she knows nothing about it. A. Tell B. Telling C. To tell D. Told 118.You slept with the light _____ all night long last night. A. burnt B. to burn C. being burnt D. burning 119.______ more time, she would be able to do better. A. Giving B. To give C. Give D. Given 120.We are ______ the experiment in two months at the most. A. to finish B. about to finish C. finishing D. to have finished 121.What is ______ then? A. to be doing B. to do C. to be done D. doing 122.We have been looking for the boy all the morning but he is nowhere ______. A. to see B. seeing C. seen D. to be seen 123.I’m hungry. Would you get me something ______? A. eaten B. eating C. to eat D. to be eaten 124.Will you be able to attend the lecture ______ next week?

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A. giving B. given C. to be given D. being given 125.The way ______ English is practising ______ it as often as possible. A. learning; speaking B. to learn; to speak C. to learn; speaking D. learning; to speak 126.He is a man ______. A. to depend on B. depending on C. being depended on D. to be depended on 127.I’m very sorry for what has happened; the bad result ought to ______ out to those ______ at the very beginning.

A. have been pointed; concerned B. have pointed; concerned C. point; concerned D. be pointed; concerning 128.Helen is always the first ______ to the office. A. comes B. coming C. to come D.who came 129.I felt it an honour ______ to speak here. A. to ask B. asking C. to be asked D. being asked 130.He made a long speech ______ his ignorance of the subject. A. only to show B. only showing C. showing only D. to show only 131.What question do you expect ______ first? A. to asking B. asking C. to be asked D. to have asked 132.______ to the left and you’ll see the post office. A. To turn B. Turning C. If turn D. Turn 133.When ______ into a warm room, the ice soon changed to water. A. being taken B. to be taken C. having been taken D. taken 134.The ______ news ______ Jim. He was ______ at it. A. surprising; surprised; surprised B. surprised; surprising; surprised C. surprised; surprising; surprised D. surprised; surprising; surprising 135.China is a ______ country ______ to the third world. A. developed; belongs B. developing; belonging C developing; belonged D. developed; being belonged 136.Many teachers were praised at the meeting, Mr Zhou ______. A. including B. being included C. to be included D. included

137.The two farmers ______ what appeared to be small guns forced the enemy officer to hand in his map.

A. carried B. were carrying C. carrying D. had carried 138.The story-book ______ on the desk was borrowed from the library. A. to be laid B. being laid C. lied D. lying 139.Six ______ to nine ______ fifteen. A. added; makes B. adding; makes C. adds; make D. adding; make 140.The lecturer ______ will be here tomorrow. A. to talk about so much B. to be talking about so much

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C. so much talking about D. so much talked about

141.The language ______ for speaking on the telephone is similar to that of ordinary conversation. A. is used B. is using C. used D. using 142.He was sitting there, ______ in deep thought. A. lose B. lost C. being lost D. losing 143.______ very small, computers are widely used. A. To be B. Having been C. For being D. Being 144.______ many times, he still couldn’t understand it.

A. Having been told B. Though to be told C. Being told D. Told 145.______ her mother had come, her face lit up. A. Hearing B. Having heard C. When hearing D. When she heard 146.______ in the fog, we were forced to spend two hours in the woods. A. To lose B. Losing C. Lost D. Having lost

147.The problems ______ pollution require the immediate attention by government leaders and scientists.

A. being resulted from B. resulting from C. to be resulted from D. to result from 148.It now occurs to me that you’re the man ______ the world news on television. A. reporting B. having reported C. reported D. to report

149.—How did you spend the night? --We had a very hard time _____ some of the problems. A. discussing B. to discuss C. of discussing D. on discussing 150.The duties of the secretary are to receive visitors, ______. A. opening the mail, she types letters B. to open the mail and typing letters C. to open the mail and to type letters D. to open the mail and they type letters 151.We were greatly encouraged by the news of our team ______ another gold medal. A. to have won B. to win C. won D. having won 152.I had intended ______ to the party, but I had a very important meeting to attend. A. coming B. having come C. to have come D. to come 153.William Shakespeare is generally believed ______ all those plays himself. A. to write B. writing C. to have written D. having written 154.—How many students, do you think, will be present at the meeting? ---I expect ______ 20 students at the meeting. A. there being B. there to be C. there be D. there been 155.______ to Paris, I had no idea what kind of city it was.

A. Never having been B. Never having gone C. Having never been D. Having never gone 156.—What will Andrew be doing in the fall? --_____ maths at a private boys’ school. A. To teach B. Teaching C. To be teaching D. Be teaching 157.Having the highest marks in his class, ______. A. the college offered him a scholarship. B. he was offered a scholarship

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C. a scholarship was offered him by the college D. a college scholarship was offered to him 158.--How do you improve your spoken English? ---______with the native speakers. A. Talking B. Talk C. To talk D. By talking

Keys: 1. DBCCD 6. CBCAC 11. DC ACD 16. D Keys: 17. BCCB 21. C AA AB 26. BDCBD 31. DC Keys:33.CCA 36. CCDBB 41.BBDDC 46. CBBB Keys: 50. ABDCAB 56. ADBDB 61. BBCDB 66.DA Keys: 68. DDA 71.CCDBD 76.BAACC 81. BCBA Keys: 85. CBACAB 91. AABDC 96. CADDC 101. C Keys: 102. DCDB 106. BDDAD 111. BBCAB 116. CCD Keys: 119. DA 121. CDCCC 126. DACCA 131. CDDA Keys: 133.BDC 136. DADCB 141. DAD

Keys: 135.BDCDAD 141. CBDAD 146. CBAAC Keys: 151.DDCBA 156. BBD

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