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 taken 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
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
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
21. I became ______ after watching too much television.
A. bored B. boring C. bore D. bores
22. I felt ____ by his interest in my new invention.
A. encourage B. to encourage C. was encouraged D. encouraged
23. He sat there ______ a novel.
A. read B. reading C. reads D. had read
24. Don’t wake up the______ child.
A. sleep B. slept C. sleeping D. sleepy
The heavy rain kept us _____ for two hours.
A. wait B. waited C. waiting D. to wait
