1. The great hall was crowded with many people, _____ many children _____on their parents’ laps.
A. including; seated
B. including; seating
C. included; sat
D. included; sitting
2. It’s said that the Olympic Games _____ in Beijing in 2008 will cover more events than any other Olympics did.
A. holding
B. to be held
C. held
D. to be holding
3. _____ for a long time, most of the crops in this area died from lacking water.
A. Being no rain
B. There was no rain
C. To be no rain
D. There being no rain
4. Yesterday a street-beggar bought a lottery ticket purposelessly, _____ him a millionaire overnight.
A. making
B. makes
C. to make
D. made
5. In the face of the big fire in October in California, many people in the fire-stricken areas moved out __.
A. to escape burning
B. to escape being burned
C. escaping burned
D. escaping from burning
6. Taking this medicine, if _____, will of course do good to his health.
A. continued
B. to continue
C. continues
D. continuing
7. The little boy still needs the _____ 20 dollars to do with some things _____.
A. remaining; remained to be settled
B. remaining; remaining to be settled
C. remained; remained to settle
D. remained; remaining to settle
8. _____ his age, the little boy read quite well.
A. Considering
B. Considered
C. Consider
D. Having considered
9. _____ from the appearance, it is very peaceful; but in fact, a war will break out soon.
A. Judged
B. Judging
C. Having judged
D. To judge
10. — Tom enjoys_____ basketball on Sunday afternoons, doesn’t he?
—Yes, he does. But what his sister enjoys _____.
A. to play; dancing
B. playing; to dance
C. to play; to dance
D. playing; is to dance
11. His letter__to the wrong number, reached me late.
A. having been addressed
B. to have addressed
C. to have been addressed
D. being addressed
12. The Space Shuttle Columbia broke into pieces over Texas as it returned to the earth on February 1, 2003,_____ all seven astronauts aboard.
A. having killed B. killing
C. being killed D. killed
13. There are lots of places of interest _____ in our city.
A. needs repairing
B. needing repaired
C. needed repairing
D. needing to be repaired
14. — What caused the party to be put off?
— _____ the invitations.
A. Tom delayed sending
B. Tom’s delaying sending
C. Tom delaying to send
D. Tom delayed to send
15. I was afraid _____ to my customers because I was afraid _____ them.
A. of talking back; to lose
B. of talking back; of losing
C. to talk back; to lose
D. to talk back; of losing
16. Standing on the top of the hill, I would not do anything but ____ the flowing of the smog around me.
A. enjoy B. enjoying
C. enjoyed D. to enjoy
17. — Is Tom a good talker?— No, he never speaks to me other than __ something?
A. ask for B. to ask for
C. asked for D. asking for
18. I can’t get my car _____ on cold mornings, so I have to try _____ the radiator with some hot water.
A. run; to fill
B. running; filling
C. running; to fill
D. ran; filling
19. The drunken husband knocked against the table and sent the bowls _____ in all directions before he was sent _____ by his wife.
A. flying; to sleep
B.flying; sleeping
C. to fly; to sleeping
D. to fly; to sleep
20. When we got back from the cinema, we found the lamp _____ but the door _____.
A. being on; shut
B. burning; shutting
C. burning; shut
D. on; shutting
