动名词及现在分词专项练习

动名词及现在分词专项练习

Gerunds （动名词）

1.People call that___ two birds with one stone.

A. kill

B. killed

C. killing

D. had killed

2. Every morning he spends two hours ____ papers and magazines.

A. for reading

B. on reading

C. reading

D. to read

3. We never listen to Beethoven without ____.

A. being deeply impressed

B. impressed deeply

C. having deeply impressed

D. to be deeply impressed

4. ____ no persuading him to buy the car.

A. There was

B. It was

C. Here was

D. That was

5. Don’t forget ____to me . Let’s keep in touch.

A. to write

B. writing

C. having written

D. to have written

6. Unless you both stop ____, I will call in the police.

A. fighting

B. to fight

C. having fought

D. being fought

7. On ____our village , we asked him for chocolate.

A. him to reach

B. his to reach

C. for him to reach

D. his reaching

8. An old friend of mine came near ____by the train.

A. to kill

B. killing

C. being killed

D. to be killed

9. His room needs____, so he must have it____.

A. painting；painted

B. painted；painting

C. painting；painting

D. painted；painted

10.J.F Kennedy liked ____many questions at the press conference.

A. being asked

B. asking

C. of asking

D. ask

11. It goes without ____that Isaac Stern is among the greatest violinists.

A. saying

B. being said

C. to say

D. to be said

12.She is very busy ____for a journey.

A. to prepare

B. preparing

C. to be preparing

D. being prepared

13. He went ____in the river nearby.

A. to fish

B. fishing

C. to fishing

D. for fish

14.____one’s work properly may be worse than not doing it at all.

A. Not do

B. Do

C. Not doing

D. Doing

15.She didn’t seem to mind ____TV while she was trying to study.

A. their watching

B. them to watch

C. their watch

D. for them to watch 16. The bus was so crowded that he had a hard time____.

A. got off

B. getting off

C. too get off

D. get off

17. We had trouble ____the path through the forest.

A. to find

B. for finding

C. finding

D. with finding

18.Do you have any difficulty_____ new mathematics?

A. to understand

B. to be understanding

C. and understand

D. in understanding

19. His hair badly needs____.

A. to cut

B. be cut

C. being cut

D. cutting

20. Can you imagine the best boy in the class _____in the examination?

A. cheating

B. to cheat

C. cheat

D. cheated

21.Please make an effort____.

A. of arriving early

B. in arriving early

C. to arrive early

D. early too arrive

22. His failure ____the college made him quite disappointed.

A. to enter

B. in entering

C. to arrive early

D. entering

23.She didn’t remember____ him before.

A. having met

B. have met

C. to meet

D. to having met

24. Don’t forget _____this book to John when you finish reading it.

A. returning

B. of returning

C. having returned

D. to return

25. He regretted____ his father yesterday.

A. having not seen

B. not having seen

C. not to see

D. seeing not

26.--- You were lost on your way to the lake, weren’t you?

--- Yes, we were and had to stop ____the way.

A. asking

B. for asking

C. to ask

D. having asked

27. She reached the top of the hill and stopped ___on a big rock by the side of the path.

A. to have rested

B. resting

C. to rest

D. rest

28.---- There is something wrong with the machine.

--- What did he want ____to this machine?

A. doing

B. to do

C. to be done

D. being

29. I know you had many ideas, but you need not trouble ____them.

A. remember

B. remembering

C. remembered

D. to remember

30. Having learned _____skillfully, she went on learning ____.

A. to skate; swimming

B. skating; swimming

C. to skate; too swim

D. skating; to swim