非谓语动词练习题

1. Newly-built wooden cottages line the street, ________ the old town into a dreamland.

A. turn

B. turning

C. to turn

D. turned

2. The cooling wind swept through out bedroom windows, ____ air conditioning unnecessary.

A. making

B. to make

C. made

D. being made

3. I had as much fun sailing the seas as I now dowith students.

A. working

B. work

C. to work

D. worked

4. _____the early flight,we ordered a taxi in advance and got up very early.

A.Catching.

B.Caught.

C.To catch.

D.Catch

5. The park was full of people,____themselves in the sunshine.

A.having enjoyed

B.enjoyed

C.enjoying

D.to enjoy

6. ____ in the poorest area of Glasgow, he had a long, hard road to becoming a football star.

A.Being raised

B. Raising

C. Raised

D. To raise

7. Listening to music at home is one thing, going to hear it live is quite another.

A. perform

B. performing

C. to perform

D. being performed

8. ______in painting, John didn’t notice evening approaching.

A. To absorb

B. To be absorbed

C. Absorbed

D. Absorbing

9. After receiving the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, Anne Benedict went on all the people who had helped in her career.

A. to thank

B. thanking

C. having thanked

D. to have thanked

10. _________ more about Chinese culture, Jack has decided to take Chinese folk music as an elective course.

A. Learn

B. Learned

C. To learn

D. To be learning

11. Much time _____ sitting at a desk, office workers are generally troubled by health problems.

A. being spent

B. having spent

C. spent

D. spending

12. ______ the difference between the two research findings will be one of the worst mistakes you make.

A. Ignore

B. Ignoring

C. Ignored

D. Having ignored

13. Today there are more airplanes________ more people than ever before in the skies.

A. carry

B. carrying

C. carried

D. to be carrying

14. I stopped the car ________ a short break as I was feeling tired.

A. take

B. taking

C. to take

D. taken

15. Group activities will be organized after class _______ children develop team spirit.

A. helping

B. having helped

C. helped

D. to help

16. There are still many problems ______ before we are ready for a long stay on the Moon.

A. solving

B. solved

C. being solved

D.to be solved

17. Last night, there were millions of people _______ the opening ceremony live on TV.

A.watch

B. to watch

C. watched

D. watching

18. Clearly and thoughtfully________, the book inspires confidence in students who wish to seek their own answers.

A. writing

B. to write

C. written

D. being written

19. There is a note pinned to the door______ when the shop will open again.

A. saying

B. says

C. said

D. having said

20. When it comes to __ in public, no one can match him.

A. speak

B. speaking

C. being spoken

D. be spoken