英语非谓语动词专项练习80题

英语非谓语动词专项练习80题

Non-Finite Verb Exercises

1. It is 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

2. 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

3. The great hall was crowed with many people, _____ many children ____ on their parents’ laps.

A. including; seated

B. including; seating

C. included; sat

D. included; sitting

4. ______ 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

5. Taking this medicine, if _______, will of course do good to his health.

A. continued

B. to continue

C. continues

D. continuing

6. 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

7. _______ his age, the little boy read very well.

A. Considering

B. Considered

C. Consider

D. Having considered

8. 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

9. There are lots of places of interest ______ in our city.

A. needs repairing

B. needing repaired

C. needed repairing

D. needing to be repaired

10. ---- 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

11.Standing on the top of the hill, I would not to do anything but________ the flowing of the smog around me.

A. enjoy

B. enjoying

C. enjoyed

D. to enjoy

12. ---- 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. We found the students seated at tables and had their eyes______ on the scene of the launch of Shenzhou V spaceship.

A. fixed

B. fix

C. fixing

D. to fix

17. A doctor can expect _____ at any hour of the day or night.

A. calling

B. to call

C. being called

D. to be called

18. The boy often gives a satisfactory answer to the teacher’s question, ______ just a minute. So he’s usually the teacher’s pet.

A. thought

B. having thought

C. and to think

D. thinking

19. The policeman came up to the only house with the door _____, ____ there for a while and then entered it.

A. open; to stand

B. opening; stood

C. open; stood

D. opened; standing

20. Mr. Smith was much surprised to find the watch he had had ____ was nowhere to be seen.

A. repairing

B. it repaired

C. repaired

D. to be repaired

21. What did the librarian _____ out of the library?

A. permit to take

B. forbid to be taken

C. allow to take

D. insist being taken

22. ---- Mum, why do you give me so much popcorn?---- _____ the boring time.

A. Kill

B. Killing

C. To kill

D. Having killed

23. What Yang Liwei wanted to do when he got out of the spaceship was _____ the joy with all the Chinese.

A. share

B. shared

C. having shared

D. about to share

24. When she was alone at home, Mary needed a friend ______.

A. playing with

B. having played with

C. with whom to play with

D. with whom to play

25. _____ the big snake, the little girl stood under the tree _____ out of life.

A. Seeing; frightened

B. Seeing; frightening

C. Seen; frightened

D. To see; frightening

26. Could you give me a hand ______ from a car , please?

A. to carry the shopping

B. for carrying the shopping

C. and carrying shopping

D. carrying the shopping

27. Every minute must be made full use of ______ our lessons, for the college entrance examination is coming.

A. going over

B. to go over

C. go over

D. our going over

28. Who did the teacher have ______ an article for the wall newspaper just now?

A. written

B. writing

C. write

D. to write

29. ______ a boy of ten, he started working to support himself.

A. Being

B. When still

C. Because of

D. While

30. It is worth much______ is worth doing.

A. doing it

B. what to do

C. do what

D. to do what

31. There is always the chance ______ the weak ____ the strong.