1. This company was the first ____ portable radios as well as cassette tape recorders in the world.
A. producingB. to produceC. having producedD. produced
2. The purpose of new technology is to make life easier, ____it more difficult.
A .not makingB. not make C .not to make D. nor to make
3. Helen had to shout ______above the sound of the music .
A .making herself hearB. to make herself hear
C. making herself heardD .to make herself heard
4. I don’t know whether you happen_______ ,but I am going to study in the U.S.A this September.
A .to be heard. B. to be bearingC .to hearD .to have heard
5. The news reporters hurried to the airport, only ______the film stars had left.
A .to tellB .to be toldC .tellingD .told
6. You were silly not _______your car.
A. to lockB. to have locked C. locking D. having locked
7. The teacher asked us ______so much noise.
A .don’t make B. not make C. not making D .not to make
8. An army spokesman stressed that all the soldiers had been ordered _____clear warnings before firing any shots.
A .to issue B. being issuedC. to have issued D. to be issued
9. I’d rather have a room of my own, however small it is, than_______ a room with someone else.
A. to shareB. to have shared C. share D. sharing
10. The bank is reported in the local newspaper_________ in broad daylight yesterday.
A. robbed B. to have been robbed
C. being robbedD. having been robbed
11. A number of paintings in the castle are believed ________in a fire.
A. being destroyed B. having been destroyed
C. to be destroyed D. to have been destroyed
12. The meeting _______ next week is sure to be a great success.
A. to take place B. to be taken place
C. to have taken place D. being taken place
13. As a result of my laziness, I failed ________ my work in time.
A. and finished B. to finishC. and finishing D. to finished
14. I am sorry ______ written you a letter at the time.
A. to have not B. to not have C. not to have D. not having
15. Will you lend him a magazine _________?
A. to be readB. for readingC. to readD. he read
16. He could do nothing but _______for the bus _________.
A. wait, to come B. wait; come C. waiting; coming D. waited; came
17 .It is a problem that doesn't need ________ right now.
A. to solve B. solving C. being solved D. to be solving
18. There’s a man at the reception desk who seems very angry and I think he means _______ trouble.
A. makingB. to makeC. to have madeD. having made
19. I remember _______him _______the bike needed __________.
A. hearing, saying, to repairB. to hear, say, to repair
C. hearing, say, repairing D. to hear, saying, to be repaired
20. --- You should have thanked her before you left.
--- I meant _________, but when I was leaving I couldn’t find her anywhere.
A. to doB. toC. doing D. doing so