A. staying not B. not to stay C. that he would not stay D. that he not stay 14. You are going to Australia next year. You must practice ______ English as much as possible. A. to speak B. having spoken C. speaking D. to have spoken 15. Our modern civilization must not be thought of as______ in a short period of time. A. being created B. to have been created C. having been created D. to be created 16. There was a good program on TV yesterday evening, but I was too busy _____. A. to work at my thesis and to write it B. to work at my thesis and writing it C. working at my thesis to watch it D. working at my thesis and watching it
17. The traditional approach _______with complex problems is to break them into smaller, more easily managed problems. A. to dealing B. in dealing C. dealing D. to deal 18. This was because all students had to spend several hours a week in a laboratory_____. A. looking at a microscope for plant cells B. looking through microscope at plant cells C. to look at plant cells through microscope D. to look with microscope at plant cells 19. These small dog-like animals _______ killing farm animals. A. are long accusing of B. have long been accused of C. have long accused by D. are long accused by 20. I know it’s not important but I can’t help ______ about it. A. to think B. thinking C. and think D. being thought 21. In class, the professor let his engineering students express themselves _______ them what to do. A. instead to tell B. rather to tell C. instead of telling D. but telling 22. American parents stress the importance _______ their own decisions even at a very early age. A. of having children to makeB. by making children of C. of having children make D. in making children to have 23. I have no objection _______ your story again. A. to hear B. to hearing C. to having heard D. to have heard 24. Peter, who had been driving all day, suggested ______ at the next town. A. to stop B. stopping C. stop D. having stopped 25. I’ll never forget ______ you for the first time. A. to meet B. meeting C. to have met D. having to be meeting 26. The young man still denies ______ the fire behind the store. A. start B. to start C. having started D. to have started 27. He always did well at school _____ having to do part-time jobs every now and then. A. in spite of B. regardless of C. on account of D. in case of 28. one had told Smith about _____ a lecture the following day. A. there being B. there be C. there would be D. there was 29. I appreciate ______ that letter for me. A. you to write B. your writing C. you write D. that you writing 30. What a lovely party! It’s worth _____ all my life. A. remembering B. to remember C. to be remembered D. being remembered 31. There is no point ______ with him, since he has already made up his mind, A. argue B. to argue C. in arguing D. of arguing 32. The mountain place is beautiful, but ______ the working conditions, it’s terrible. A. when mentioned B. when it comes to C. when it is said D. when it dies to 33. My transistor radio is out of order. It ______. A. need to be repaired B. need repairing C. needs repairing D. needs to repair 34. Sorry that the bus is out of order. That ______ to our destination on foot.
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A. seems to go B. means to go C. means having to go D. needs going 35. The match was cancelled because most of the members ________ a match without a standard A. objected to having B. were objected to have C. objected to have D. were objected to having 36. If you want to buy an expensive camera, we have several models _________ A. to be chosen B. to choose from C. to choose D. for choosing 37. You are going to Australia next year. You must practice _________ English as much as possible. A. to speak B. having spoken C. speaking D. to have spoken 38. The teachers don’t permit ________ in class. A. smoke B. to smoke C. smoking D. to have a smoke 39. The grandparents _________ when they saw the gold medal their grandson had got at the Olympic Games. A. couldn’t help to smile B. couldn’t help smiling C. couldn’t help but smiled D. couldn’t help from smiling
40. Henry would never forget _________ his mother-in-law for the first time. She was so pleased with the gifts he had brought to her.
A. meet B. to meet C. meeting D. met 41 _____ to sunlight for too much time will do harm to one’s skin. A. Exposed B. Having exposed C. Being exposed D. After being exposed 42 The discovery of new evidence led to _____. A. the thief having caught B. catch the thief C. the thief being caught D. the thief to be caught 43 There is a new problem involved in the popularity of private cars _____ road conditions need _____. A. that; to be improved B. which; to be improved C. where; improving D. when; improving 44 Victor apologized for _____ to inform me of the change in the plan. A. his being not able B. him not to be able C. his not being able D. him to be not able 45 The man insisted _____ a taxi for me even though I told him I lived nearby. A. find B. to find C. on finding D. in finding 46 He got well-prepared for the job interview, for he couldn’t risk _____ good opportunity. A. to lose B. losing C. to be lost D. being lost 47 If you think that treating a woman well means always _____ her permission for things, think again. A. gives B. gave C. to give D. giving 48 He resented _____ to wait. He expected the minister _____ him at once. (1995) A. to be asked, to see B. being asked, to see C. to be asked, seeing D. being asked, seeing
49 Space exploration promises to open up many new territories for human settlement, as well as _____the harvest of mineral resources. A. leads to B. to lead to C. leading to D. lead to
50 When a person is in a happy frame of mind, he may agree on the thing that he won’t tolerate _____when he is not in the right frame of mind. A. doing B. to do C. done D. to be done
Exercise 2: Translate the following into English using Gerund.
1每天洗冷水澡好处多多。
Taking a cold bath every day does him a lot of good. 2他们试图避免让女儿做她不喜欢的事情
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They tried to avoid making their daughter do what she didn’t like to do. 3产品多元化是使我们的产品进入国际市场的关键。
Keeping product line versatile is the key to getting our goods into the international market . 4 父亲不同意我出国留学,这点让我很沮丧
My father’s disapproving of my studying abroad depressed me a lot. 5 他否认偷看了同桌的试卷
He denied having peeked at his neighbor’s test paper 6 我们祝贺他被提升为经理。
We congratulated her on being promoted to manager 7 成功意味着非常努力地工作 Success means working very hard.
8 在你来到一所新的大学之后，以下建议将在减轻文化冲击所带来的紧张感方面对你有所帮助。 After arriving at your new university, the following may assist you in reducing the strain of cultural shock. 9 我不介意你延期做出决定
I don't mind your delaying making the decision 10 跟上班上的其他同学我的难度很大
I have had great deal of trouble catching up with the rest of the class
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