Exercise 5.2
1. She is said _____ English in a school for twenty years.
A. to be taught B. teaching C. having taught D. to have taught
2. _____ with Lei Feng, we still have a long way to go.
A. Comparing B. Compared C. To compare D. Being compared
3. The machine _____ now was bought 15 years ago.
A. being repaired B. repaired C. to be repaired D. repairing
4. I can’t have my car _____ by reckless driving.
A. to ruin B. ruined C. to be ruined D. ruining
5. Here’s a bowl for you _____.
A. breaking eggs B. breaking eggs in C. to break eggs D. to break eggs in
6. The thief got off the bus _____.
A. unnoticing B. being unnoticed C. to be unnoticed D. unnoticed
7. _____ with the lecture, he slipped out of the classroom. (The lecture was boring.)
A. Boring B. Bored C. To be bored D. To bore
8. _____ he stayed at home reading a book.
A. Having not been invited B. Not to be invited
C. Not having been invited D. Being not invited
9. The door _____ tomorrow will get dry the day after tomorrow.
A. painted B. to be painted C. being painted D. to paint
10. They often practise _____ English among themselves.
A. to speak B. having spoken C. speaking D. to be spoken
11. I shall never forget _____ late Premier Zhou during his inspection of our university.
A. to meet B. meeting C. to be meeting D. to have met
12. He could do nothing but _____ what he had said.
A. to take back B. to be taken back C. taking back D. take back
13. Did you remember _____ them when you were there?
A. to call on B. being called C. calling on D. to be calling on
14. _____, we stand; divided, we fall.
A. Uniting B. United C. To united D. To be united
15. We had no choice but _____.
A. turning back B. turn back C. to turn back D. to be turning back
16. When we passed by the door, he threw an _____ look at us.
A. interest B. interesting C. interest’s D. interested
17. We couldn’t help _____ by their achievements.
A. to be impressed B. being impressed
C. impressed D. having been impressed
18. _____ more time, she would certainly have done much better.
A. To give B. Giving C. Given D. To be given
19. With a great weight _____ my mind, I turned into a by-stander.
A. to take off B. taking off C. taken off D. being taken off
20. I can’t understand _____ to go to the meeting.
A. their being forbidden B. their forbidding
C. them to be forbidden D. them to forbid