从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. Many children are forbidden, as everyone knows, _____ after 11 p.m.

   A. staying out                 B. stay out  

   C. have stayed out             D. to stay out

2. _____ to work overtime that evening, I missed a wonderful film.

   A. Asking        B. To ask        C. Ask       D. Asked

3. In order to get to Peter’s house easily, I had his secretary _____ a map for me.

   A. to draw          B. draw         C. drawn            D. drawing

4. She is looking forward as much to his return as he himself to _____ her.

   A. have seen         B. see         C. seeing         D. be seen

5. Mrs. White found her husband surrounded by letters and papers and _____ very worried.

   A. looking          B. looks         C. look        D. to look

6. --- Do you know anything about the meeting _____ in Italy?

   --- Yes, and as a matter of fact I attended it.

   A. to be held      B. held        C. being held      D. to hold

7. _____ what the situation would be like, they decided to keep silent.

   A. Having not known 

   B. Knowing not  

   C. Not know   

   D. Not knowing

8. He let me repeat his instruction _____ sure that I understood what was _____ after he went away.

   A. making; to do              B. to make; to do 

   C. making; doing              D. to make; to be done

9. It rained continuously for a week, completely _____ our holiday.

   A. ruining        B. to ruin        C. ruined         D. ruins

10. He is rather difficult to make friends with, but his friendship, _____, is more true than any other.

    A. once gained                B. when to gain  

    C. after gaining              D. while gaining

11. Although the lecture had already been on for five minutes， I still was not able to find a chair _____.

    A. to be sitting               B. sit on

     C. to sit on                  D. for sitting

12. From the dates _____ on the gold coin, we decided that it was made five hundred years ago.

    A. marking                    B. marked     

    C. to be marked               D. having been marked

13. I have got a loaf of bread; now I’m looking for a knife _____.

    A. to cut it with             B. to cut with it

    C. with it to cut             D. it to cut with

14. Some students prefer a strict teacher who tells them exactly what to do. Others prefer _____ to work on their own.

    A. having been left           B. to leave  

    C. to be left                 D. leaving

15. _____ dinner with us. We have got prepared for it.

    A. Do come and have  

    B. Do come and to have 

    C. Do to come and have

    D. Do to come and to have 

16. The explanation of our teacher will help make the text easy _____.

    A. to understand              B. to be understood  

    C. understood                 D. understanding

17. --- I can’t see the words on the blackboard clearly.

    --- Why, your eyes need _____. Perhaps you need _____ glasses.

    A. examining; wearing  

    B. to examine; wearing

    C. to be examined; to wear 

    D. examined; wearing

18. When I caught him _____ me, I stopped buying things there and started dealing with another shop.

    A. cheating      B. cheat      C. to cheat        D. to be cheating

19. Mark often attempts to escape _____ whenever he breaks traffic regulations.
    A. having been fined

    B. to be fined

    C. to have been fined

    D. being fined

20. The shop owner will get all these ordered TV sets _____ to the customers today.

    A. be delivered              B. delivered 

    C. delivering                D. to deliver

21. O’Neal works hard. He is often seen _____ heavily before his teammates start.

    A. sweated                  B. to be sweated

    C. sweating                 D. being sweated

22. --- Would you like me _____ the radio a bit?

    --- No, it’s all right. I’m used to _____ with the radio on.

    A. to turn up; work   

    B. to turn down; work

    C. to turn down; working  

    D. turning up; working 

23. You will find the word “psychology” _____ under “P” in your dictionary.

    A. have listed        B. list        C. listing          D. listed   

24. Nearly every great building in Beijing was built _____ south.

    A. to face                     B. facing   

    C. to have faced               D. being facing

25. --- Why did you come to the concert to hear the pop singers you didn’t like?

    --- I shouldn’t like _____,  but my boy friend insisted.

    A. having come              B. coming   

    C. to come                  D. to have come

26. Suddenly _____ to give an answer, I found myself at a loss.

    A. having pressed           B. being pressed  

    C. pressed                  D. to be pressed

27. _____ two years to looking after her mother, she badly needed a holiday.

    A. Devoted  

    B. Having been devoted 

    C. Having devoted     

    D. Devoting

28. The bank is reported in the local newspaper _____ in broad daylight.

    A. to be robbed         

    B. to have been robbed  

    C. robbed    

    D. having been robbed

29. _____ after a long walk, Mary called and said she couldn’t go to the party.

    A. Having worn out          B. Wearing out

    C. To wear out              D. Worn out

30. _____ by everyone, the wolves had nowhere _____ themselves.

    A. Hunted; to hide           B. To hunt; to hide  

    C. Hunted; hiding            D. Hunting; hiding

31. --- Why were you late for the meeting? 

    --- I had a hard time _____ here.

    A. to drive         B. drive      C. and drove        D. driving

32. The harder we study, the more questions we think of _____.

    A. asked          B. to ask        C. asking        D. ask

33. It is encouraging to see many students who had great difficulty in learning English _____ the chance to improve their English.

    A. having          B. to have       C. who have        D. have

34. --- You were silly not _____ the door of your garage.

    --- Oh, my God.

    A. to lock                 B. to have locked 

    C. locking                 D. having locked

35. I think the best thing you should do is _____ another job.

    A. look for                B. looking for  

    C. looked for              D. about to look for

36. The manager of the restaurant was called John, and _____ back, I realized that he wasn’t a very good restaurant manager.

    A. looked        B. to look         C. looking        D. look

37. The young men hurried to the restaurant, only _____ the singer had left.

    A. to tell                 B. to be told 

    C. telling                 D. told

38. The old man, _____ in the city for forty years, is on the way back to his village.

    A. to work                 B. working  

    C. to have worked          D. having worked

39. Don’t leave the water _____ while you wash your face.

    A. run           B. running     C. being run        D. to run

40. _____ by the beauty of nature, the old men from Hong Kong decided to spend another three days on Mount Tai.

    A. Attracting                  B. Attracted  

    C. To be attracted             D. Having attracted