原创非谓语动词专项训练
 
本站特约作者  陈根花
 
01.To mean ______ something and ______ something actually are two different things.
A. to do, to do           B. doing, doing          C. to do, doing          D. doing, to do
02. It remains ______ whether the cancer will respond to treatment.
A. seen                     B. to be seen             C. seeing                  D. to see
03. After describing the planned improvements, she went on ______ how much they would cost.
A. to explain              B. explaining             C. to be explaining     D. having explained
04. Please remember ______ the plants while I’m away.
A. watering               B. to be watering       C. to water               D. being watering
05. ______ out more about university courses, write to this address.
A. Finding                 B. To find                 C. To be finding        D. Find
06. After driving all night we got to Amy’s place, _______ that she was away.
A. only to discover    B. only discovering    C. only discovered     D. only having discovered
07. _____ this report ______ in such a short time was quite a difficult exercise.
A. Getting, done        B. Get, done              C. To get, to do         D. Getting, to do
08. They must be at home—there’s a light _______ in the bedroom.
A. to shine                B. to be shining         C. shining                 D. having shined
09. A few days after the interview, I received a letter ______ me the job.
A. offered                 B. offering                C. to be offering        D. having offered
10. ______ that he wouldn’t be able to buy food on his journey he took large supplies with him.
A. Knowing              B. To know              C. To be knowing      D. Known
11. My wife had a long talk with Sally, ______ why she didn’t want the children to play together.
A. explained              B. explaining             C. to explain              D. having explained
12. —Do you have your windows ______ every month?
—Not always. Sometimes I clean them myself.
A. cleaning                B. to clean                C. cleaned                 D. having cleaned
13. When he got up to speak, the minister had eggs ______ at him.
A. to throw               B. throwing               C. thrown                 D. threw
14. A railway station is no place for a child ______ alone at night.
A. leave                    B. leaving                  C. to be leaving         D. to be left
15. I’ll write down his telephone number ______ forget it.
A. so as not to          B. so as to not           C. not so as to           D. so not as to
16. When you’re ill, ______ to get well again is often half the battle.
A. wanting                B. want                    C. to be wanting        D. having wanted
17. Should people do what they think is right even when it means ______ the law?
A. breaking               B. to break                C. having broken      D. to have broken
18. After being ill I didn’t feel like ______ but I managed ______ something down.
A. eating, to force      B. to eat, to force      C. eating, forcing      D. to eat, forcing
19.—They’ll get their money back.
—I should hope so too, after ______ like that.
A. being treated         B. to be treated          C. treating                D. treated
20. This kind of beauty cream is said ______ able to smooth away wrinkles.
A. to be                   B. being                    C. having been          D. to have been
21. When you’re waiting for an operation, you feel like there’s a cloud ______ over you.
A. having hung          B. hanging                C. hangs                   D. being hung
22. If she catches someone ______ her diary, she’ll be angry.
A. read                     B. reading                 C. reads                    D. to read
23. Don’t leave her ______ outside in the rain—ask her in.
A. wait                     B. waiting                 C. to wait                 D. to be waiting
24. I fell, ______ my head against the door and ______ it.
A. stroke, cut            B. striking, cutting     C. stroke, cutting       D. striking, cut
25. ______ twice, he didn’t want to try again.
A. Having failed         B. To fail                  C. To be failing         D. Failed
26. ______ his own boss for such a long time, he found it hard to accept orders from another.