Choose the best answer
Exercise 2: Choose the best answer
1. The children appear………….about the trip.
A. to excite B. to be excited C. exciting D. being excited
2. I don t appreciate……………..when I am speaking.
A. interrupting B. being interrupted C. to interrupt D. interrupted
3. The mountain climbers are in danger of…………….by an avalanche.
A. killing B. being killed C. having killed D. to be killed
4. Mrs. Gates appreciated……………….breakfast in bed when she wasn t feeling well.
A. serving B. to be served C. having served D. being served
5. Sally s low test scores kept her from………………to the university.
A. admitting B. having admitted C. being admitted D. to be admitted
6. I don t remember………….of the decision to change the company policy on vacations. When was it decided?
A. telling B. being told C. to tell D. to be told
7. We are very sorry for……………..much noise last night.
A. to make B. making C. made D. make
8. The bedroom needs……………………now.
A. decorate B. decorated C. decorating D. to decorate
9. She went out with her friends without………for permission from her parents.
A. ask B. to ask C. asked D. askin
10. Every day I spend two hours ___________ English.
A. practise B to practise C. practising D. practised
11. The skiers would rather __________ through the mountains than go by bus.
A.to travel by train B. travel by train C. traveled by train D. traveling by train
12.He likes _________ part in sports, so he joins the football team of the school.
A. to take B. to taking C. takes D. took
13. I don t remember___________ the front door when I left home.
A. to lock B. lock C. locked D. locking
14.Children enjoy ___________ to ghost stories on Halloween night.
A.telling and listening B. tell and listen
C. to tell and listen D. to tell and to listen
6. They decided ___________ to Japan for their summer holiday.
A. going B. to go C. go D. to going
7.His parents think it s time for him___________ married.
A. gets B. get C. to get D. got
8.Peter s father ordered __________ not to stay out late again.
A. him B. to him C. that he D. for him
9.Smoking is bad for your heath. You had better_________ it up.
A. to give B. give C. giving D. to be giving
10.I hope you don t mind my__________ so late at night.
A. telephoning B. to telephone
C. telephone D. to have telephoned
11. It took three and a half hours _________ to Singapore.
A. to fly B. flying C. to be flown D. fly
12. She refused ___________ them .
A. to help B. help C. having helped D. helping
13.My parents can t _________ seeing me at home all day.
A. stop B. stand C. start D. hate
14.___________is a popular sport in Europe.
A. To ski B. Skiing C. Ski D. To skiing
15.There are many ways of _______ ourselves in a big city.
A. enjoy B. enjoying C. enjoyment D. to enjoy
16.I never feel like _______ early on Monday morning.
A. getting up B. get up C. gets up D. to get up
17.It is not easy ________ a high-paid job.
A. find B. finding C. finds D. to find
18.Would you like the doctor _________ ?
A. coming B. to come C. come D. comes
19. There is no need ______ the door of the meeting room tonight.
A. to lock B. to be locking C. to be locked D. locked
20. My husband wants me _______ this letter before afternoon.
A. to post B. posting C. post D. posts
21.I hate _______ the dirty dishes after a meal.
A. wash B. to washing C. to wash D. to be washing
22.Shedoesn t like going _______ in the sea in summer.
A. to swim B. to be swimming C. swimming D. swim
23.I am afraid of _______ by the strong wind.
A. taking away B. take away
C. being taken away D. being taking away
24. Do you ______ me to type this letter for you?
A. want B. love C. enjoy D. fancy
25.Human beings must stop ______the environment.
A. to pollute B. polluted C. to polluted D. polluting
26. We walked for ten kilometers and then we stopped _______ a rest.
A. to have B. have C. having D. has
27. It is raining hard. We had better _______ at home tonight.
A. staying B to stay C. stay D. to be staying
28. Before starting __________ for this company, I spent a year _______ .
A. work/travel B. work/traveling
C. working/travel D. working/traveling
29.I _______ play with dolls when I was small.
A. enjoyed B. hated C. started D. used to
30.It _______ him two hours to finish the exercise.
A. take B. took C. to take D. taking
31.I had no difficulty ______ to her English.
A. listen B. to listen C. to listening D. listening
32. We are ______ buying a new motorbike.
A. considering B. deciding C. expecting D. thinking
33.If the earth stops ______ around the sun, there will be no light on earth.
A. move B. to move C. moved D. moving
34. We need to stop _________ at what damage we have done to the nature and
try ________it before it s too late.
A. looking/ to fix B. to look/ to fix C.to look/ fixing D.looking/ fixing
35. If we don t do anything ___ the ice on the poles from melting, the earth will
be flooded one day.
A. for stop B. to stopping C. to stop D. stop
36.Unless we ______ throwing garbage into the river, it will be polluted.
A. stop B. don t stop C. will stop D. won t stop
37.The pollution rate in this area seems ______ slowly.
A. increase B. increasing C. to increase D. to be increase
38.Your hair is too long now. It needs _________ .
A. to cut B. cutting C. being cut D. to be cutting
39. We all enjoy _________ English.
A. learn B. to learn C. learning D. learned
40.I expected them _______ me a job.
A. offer B. offering C.to be offered D.to offer