Exercise 5.1
1. It is so nice ______ you. I now know a lot about you.
A. to see                             B. see                
C. to have seen                 D. to having seen
2. I’m sorry ______ you. I didn’t mean it.
A. To hurt                         B. to have hurt   
C. having hurt                 D. had hurt
3. --“She seemed ______ me in class, I didn’t notice her doing anything else, but she wasn’t”
–“She didn’t remember a single word of mine!”
A. to have listened to                        
B. to be listening to
C. to have heard                              
D. to listen to
4. “What has he been doing in the U.S.A.? He even can’t give a lecture fluently in English.”
“Don’t be surprised. He is said _____ instead of studying these years.”
A. to be working                              
B. to work
C. to being asked                             
D. to have been working
5. It’s an honor for me ______ make a speech here.
A. to ask to                                      
B. to be asked to
C. to being asked to                         
D. to have asked to

6. He opened the car door ______.
A. for his manager’s getting in          
  B. for his manager’s to get in
C. for his manager to have got in       
D. for his manager to get in
7. All you need to do is ______ the button.
A. to press                             B. pressing         
C. to have pressed                  D. press
8. After getting to know him better, I regretted ______ him unfairly.
A. to judge                            B. having judged
C. to have judged                 D. judge

9. The man the police found ______ suspiciously in the shop doorway was charged with loitering with intent.
A. having acted                B. to act              
C. acting                            D. being acted
10. The answer ______ is incorrect.

A. giving to that question 
B. given of that question
C. giving of that question 
D. given to that question

11. I tried ______ eggs and bacon together, and found that this was as much quicker way of preparing a meal.
A. to have cooked                B. to cook           
C. cooking                             D. for cooking
12. ______, there can be no wind.
A. The moon having not atmosphere
B. For the moon to have no atmosphere
C. The moon’s having no atmosphere
D. The moon having no atmosphere

13. Don’t stand there ______ nothing.
A. to do                  B. doing              
C. do                     D. for doing
14. A job worth ______ should be done well.
A. to do                       B. to being done  
C. being do                 D. doing
15. I should prefer ______ to the cinema rather than sit here listening to him talk.
A. to go                              B. going               
C. to have gone                D. having gone
16. If you are caught ______, you’ll be expelled from school.
A. having cheated                   B. cheating          
C. to have cheated                 D. to cheat
17. It is no use blaming him. He had no choice but ______ as he told
A. do                 B. to do               
C. did                had done
18. He does nothing but ______ about his fate.
A. to complain                B. complain
C. complaining                D. having complaine
19. The atom consists of a nucleus ______.
A. spinning around it
B. to spin around it
C. one or more electrons spinning around it
D. with one or more electrons spinning around it

20. I dislike ______ someone watching when I eat.
A. to have                 B. having had            
C. having                 D. have

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

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