1. ____ the house on fire, he dialed 119.
A. To see B. Seeing C. Having seen D. Being seen
2. I fell down and broke three of my teeth. I wonder how many times I have to come here and get my false teeth ____.
A. fix B. fixing C. fixed D. to fix
3. We're ___ to listen to her ____ voice. It's ___ to hear her sing.
A. pleased; pleasing; pleasure B. pleased; pleasant; a pleasure
C. pleasing; pleased; a pleasure D. pleasing; pleasant; pleasure
4. ___a post office, I stopped____ some stamps.
A. Passed, buying B. Passing, to buy C. Having passed, buy D. Pass, to buy
5. ____with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain does not seem high at all.
A. Comparing B. To compare C. Compared D. Having compared
6. Here are some new computer programs ____for home buildings.
A. designing B. design C. designed D. to design
7. ____a little money, Jimmy was able to buy his mother a lovely new lamp.
A. To save B. Saving C. Saved D. Having saved
8. The teacher came into the classroom ____by his students.
A. following B. to be following C. followed D. having followed
9. With the money ___, he couldn't buy any ticket.
A. to lose B. losing C. lost D. has lost
10. There was so much noise in the room that the speaker couldn't make himself ____.
A. being heard B. hearing C. heard D. hear
11. The result of the test was rather _____.
A. disappointed B. disappointing C. being disappointed D. disappoint
12. I've never heard the word ____in spoken English.
A. use B. used C. using D. being used
13. _____how to do the homework, I went to ask my teacher for help.
A. Not to know B. Not knowing C. Knowing not D. Not known
14. Deeply __, I thanked her again and again.
A. being moving B. moved C. moving D. to be moved
15. With winter _____on, it's time to buy warm clothes.
A. came B. comes C. come D. coming
16. ____the office, the foreign visitors were shown round the teaching building.
A. Having shown B. Showing C. Has shown D. Having been shown
17. He went from door to door, ____waste papers and magazines.
A. gathering B. gathered C. gather D. being gathered
18. The student corrected his paper carefully, ____the professor's suggestions.
A. follow B. following C. followed D. being followed
19. The ___price will save you one dollar for each dozen.
A. reduce B. reducing C. reduced D. reduces
20. People ____in the city do not know the pleasure of country life.
A. live B. to live C. lived D. living