26. Little Jim should love ____ to the theatre this evening.
A. to be taken B. to take C. being taken D. taking (MET92)
27. —I usually go there by train.
—Why not ____ by boat for a change?
A. to try going B. tring to go C. to try and go D. try going (MET92)
28. I would appreciate ____ back this afternoon.
A. you to call B. you call C. your calling D.you're calling (MET92)
29. ____ a reply, he decided to write again.
A. Not receiving B. Receiving not
C. Not having received D. Having not received (MET92)
30. Tom ought not to ____ me your secret, but he meant no harm.
A. have told B. tell C. be telling D. having told (MET93)
31. How about the two of us ____ a walk down the garden?
A. to take B. take C. taking D. to be taking (MET93)
32. ____ down the radio,please,the baby's asleep in the next room.
A. Turning B. To turn C. Turned D. Turn (MET93)
33. The computer center, ____ last year, is very popular among the students in this school.
A. open B. opening C. having opened D. opened (MET93)
34. Charles Babbage is generally considered ____ the first computer.
A. to invent B. inventing
C. to have invented D. having invented (MET93)
35. —I must apologize for ____ ahead of time.
—That's all right.
A. letting you not know B. not letting you know
C. letting you know not D. letting not you know (NMET94)
36. Rather than ____ on a crowded bus, he always prefers a bicycle.
A. ride, ride B. riding, ride
C. ride, to ride D. to ride, riding (NMET94)
37. The missing boys were last seen ____ near the river.
A. playing B. to be playing
C. play D. to play (NMET94)
38. The first textbooks ____ for teaching English as a foreign language came out in the 16th century.
A. having written B. to be written
C. being written D. written (NMET94)
39. Paul doesn't have to be made ____. He always works hard.
A. learn B. to learn C. learned D. learning (NMET95)
40. We aGREed ____ here but so far she hasn't turned up yet.
A. having met B. meeting
C. to meet D. to have met (NMET95)
41. —You were brave enough to raise objections at the meeting.
—Well, now I reGREt ____ that.
A. to do B. to be doing
C. to have done D. having done (NMET95)
42. The patient was warned ____ oily food after the operation.
A. to eat not B. eating not
C. not to eat D. not eating (NMET96)
43. ____ in thought, he almost ran into the car in front of him.
A. Losing B. Having lost C. Lost D. To lose(NMET96)
44. I would love ____ to the party last night but I had to work extra hours to finish a report.
A. to go B. to have gone C. going D. having gone (NMET97)
45. The Olympic Games, ____ in 776 B.C., did not include women until players 1912.
A. first playing B. to be first played
C. first played D. to be first playing (NMET97)
46. Cleaning women in big cities usually get ____ by the hour.
A. pay B. paying C. paid D. to pay (NMET98)
47. European football is played in 80 countries, ____it the most popular sport in the world.
A. making B. makes C. made D. to make (NMET98)
48. Robert is said ____ abroad, but I don't know what country he studied in.
A. to have studied B. to study
C. to be studying D. to have been studying (NMET99)
49. The purpose of new technologies is to make life easier ____ it more difficult.
A. not make B. not to make
C. not making D. do not make (NMET99)
50. When I got back home I saw a message pinned to the door ____ “Sorry to miss you; will call later.”
A. read B. reads C. to read D. reading (NMET99)
51. I've worked with children before, so I know what ____ in my new job.
A. expected B. to expect
C. to be expecting D. expects (NMET2000)
52. The managers discussed the plan that they would like to see ____ the next year.
A. carry out B. carrying out
C. carried out D. to carry out (NMET2000)
53. ____ such heavy pollution already, it may now be too late to clean up the river.
A. Having suffered B. Suffering
C. To suffer D. Suffered (NMET2001)
key: 26—30 ADCCA 31—35 CDDCB 36—40 CADBC 41—45 DCCBC 46—50 CAABD 51—53 BCA
