25.The young trees we planted last week require ________with great care.
A.looking after B.to look after C.to be looked after D.taken good care of
24.His room needs _______ , so he must have it_________.
A.painting; painted B.painted; painting
C.painting; painting D.painted; painted
23.You must do something to prevent your house__________ .
A.to be broken in B.from being broken in
C.to break in D.from breaking in
22. I remember ____ to help us if we ever got into trouble.
A. once offering B. him once offering
C. him to offer D. to offer him
21. “Why were you late?”“I had a hard time ____ up this morning.”
A. to get B. get C. got D. getting
20. “Why isn't Nancy going to meet us?”“It's my fault. I forgot all about ____ her.”
A. telephoning to B. to telephone
C. to telephone to D. the telephoning to
19. Tony, would you go and see if Sam has any difficulty ____ his tape recorder?
A. to fix B. fixing C. for fixing D. fix
18. Please stop ____, boys, I have something important to ____ you.
A. saying ...talk B. telling ... say
C. talking ...speak D. talking ... tell
17. John regretted ____ to the meeting last week.
A. not going B. not to go
C. not having been going D. not to be going
16. She apologized for ____ to come.
A. her not being able B. her being not able
C. not being able D. that she's not able to