19. Before ___, you must check the machines.
A. using them B. having used C. use them D. being used
18. ___ made us disappointed.
A. Her not coming back B. Not her coming back
C. She didn’t come back D. She not coming back
17. Is the bus driver used to ___ in all kinds of weather?
A. drive b. driving C. drove D. be driving
16. It was no use ___ that I had not seen him, so I stopped ___ and turned to him.
A. to pretend, to walk B. pretend, walking C. pretending, to walk D. pretending, walking
15. ___ the picture, she couldn’t help ___.
A. Seen, laughed at B. Seeing, laughing C. Seen, laughing D. Being seen, to laugh
14. --- Do you ask him to join in the work?
--- No, they often help others without ___.
A. be asking B. being asked C. to ask D. asked
13. ---Do you feel like ___ there or shall we take a bus?
--- I’d like to walk. But since there isn’t much time left, I’d rather you ___ a taxi.
A. walking, hire B. to walk, hire C. to walk, hired D. walking, hired
12. During the year, the president turned his attention to ___ agriculture.
A. improve B. improving C. improved D. improvement
11. --- You should say sorry to your sister.
--- Yes, I regret ___ with her.
A. quarrelling B. to quarrel C. qurrelled D. to be quarrelled
10. ___ his manners, he put his feet up to the desk.
A. Forgotten B. Being forgetting C. Forgetting D. To forget