41.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
42.---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
43.Paul doesn't have to be made ____.He always works hard.
A.learn B.to learn C.learned D.learning
44.We agreed ____ here but so far she hasn't
turned up yet.
A.having met
B.meeting
C.to meet D.to have met
45.---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
46.The boy wanted to ride his bicycle in the
street , but his mother told him ____.
A.not to B.not to do
C.not do it D.do not to
47.____ in thought , he almost ran into the
car in front of him.
A.Losing B.Having lost C.Lost D.To lose
48.The patient was warned ____ oily food after
the operation.
A.to eat not
B.eating not
C.not to eat D.not eating
49.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
50.The Olympic Games, ____ in 776 B.C., did
not include women players until 1912.
A.first
playing B.to be
first played
C.first played D.to be first playing
51.European football is played in 80 countries
, ____ it the most popular sport in the world.
A. making B.makes C.made D.to make
52.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
53.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
54.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
55.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
56.____ late in the morning, Bob turned off
the alarm.
A.To sleep B, Sleeping C.Sleep D.Having
slept
57.One learns a language by making mistakes
and ____them.
A.correct B. correcting C.corrects D.to correct
58.As we joined the big crowd I got ____from
my friends.
A.separated B spared C.lost D.missed
59.____ 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
60.Prices of daily goods ________through a
computer can be lower than store prices
A.are bought B.bought C.been bought D.buying