1. It seems very difficult _______.
A. to stop the child to cry B. restraining the child to cry
C. to keep the child from crying D. holding the child s crying
2._______ if he is willing to fit in with the plans of the group.
A. There is no obj ection on him j oining the party
B. There is no obj ection to him j oining the party
C. No obj ection will be raised upon him j oining the party
D. There is no obj ection to his j oining the party
3. “Why didn t you inform me of the meeting to be held?”
“I m sorry, I ve forgotten _______ you.”
A. to phone B. phoningC. to phone toD. phoning to
4.Within the last year, astronomers have come closer than ever _______.
A. to deciding which of the questions is right
B. to decide which of the questions is right
C. deciding whether the question is right or not
D. and decide which of the questions is right
5. “Is Randy sick?”
“Yes, _______ all night in the rain caused him to catch a cold.”
A. he worked B. him to work C. he working D. his working
6. “Why was your cousin put in j ail?”
“_______ arrest is a crime, you know.”
A. Resisting B. The resisting C. Resisting to D. Resisting of
7.Many people favor _______ more nuclear power plants.
A. to build B. built C. build D. building
8.She must be looking forward as much to his return as he himself is to _______ her.
A. see B. have seen C. seeing D. having seen
9.I _______ brushing my teeth twice a day.
A. am in the habit of B. make it a rule of
C. make a custom of D. used to be
10. It s necessary _______ a hand at once.
A. that he lends me B. for him lending
C. that we are to lend him D. to lend him
11. We thought _______.
A. wrong not to tell him it B. it not to tell him wrong
C. it wrong to not tell him D. it wrong not to tell him
12. Rather than _______ any more, I decided to go home by taxi.
A. my waiting B. to have waited C. waiting for D. wait
13. She doesn t allow _______ in this room.
A. to smoke B. them smoke C. us to smoke D. to be smoked
14. What _______ is take a holiday right away.
A. I really want B. I do want to C. do I want D. I really want to do
15.“How did the group improve its discussion?”
“They all took part, each member _______ the responsibility of leading one meeting.”
A. having B. to have C. has had D. has
16. _______ the financial means to remain independent, Thomas Edison was compelled to seek employment as a night telegraph operator.
A. He was deprived of B. Deprived of
C. That he was deprived of D. Although he was deprived of
17. We left the meeting, there obviously _______ no point in staying.
A. was B. being C. to be D. having
18. The president promised to keep all the board members _______ of how the negotiations were going on.
A. informed B. inform C. be informed D. informing