1. Would you mind ______ his suitcase for me?
A) carry B) to carry C) carrying D) carried
2. It was very difficult ______ everything ready in time.
A) get B) got C) to be got D) getting
3. It is not much use ______ you don’t know.
A) pretended B) to pretend C) pretend D) pretending
4. ______ the canal has already brought many benefits to the national economy.
A) Rebuilding B) Rebuild C) To be rebuilt D) To be rebuilding
5. ______ poetry will need a lot of practice.
A) To be reading B) Reading C) Read D) To be read
6. I recall ______ him at that time as to why he had made the decision.
A) questioning B) to question C) to be questioned D) question
7. Sue couldn’t resist ______ her friends the secret.
A) to tell B) tell C) having told D) telling
8. Have you decided to put off ______ to the seaside.
A) go B) to go C) going D) went
9. I hate ______.
A) lying and cheat B) lying and cheating
C) lie and cheat D) lie and to cheat
10. It will mean both ______ our country with more tea and ______ the members’ income.
A) supplying…increasing B) supply…increase
C) supplying… to increase D) to supply…to increase
11. It is wise ______ matter in that way.
A) of his settling B) for him to settle
C) for him settling D) of him to settle
12. ______ at the village he found four tractors working in the fields.
A) On arriving B) At arriving
C) For arriving D) To arrive
13. Modernization is the key ______ our agricultural development.
A) to speeding up B) to speed up
C) of speeding up D) speeding up
14. Do you have any objection ______ it this way?
A) to do B) of doing C) to doing D) done
15. He said he was in favor of ______ shorter hours.
A) people to work B) people working
C) people’s work D) people’s to work
16. There is no need for ______.
A) that being done B) that to do
C) that does D) that doing
17. ______ doesn’t necessarily mean my being wrong.
A) You are right B) Your be right
C) Your being right D) You be right
18. Economic development will help ______ a nation’s power.
A) strengthen B) strengthening
C) while strengthening D) strengthened
19. Her parents forbid ______ alone in a strange place.
A) she traveling B) her to travel
C) her travel D) she travel
20. I’m afraid you can’t escape ______ this time.
A) to be fined B) being fine
C) being fined D) fining