英语专四试题非谓语动词专题

非谓语动词专题

Part A

1.The ability_____an idea is as important as the idea itself.

A.expressing

B.expressed

C.to express

D.to be expressed

2.The players____from the whole country are expected to bring us honor in this summer game.

A.selecting

B.to select

C.selected

D.having selected

3.Do you wake up every morning____energetic and ready to start a new day?

A.feel

B.to feel

C.feeling

D.felt

4.The next thing he saw was smoke_____from behind the house.

A.rose

B.rising

C.to rise

D.risen

5.The island,____to the mainland by a bridge,is easy to go to.

A.joining

B.to join

C.joined

D.having joined

6.Sarah pretended to be cheerful,____noting about the argument.

A.says

B.said

C.to say

D.saying

7.Sit down,Emma.You will only make yourself more tired,____on your feet.

A.to keep

B.keeping

C.having kept

D.to have kept

8.Passengers are permitted____only one piece of hand luggage onto the plane.

A.to carry

B.carrying

C.to be carried

D.being carried

9.____into English,the sentence was found to have an entirely different word order.

A.Translating

B.Translated

C.To translate

D.Having translated

10.More TV programs,according to government officials,will be produced____people’s concern over food safety.

A.to raise

B.raising

C.to have raised

D.having raised

11.Michael put up a picture of Yao Ming beside the bed to keep himself____of his own dreams.

A.reminding

B.to remind

C.reminded

D.remind

12.Look over there----there’s a very long,winding path____up to the house.

A.leading

B.leads

C.led

D.to lead

13.On receiving a phone call from,his wife____she had a fall,Mr.Gordon immediately rushed home from his office.

A.says

B.said

C.saying

D.to say

14.Claire had her luggage____an hour before her plane left.

A.check

B.checking

C.to check

D.checked

15.More highways have been built in$2,____it much easier for people to travel from one place to another.

A.making

B.made

C.to make

D.having made

16.$2$2,____in1911,is home to a great number of outstanding figures.

A.found

B.founding

C.founded

D.to be founded

17.The difference in thickness and weight from the earlier version makes the iPad2more comfortable____.

A.held

B.holding

C.to held

D.to hold

18.Bats are surprisingly long-lived creatures,some____a life span of around20years.

A.having

B.had

C.have

D.to have

19.Even the best writers sometimes find themselves____for words.

A.lose

B.lost

C.to lose

D.having lost

20.If they win the final tonight,the team are going to tour around the city____by their enthusiastic supporters.

A.being cheered

B.be cheered

C.to be cheered

D.were cheered

21.Recently a survey____prices of the same goods in two different supermarkets has caused heated debate among citizens.

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D.being compared

22.Tom asked the candy makers if they could make the chocolate easier____into small pieces.

A.break

B.breaking

C.broken

D.to break

23.____around the fire,the tourists danced with the local people.

A.Gather

B.To gather

C.Gathering

D.To be gathering

24.$2doesn’t feel like____abroad.Her parents are old.

A.study

B.studying

C.studied

D.to study

25.Simon made a big bamboo box_____the little sick bird till it could fly.

A.keep

B.kept

C.keeping

D.to keep

26.____an important role in a new movie,Andy has got a chance to become famous.

A.Offer

B.Offering

C.Offered

D.To offer

Part B

1.Listen!Do you hear someone____for help?

A.calling

B.call

C.to call

D.called

2.Dina,____for months to find a job as a waitress,finally took a position at a local advertising agency.

A.struggling

B.struggled

C.having struggled

D.to struggle

3.So far nobody has claimed the money____in the library.

A.discovered

B.to be discovered

C.discovering

D.having discovered

4.It rained heavily in the south,____serious flooding in several provinces.

A.caused

B.having caused

C.causing

D.to cause

5.He had a wonderful childhood,____with his mother to all corners of the world.

A.travel

B.to travel

C.traveled

D.traveling

6.The retired man donated most of his savings to the school damaged by the earthquake in Yushu,l_____the students to return to their classrooms.

A.enabling

B.having enabled

C.to enable

D.to have enabled

7.The living room is clean and tidy,with a dining table already____for a meal to be cooked.

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C.to lay

D.being laid

8.In April,thousands of holidaymakers remained____abroad due to the volcanic ash cloud.

A.sticking

B.stuck

C.to be stuck

D.to have stuck

9.I have a lot of readings_____before the end of this term.

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10.The traffic rule says young children under the age of four and____less than40pounds must be in a child safety seat.

A.being weighed

B.to weigh

C.weighed

D.weighing

11.We were astonished____the temple still in its original condition.

A.fining

B.to find

C.find

D.to be found

12.Alexander tried to get his work_____in the medical circles.

A.to recognize

B.recognizing

C.recognize

D.recognized

13.____the city centre,we saw a stone statue of about ten meters in height.

A.Approaching

B.Approached

C.To approach

D.To be approached

14.Lucy has a great sense of humor and always keeps her colleagues____with her stories.

A.amused

B.amusing

C.to amuse

D.to be amused

15.Mr.s white showed her students some old maps_____from the library.

A.to borrow

B.to be borrowed

C.borrowed

D.borrowing

16.With Father’s Day around the corner,I have taken some money out of the bank____ present for my dad.

A.buy

B.to buy

C.buying

D.to have bought

17._____at my classmate’s faces,I read the same excitement in their eyes.

A.Looking

B.Look

C.To look

D.Looked

18.I’m calling to enquire about the position____in yesterday’s China Daily.

A.advertised

B.to be advertised

C.advertising

D.having advertised

19.That is the only way we can imagine____the overuse of water in students’bathrooms.

A.reducing

B.to reduce

C.reduced

D.reduce

20.At the age of29,Dave was a worker,____in a small apartment near$2and____what to do about his future.

A.living;wondering

B.lived;wondering

C.lived;wondered

D.living;wondered

21.Nowadays people sometimes separate their waste to make it easier for it____.

A.reusing

B.reused

C.reuses

D.to be reused

22.The children all turned____the famous actress as she entered the classroom.

A.looked at

B.to look at

C.to looking at

D.look at

23.Now that we’ve discussed our problem,are people happy with the decisions____?

A.taking

B.take

C.taken

D.to take

24.____the project in time,the staff were working at weekends.

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B.Having completed

C.To have completed

D.To complete

25.____by the advances in technology,many farmers have set up wind farms on their land.

A.Being encouraged

B.Encouraging

C.Encouraged

D.Have encouraged

26._____and short of breath,Andy and Ruby were the first to reach the top of$2$2.

A.To be tired

B.Tired

C.Tiring

D.Being tired

27.There is a great deal of evidence____that music activities engage different parts of the brain.

A.indicate

B.indicating

C.to indicate

D.to be indicating

28.____not to miss the flight at15:20,the manager set out for the airport in a hurry.

A.Reminding

B.Reminded

C.To remind

D.Having reminded

29.In April,2009,President Hu inspected the warships in$2,____the60th anniversary of the founding of the PLA Navy.

A.marking

B.marked

C.Having marked

D.being marked

30.Schools across China are expected to hire50,000college graduates this year as

short-term teachers,almost three times the number hired last year,____reduce unemployment pressures.

A.help

B.to have helped

C.to help

D.having helped

31.Distinguished guests and friends,welcome to our school.____the ceremony of the50th Anniversary this morning are our alumni form home and abroad.

A.Attend

B.To attend

C.Attending

D.Having attended

32.We are invited to a party____in our club next Friday.

A.to be held

B.held

C.being held

D.holding

33.The play_____next month aims mainly to reflect the local culture.

A.produced

B.being produced

C.to be produced

D.having been produced

34.When we visited our old family home,memory came____back.

A.flooding

B.to flood

C.flood

D.flooded

35.____,you need to give all you have and try your best.

A.Being a winner

B.To be a winner

C.Be a winner

D.Having been a winner

36.The trees_____in the storm have been moved off the road.

A.being blown down

B.blown down

C.blowing down

D.to blow down

37.____the project as planned,we’ll have to work two more hours a day.

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D.To complete

38.Susan wanted to be independent of her parents.She tried_____alone,but she didn’t like it and moved back home.

A.living

B.to live

C.to be living

D.having lived

39.I like getting up very early in summer.The morning air is so good____.

A.to be breathed

B.to breathe

C.breathing

D.being breathed

40._____their hats into the air,the fans of the wining team let out loud shouts of victory.

A.To throw

B.Thrown

C.Throwing

D.Being thrown

41.______in the queue for half an hour,the old man suddenly realized he had left the cheque in the car.

A.Waiting

B.To wait

C.Having waited

D.To have waited

42.–Can those____at the back of the classroom hear me?

--No problem.

A.seat

B.sit

C.seated

D.sat

43.____in the fields on a March afternoon,he could feel the warmth of spring.

A.To walk

B.Walking

C.Walked

D.Having walked

44.____that he was in great danger,Eric walked deeper into the forest.

A.Not realized

B.Not to realize

C.Not realizing

D.Not to have realized

45.It is one of the funniest things____on the Internet so far this year.

A.finding

B.being found

C.to find

D.found

46.----They are quiet,aren’t they?

----Yes.They are accustomed____at meals.

A.to talk

B.to not talk

C.to talking

D.to not talking

47.To learn English well,we could find opportunities to hear English____as much as we can.

A.speak

B.speaking

C.spoken

D.to speak

48.Lucy’s new job paid twice as much as she had made____in the restaurant.

A.working

B.work

C.to work

D.worked

49.He was busy writing a story,only____once in a while to smoke a cigarette.

A.to stop

B.stopping

C.to have stopped

D.having stopped

50.Please remain____;the winner of the prize will be announced soon.

A.seating

B.seated

C.to seat

D.to be seated

51.As the light turned green,I stood for a moment,not____,and asked myself what I was going to do.

A.moved

B.moving

C.to move

D.being moved

52.“Things____never come again!”I couldn’t help talking to myself.

A.lost

B.losing

C.to lose

D.have lost

53.Jenny hopes that Mr.Smith will suggest a good way to have her written English____in a short period.

A.improved

B.improving

C.to improve

D.improve

Part3(专四真题)

1.The opening ceremony is a great occasion.It is essential____for that.(2003-47)

a.for us to be prepared

b.that we are prepared

c.of us to be prepared

d.our being prepared

2.It is not uncommon for there____problems of communication between the old and the young.

a.being

b.would be

c.be

d.to be

3.What’s the chance of____a general election this year?(2005—61)

a.there being

b.there to be

c.there be

d.there going to be

4.The meeting was put off because we____a meeting without John.(2005—62)

a.objected having

b.were objected to having

c.objected to have

d.objected to having

5.This may have preserved the elephant from being wiped out as well as other animals____ in$2.(1996-46)

a.hunted

b.hunting

c.that hunted

d.are hunted

6.AIDS is said____the number-one killer of both men and women over the past few years in that region.(2002-46)

a.being

b.to be

c.to have been

d.having been

7.The Minister of Finance is believed_____of improving new taxes to raise extra revenue. (2004-48)

a.that he is thinking

b.to be thinking

c.that he is to think

d.to think

8.Professor Johnson is said____some significant advance in his research in the past year. (1999-43)

a.having made

b.making

c.to have made

d.to make

9.There are only ten apples left in the baskets,____the spoilt ones.(2006-63)

a.not counting

b.not to count

c.don’t count

d.having not counted

10.If not____with the respect he feels due to him,Jack gets very ill-tempered and grumbles all the time.(2004—45)

a.being treated

b.treated

c.be treated

d.having been treated

11.Time____,the celebration will be held as scheduled.(2003-48)

a.permit

b.permitting

c.permitted

d.permits

12.Agriculture is the country’s chief source of wealth,wheat____by far the biggest cereal crop.(2003-41)

a.is

b.been

c.be

d.being

13.____at in this way,the present economic situation doesn’t seem so gloomy.(2000-51)

a.Looking

b.Looked

c.Having looked

d.To look

14.The three men tried many times to sneak across the border into the neighboring country, ____by the police each time.(1992-42)

a.had been captured

b.being always captured

c.only to be captured

d.unfortunately captured

15.____,he can now only watch it on TV at home.(1998-45)

a.Obtaining not a ticket for the match

b.Not obtaining a ticket for the match

c.Not having obtained a ticket for the match

d.Not obtained a ticket for the match

16.He wasn’t asked to take on the chairmanship of the society,____insufficiently popular with all members.(1996-45)

a.having considered

b.was considered

c.was being considered

d.being considered

17.The compositions contained so few errors that the teacher got the students____one another’s papers.(1992-58)

a.correct

b.to correct

c.correcting

d.to be correcting

18.I don’t like____bills but when I do get them I like____them promptly.(1992-60)

a.to get,paying

b.getting,to pay

c.to get,to pay

d.getting,paying

19.I never regretted____his offer,for it was not where my interest lay.(1993-53)

a.not to accept

b.not having accepted

c.having not accepted

d.not accepting

20.Arriving at the bus stop,____waiting there.(1994-52)

a.a lot of people were

b.he found a lot of people

c.a lot of people

d.people were found

21.____regular training in nursing,she could hardly cope with the work at first.(1994-55)

a.Not received

b.Since receiving

c.Having received

d.Not having received

22.The country’s chief exports are coal,cars and cotton goods,cars____the most important of these.(1994-57)

a.have been

b.are

c.being

d.are being

23.He noticed the helicopter hovering over the field.Then to his astonishment,he saw a rope ladder____out and three men climbing down it.(1995-52)

a.throwing

b.being thrown

c.having thrown

d.having been thrown

24.He resented____to wait.He expected the minister____him at once.(1995-53)

a.to be asked,to see

b.being asked,to see

c.to be asked,seeing

d.being asked,seeing

25.This missile is designed so that once____nothing can be done to retrieve it.(1995-63)

a.fired

b.being fired

c.they fired

d.having fired

26.____time,he’ll make a first-class tennis player.(1996-42)

a.Having time

b.Given C.Giving D.had

27.In international matches,prestige is so important that the only thing that matters is to avoid___.(1996-48)

a.from being beaten

b.being beaten

c.beating

d.to be beaten

28.____no cause for alarm,the old man went back to his room.(1996-51)

a.There was B.Since C.Being D.There being

29.The$2haven’t decided yet which hotel____.(1998-49)

a.to stay

b.is to stay

c.to stay at

d.is for staying

30.____enough time and money,the researchers would have been able to discover more in this field.(1998-51)

a.Giving

b.To give C.Given D.Being given

31.There____nothing more for discussion,the meeting came to an end half an hour earlier. (200-45)

a.to be

b.to have been

c.being

d.be

32.Even as a girl,____to be her life,and theater audiences were to be her best teachers. (2001-42)

a.performing by Melissa were

b.it was known that Melissa’s performances were

c.knowing that Melissa’s performances were

d.Melissa knew that performing was

33.____him tomorrow?(2001-43)

a.Why not to call on

b.Why don’t call on

c.Why not to calling on

d.Why not call on

34._____should not become a serious disadvantage in life and work.(2010—65)

a.To be not tall

b.Not being tall

c.Being not tall

d.Not to be tall

35.____is not a serious disadvantage in life.(2001-51)

a.To be not tall

b.Not to be tall

c.Being not tall

d.Not being tall

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11-15c a c d a16-20c d a b c

21-26b d c b d c

Keys to Part B:

1-5a c a c d6-10a a b b d

11-15b d a a c16-20b a a b a

21-25d b c d c26-30b b b a c

31-35c a c a b36-40b d a b c

41-45c c b c d46-50d c a b b

51-53b a a

Keys to Part3:

1-5a d a d a6-10c b c a b

11-15b d b c c16-20d b b d b

21-25d c b b a26-30b b d c c

31-35c d d b d