(完整版)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, a ccording 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, ____ in 1911, 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 iPad 2 more comfortable ____.

A. held

B. holding

C. to held

D. to hold

18. Bats are surprisingly long-lived creatures, some ____ a life span of around 20 years.

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.

A. compared

B. comparing

C. compares

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. $2 doesn’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.

A. laid

B. laying

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.

A completing B. to complete C. completed D. being completed

10. The traffic rule says young children under the age of four and ____ less than 40 pounds 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 of 29, Dave was a worker, ____ in a small apartment near $2 and ____ 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.

A. Completing

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 at 15:20, 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, ____ the 60th 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 hire 50, 000 college 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 the 50th 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.

A. Completing

B. Complete

C. Completed

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

Part 3 (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 $2 haven’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

Keys to Part A:

1-5 c c c b c 6-10 d b a b a

11-15 c a c d a 16-20 c d a b c

21-26 b d c b d c

Keys to Part B:

1- 5 a c a c d 6-10 a a b b d

11-15 b d a a c 16-20 b a a b a

21-25 d b c d c 26-30 b b b a c

31-35 c a c a b 36-40 b d a b c

41-45 c c b c d 46-50 d c a b b

51-53 b a a

Keys to Part 3:

1- 5 a d a d a 6-10 c b c a b

11-15 b d b c c 16-20 d b b d b

21-25 d c b b a 26-30 b b d c c

31-35 c d d b d