C. being built D. building
8. Tim cannot but ____ his supervisor to help him solve the difficulty
he has in doing his project.
A. to ask B. ask
C. asking D. asked
9. Would you mind ____ quiet for a moment? I am trying ____a form.
A. keeping; filling out B. to keep; to fill out
C. keeping; to fill out D. to keep; filling out
10. I don’t remember ____ to professor Brown during my last visit
to Harvard.
A. having introduced B. having been introduced
C. to have introduced D. to have been introduced
11. "Why did you leave the meeting early?" "I found the discussion ____."
A. boring B. bored
C. bore D. boredom
12. The electric shaver needs ____before it can be used.
A. repairing B. to repair
C. being repaired D. to be repairing
13. I did not mean ____anything, but those apples looked so good I couldn’t resist____one.
A. to eat; trying B. to eat; to trying
C. eating; to try D. eating; to trying
14. I can’t understand ____ a decision until it is late.
A. him to postpone to make B. his postponing to make
C. him postpone making D. his postponing making
15. Mrs. Douglas unknowingly left a package ____on the shop counter.
A. laying B. to lie
C. laid D. lying
16. I dread____to pay another visit to the graveyard.
A. having B. to had
C. having had D. have
17. The younger the child, the more readily the mother gives in to his
demands to avoid____him.
A. disappointing B. to disappoint
C. disappoint D. to have disappointed
18. John made it clear that he objected to ____the circuit on the
original project.
A. being converted B. convert
C. converting D. have converted
19. In such a large crowd the policemen had considerable difficulty ____
the woman who had calledfor help.
A. locating B. to locate
C. having located D. locate
20. I would appreciate ____it a secret.
A. you to keep B. that you keep
