1) After the Arab states won independence, great emphasis was laid on expanding education, with girls as well boys____ to go to school. (CET-4 1997,1)
A) to be encouraged B) been encouraged C) being encouraged D) be encouraged
2) ____,a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man whose command of language is poor. (CET-4 1997,6)
A) Other things being equal B) Were other things equalC) To be equal to other things D) Other things to be equal
3)All things ____, the planned trip will have to be called off. (CET-4 1998,6)
A) considered B) be considered C) considering D)shavingsconsidered
4) The house was very quiet, ____as it was on the side of a mountain. (CET-4 1999,6)
A) isolated B) isolating C) being isolated D)shavingsbeen isolated
5) This crop has similar qualities to the previous one, ____both wind-resistant and adapted to the same type of soil. (CET-4 1999,6)
A) being B) been C) to be D)shavingsbeen
6) Corn originated in the New World and thus was not known in Europe until Columbus found it ____ in Cuba. (CET-4 2000,1)
A) being cultivated B) been cultivated C)shavingscultivated D) cultivating
7) ____in this way, the situation doesn't seem so disappointing. (CET-4 2000,1)
A) To look B) Looking at C) Looked at D) To be looked at
8) You will see this product ____ wherever you go. (CET-4 2000,6)
A) to be advertised B) advertised C) advertise D) advertising
9) ____in a recent science competition, the three students were awarded scholarship totaling 21,000 dollars. (CET-4 2000,12)
A) To be judged the best B)shavingsjudged the best
C) Judged the best D) Judging the best
10) From the dates ____ on the plates, we decided that they were made in Song Dynasty.
A) marking B)shavingsbeen marked C) marked D) to be marked
21) ____ on a clear day, far from the city crowds, the mountains give him a sense of infinite peace.
A) If walking B) While walking C) Walking D) When one is walking
22) I understood you were third-year students ____ in English.
A) who majors B) who major is
C) have majored D) majoring
23) A cool rain was falling, ____ with snow.
A) mixed B) mixing C) to mix D)shavingsmixed
24) ____ by the police, the kidnappers had no choice but to surrender.
A) Surrounded B) Surrounding
C)shavingssurrounded D) To be surrounded
25)____ equal educational opportunities, American Indians in the reservations remained backward and illiterate for a long time.
A) Deprived off B) Depriving off
C) Deprived of D) Depriving of
26) All the exam papers ____, the teacher sent the class home.A)shavingsbeen handed in B)shavingshands in C) handing in
D) being handed in
27) ____ in 1636, Harvard is one of the most famous universities in the United States.
A) Founding B) It was founded C) Being founded D) Founded
28) There ____ no fresh drinking water and no good farm land, it was not a comfortable place in which to live.
A) be B) was C) were D) being
29) ____ in Beijing for quite a few years, Mr. Park had little difficulty understanding Chinese.
A)shavingslived B) Lived C) Living D) To live
30) Any packet ____ properly will not be accepted by the post office.
A) not to be wrapped B) not being wrapped
C) not wrapped D) notshavingsbeen wrapped
