动词ing形式练习题

动词—ing形式练习题 1.Taking pictures___ very interesting. A. is B. are C. to be D. be 2.______ the bad news made him cry. A. Hear B. Heard C. Hearing D. Is hearing 3._____ a desert had always been a risk adventure. A. being crossed B. Having crossed C. Crossing D. To have crossed 4.Before he came , I d finished _______ the whole book. A. to read B. to have read C. reading D. read 5. I always enjoy ____ to popular music at night. A. to listen B. listening C. that I can listen D. if I can listen 6.We are considering ________ a trip around the island. A. take b. to take C. to be taking D. taking 7.I hope you don t mind ____ at your newspaper. A. I look B. my looking C. I looking D. my to look 8.When a man s heart stops ______ , he dies. A. to beat B. beating C. beat D. beaten 9.I can t help _______ he is still alive. A. thinking B. think C. to think D. thought of 10.So far as I am concerned , I prefer reading ________ . A. than meat B. for joy C. instead of sleeping D to drinking 11. It goes without _______ that knowledge is important. A. talking B. telling C. saying D. mentioning 12. we are looking forward ______ our friends next week. A. to see B. to seeing C. to be seeing D. shall see 13.He spent a lot of money _____ books and magazines. A. buy B. buying C. to buy D. bought 14.The silkworm is an insect worth _____. A. to know B. knowing C. to be known D. being known 15.She went out without ______ good-bye to us. A. say B. to say C. saying D. being said 16.The curious student kept on _______ questions. A. asks B. asking C. to ask D. asked 17.He is such a strange person; there s _____ what he ll do next. A. no knowing B. not to know C. not known D. being unknown 18.When she heard the bad news, she burst______. A. into crying B. out to tears C. crying D. out crying 19. You must never cross the street without ______ the light to turn green. A. waiting B/ to wait C. waiting for D. to wait for 20. Scientists succeed _____ protein out of old newspapers. A. to make B. at making C. making D. in making 21.I became ______ after watching too much television. A. bored B. boring C. bore D. bores 22.I felt ____ by his interest in my new invention. A. encourage B to encourage C. was encouraged D. encouraged 23.He sat there ______ a novel. A. read B. reading C. reads D. had read 24. Don t wake up the______ child. A. sleep B. slept C. sleeping D. sleepy 25.A proverb goes: ‘A ___ stone gathers no moss . A. roll B. rolling C. rolled D. rolls D. to wait C. waiting B. waited A. wait 26.The heavy rain kept us _____ for two hours. 27.I found a dog ______ over by a car on the road. A. to run B. run C. ran D. running 28. We found the baby ____ on the floor. A. slept B. sleep C. as