Question

Verb filling(38%)
With everything he needed ________, she left the supermarket. ( buy)
If selected, he promised he would do all he could ________ public welfare. (promote)
You are wasting your time __________ him; he’ll never take your advice. ( persuade)
We can do no nothing now but _________him. ( encourage)
I meant _______  you last weekend, but I was too busy and could not afford any time. ( visit )
Don’t let those who are not old enough ________ the video game arcade. ( enter)
Do you feel like ________ a walk along the river? ( have)
________ to eat in the school cafeteria every day made me sick.  (force)
Up to now, I ________ four cups of coffee this morning. ( drink)
All of the students _________ attentively when someone made a loud noise. (listen)
By the time I went to bed last night, Tom ________ asleep. (fall)
It was insisted that the man ________ to prison because he committed a serious crime. ( send)
This is the very motor cycle _________ to my desk-mate that was stolen last week. (belong)
That novel written by the famous writer from Hong Kong is certainly worth _______ twice. (read)
There are a number of students _________ to get examined. ( wait)
The gangsters _______ out in a remote cabin until it was safe to return to the city. ( hide)
He is such an _______ man. No one likes him. ( annoy)
The driver of the car probably holds the key to _______ the crime. ( solve)
I spoke to her kindly ________ her. ( not frighten)
It _____ ten years before we meet again. ( be)
It is hard to find a time that _______ everyone. ( suit)
I first met Tom 10 years ago. He _______________ in a radio factory at that time. (work)
Don’t bother to look for my dictionary, for it ____________ up some day. (turn)
Some of our students do need ____________ highly because they perform well in every task they carry out. (praise)
I know Mr. Brown; we ________________ to each other at an international conference. (introduce)
_________ in 1950, this company has a history of over 50 years. (found)
After _________________, the applicants will be required to take a language test. (interview)
His works are said ______________________ into dozens of languages in the past few years. (translate)
I found it no good ____________ to do it again. (continue)
The flowers __________ so sweet that I decided to buy some. (smell)
He came into the classroom, _____________ by many students. (follow)
The terrible sound from downstairs made children _____________. (frighten)
You’d better _______________ to know how to do it. (not pretend)
Neither his parents nor his wife ______________ him well. (understand)
You can hardly imagine the difficulty the woman had ____________ up her children. (bring)
Though _________ money, his parents managed to send him abroad. (lack)
He told us the story of a practical joke __________ on the man working with us. (play)
38.The matter ___________________ now will be settled at today’s meeting. (discuss)

Answer 1

1. bought   2. to promote  3. persuading  4. encourage
5. to have visited  6. enter   7. having  8. Being forced  9. have drunk  
10. were listening  11. had fallen  12. should be sent    13. belonging   14. reading     15. waiting 16. hid  17. annoying  18. solving   19. not to frighten
20. was    21. suits  22.was working 23. will turn up 24.praising/ to be praised
25.were introduced 26.Founded 27.being interviewed 28. to have been translated
29.continuing 30.smelt 31.followed 32.frightened 33.not pretend 34.understands
35.bringing 36.lacking 37.played 38. being discussed

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