46.(　 ) Your shoes are dirty. They need ___________ badly.

　　　 A. to wash　　　 B. washing　　　　 C. washed 　　　D. being washed

45.(　 ) --- I can’t see the words on the blackboard.

　　　 --- Perhaps you need __________ .

　　　 A. to examine your eyes　　　　　　　 B. to have your eyes examined　　

　　　 C. to have examined your eyes　　　　　 D. your eyes to be examined

44.(　 ) You must learn ________ English by __________.

　　　 A. speak; speak　　 B. speaking; speaking　　 C. spoken; spoken　 D. spoken; speaking

43.(　 ) Generally speaking, the __________ are respected by the common people.

　　　 A. learned　　　　 B. learning　　　 C. learn　　　　　 D. being learnt

42.(　 ) --- You were brave enough to raise objections at the meeting.

　　　 --- Well, now I regret ___________ that.

　　　 A. to do　　　　 B. to being doing　　　 C. to have done　　 D. having done

41.(　 ) He regretted ___________ the days when he ___________ studied.

　　　 A. wasting; could have　　　　　　 B. to waste; should have　

C. having wasted; had　　　　　　　 D. having wasted; should have

40.(　 ) The thief stole into the house and congratulated himself ___________.

　　　 A. without seeing　 B. on not being seen　 C. on not seeing　　 D. not to be seen

39.(　 ) They narrowly missed __________ in the forest of South America 15 years ago.

　　　 A. killing　　　　 B. to be killed　　　 C. being killed　　　 D. to have been killed

38.(　 ) They insisted on ____________ tomorrow.

　　　 A. being finished the design　　 　　　　　B. the design to be finished

　　　 C. the design finished　　　　　　　　　 D. the design being finished

37.(　 ) How can he escape ___________?

　　　 A. seeing　　　　　 B. seen　　　　　　 C. being seen　　　 D. being seeing