Test Your English Grammar. Self-Study Guide: Сборник тестовых заданий по грамматике английского языка. Сенюшкина Т.В. - 20 стр.

265. Do you often go ______?                                                      275. This road is blocked for two miles north and south, so I suggest ______ an
      A. to fish                        B. to fishing                             alternative route if possible.
      C. fishing                        D. fish                                          A. to using                      B. using
                                                                                         C. use                           D. to use
266. At the moment that the plane touched down safely, the passengers ex-
pressed their gratitude for having survived the terrifying flight by ______ the   276. Many of the early British settlers in Australia were criminals who were
pilot and the crew.                                                               able to avoid ______ by agreeing to live on and develop the land there.
       A. applaud                        B. applauding                                   A. be imprisoned                 B. to be imprisoned
       C. to applaud                     D. applause                                     C. being imprisoned              D. to imprison

267. “I do hope it’ll make me grow large again, for really I’m quite tired        277. The environment group hopes ______ the forest to its original condition
______ such a tiny little thing!” said Alice to herself.                          by the end of the decade.
      A. to be                            B. of to be                                    A. restoring                 B. to restore
      C. being                            D. of being                                    C. to be restored            D. having restored

268. I’m looking forward ______ there in six months’ time.                        278. Tom dislikes ______. It’s just terrible!
       A. go      B. to go    C. going        D. to going                               A. to cook                          B. Ann to cook
                                                                                        C. Ann cook                         D. Ann’s cooking
269. She is very good at ______ problems.
      A. to solve       B. solving     C. get rid of        D. to get rid of      279. Normally I can’t stand being in a car with drivers who take risks but on
                                                                                  this occasion I couldn’t help ______.
270. Her uncle suggested ______ a job in a bank.                                         A. to laugh                     B. to be laughing
      A. getting                       B. to get                                         C. laughing                     D. being laughed at
      C. her to get                    D. her
                                                                                  280. Helen doesn’t mind ______ cigars in the bedroom.
271. I look forward ______ from you.                                                    A. Tom to smoke                  B. Tom’s smoking
       A. to hear     B. hear     C. to hearing           D. hearing                    C. Tom smoke                     D. to smoke

272. I dislike people ______ me what to think.                                    281. I can’t stand ______ all the time when I am around them.
       A. to tell                      B. telling                                        A. them fighting                  B. they fighting
       C. being told                   D. to be telling                                  C. them fight                     D. them to fight

273. I don’t mind ______ at home to look after the children.                      282. Instead of collecting art objects, more ordinary people enjoy ______
       A. to stay                      B. staying                                 stamps or coins.
       C. stay                         D. –                                             A. to collect                     B. collect
                                                                                        C. to collecting                  D. collecting
274. Would you like ______ the weekend with us?
      A. spending                    B. spend                                     283. The French impressionist painters attempted to depict visual impressions
      C. to spending                 D. to spend                                  and they succeeded ______ brilliant results.
                                                                                         A. achieving                     B. achieve
                                                                                         C. to achieve                    D. in achieving

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