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1. It’s no use ______ your chickens before they are hatched.

A. count

B. to count

C. counting

D. of counting

2. She is looking forward as much to his return as he himself to ______ her.

A. have seen

B. see

C. seeing

D. having taken

3. I know nothing about ______ in the army.

A. she working

B. for her to work

C. her having worked

D. her having been worked

4. I apologize for ______ my promise.

A. not having kept

B. being kept

C. not to have kept

D. having not kept

5. He had no difficulty ______ the problem.

A. to work out

B. to have worked out

C. working out

D. having worked out

6. He wondered if he could slip out of the lecture hall without anyone ______.

A. noticing

B. noticed

C. to notice

D. being noticed

7. I thought it was worth ______ a hundred miles to see the basketball game.

A. of driving

B. driving

C. drive

D. being driven

8. I’ll never forget ______ you for the first time.

A. meeting

B. driving

C. drive

D. being driven

9. I remember ______ to help us when we got into trouble.

A. him to offer

B. him offering

C. he to offer

D. his offer

10. The house needs ______， but they plan to wait until next spring to do it.

A. paint

B. to paint

C. painting

D. be painted

11. Please stop ______. Let’s listen to the radio.

A. arguing

B. to argue

C. be arguing

D. argue

12. I always regret not ______ harder when I was young.

A. studying

B. having studied

C. to study

D. to have studied

13. Tired of the cold weather in New England， Mr. And Mrs. Smith are considering ______ to the south. A. to move

B. moving

C. move

D. to be moving

14. When the little girl got back her answer sheet， she could not help______.

A. from crying

B. to cry

C. herself from crying

D. crying

15. Is it really necessary to spend an hour in the bedroom every morning ______ your hair?

A. to comb

B. comb

C. combing

D. combs