1. We decided not to travel, ________ the terrible weather forecast.

A. having heard

B. we heard

C. having been heard

D. being heard

2. ________ so many modern machines, this television factory will produce more television sets this year.

A. To be equipped with

C. Having been equipped by

B. Equipped

D. Equipped with

3. After seeing a movie based on a novel, ________.

A. many people want to read the book

C. the book was read by many people.

B. the reading of the book interests many people

D. the book made many people want to read it

4. She studied at university ________ one hundred years ago.

A. founding

B. which founding

C. to found

D. founded

5. It is only recently that ballets have been based on themes ________ American life.

A. reflecting

B. reflects

C. is reflecting

D. reflected

6. My sister wastes a lot of money, ________ too much about fitness.

A. worry

B. being worried

C. worrying

D. worried

7. Hydroelectric power is produced by the fall of water ________ in a dam.

A. trapping

B. trapped

C. to be trapped

D. that trapped

8. Completed in 1756, Nassau Hall is the oldest building now ________ on the campus of Princeton University.

A. standing

B. it stands

C. has stood

D. stood

9. He finds it ________ to read detective books.

A. fascinating

B. fascinated

C. fascinates

D. fascinate

10. Once ________, this product should be kept in a cold, dark place.

A. opening

B. having opened

C. being opened

D. opened

11. ________ at the news of her father’s dead, she fainted.

A. Shocking

B. Shocks

C. To be shocked

D. Shocked

12. ________ all the homework, I went to bed.

A. Have finished

B. Having finished

C. To finish

D. Finish

13. Young people ________ to success in life should word hard.

A. who wanting

B. want

C. wanting

D. wanted

14. ________, Jose Limo’s dance troupe often toured aboard.

A. The US State Department sponsored

C. The US State Department, which sponsored it

B. Sponsored by the US State  Department

D. The sponsorship of the US State Department

15. ________ the noise and pollution in the city, the Browns move to the countryside.

A. Be tired of

B. Being tired of

C. Tired of

D. Were tired of

16. The truck _______ crashed into the back of a bus scattering glass everywhere.

A. it was loading with empty bottles

C. which loading with empty bottles

B. loaded with empty bottles

D. loading with empty bottles

17. The secretaries were the only people ________.

A. to get a pay rise

B. getting a pay rise

C. who to get a pay rise

D. to whom get a pay rise

18. The house in ________ I was born and grew up was destroyed in the earthquake ten years ago.

A. which

B. where

C. that

D. All are correct

19. I live in a pleasant room ________ the garden.

A. to overlook

B. overlooking

C. which overlooking

D. overlooked

20. The ring ________ is made of gold and diamond.

A. she is wearing it

B. he gave it to her

C. Linda like

D. she is wearing

21. Little Women, ________ in 1868, is my sister’s favourite book.

A. a novel published

C. a novel was published

B. is a novel published

D. was a novel published

22. Florida, ________ the Sunshine State, attracts many tourists every years.

A. known as

B. is

C. is known as

D. that is known as

23. My mother loves ________.

A. sushi, who is a Japanese food

C. sushi, which is a Japanese food

B. sushi, that is a Japanese food

D. sushi, a Japanese food

24. His carelessness in doing test ________ I am worried may lead to a complete failure.

A. about that

B. which that

C. that

D. about which

25. My grandfather, ________ a wise man, has greatly influenced my life.

A. is

B. that is

C. who is

D. who he is