2. ____ from outer space, our earth looks like a “blue planet”

A. Having seen

B. Seeing

C. Be seen

D. Seen

7. ____ being welcomed to the town, Lady Higginbottom gave an eloquent speech in reply

A. Once

B. Since

C. Although

D. On

15. When telling he would have to have a surgery, Bob was reassured that he wouldn’t have to miss more than a week of work

A. When telling

B. to have a surgery

C. was reassured

D. of work

16. Having the vice-president of a large company, Mary has a lot of responsibilities

A. Having

B. a

C. has

D. a lot of

17. We slowly approached the door to the hospital, run into the nurse stepping out

A. slowly approached

B. the

C. run into

D. stepping out

12. Since returning to her country after graduation, Maria’s parents have enjoyed having all their children home again

A. Since returning

B. after graduation

C. parents have enjoyed

D. home again

13. As not wanting to interrupt the conversation, I stood quietly and listened untill I could have a chance to talk

A. As not wanting

B. to interrupt

C. stood quietly

D. until

14. Having been too young to understand death, I was given a simple explanation of where my grandfather had gone

A. Having been

B. too young to

C. was given

D. had gone

9. While taking a trip across Europe this summer, Jane’s camera suddenly quit working

A. While

B. taking a trip

C. camera

D. quit

10. Having been given the instructions, the teacher told her students to begin working on the test

A. Having been given

B. to begin

C. working

D. on

11. Having studied Greek for several years, Sarah’s pronunciation was easy to understand

A. Having studied

B. for

C. Sarah’s pronunciation

D. was easy

18. ____ at the shops, Helen lost her wallet

A. While

B. While she

C. During

D. When she being

19. _____ a sound, she opened the door

A. She didn’t make

B. Without making

C. When she didn’t make

D. During making

20. Though destroyed by fire during the war, the palace was later reconstructed

A. Although it destroyed

B. Though destroying

C. It was destroyed

D. Though destroyed

5. .... making the arrangements for the wedding, don’t forget to order the flowers

A. Once

B. Since

C. Although

D. She

6. _____ having concluded the interviews, they spent some time discussing the respective merits of the candidates

A. They

B. Since

C. After

D. After they

8. He stuck me ___ being rather eccentric

A. Like

B. As

C. To

D. With

3. ____ taken out of the oven, the cake should be left to cool on a wire rack

A. once

B. Since

C. Although

D. She

4. She’s been bedridden ____ undergoing her last operation

A. Once

B. Since

C. Although

D. She

14. _____, Hong Kong acts as a gateway into and out of the People’s Republic of China

A. Where strategically located

B. It is located strategically

C. Strategically located

D. Because located strategically

11. I ____ at her for several moments, desperately trying to remember where I’d seen her before

A. watched

B. stared

C. observed

D. glimpsed

12. ______, authorities allow about one ton to each foot of length

A. To calculate the weight of an average adult whale

B. They calculate the weight of an average adult whale

C. In the calculation the weight of an average adult whale

D. Even though they caculate the weight of an average adult whale

13. ______, Harry S.Truman was the thirty-third President of the United States

A. He was born and raised in Missouri

B. That he was born and raised in Missouri

C. Because he was born and raised in Missouri

D. Born and raised in Missouri

7. ____ entering the hall, he found everyone wiating for him

A. At

B. Of

C. With

D. On

8. Seeing that he was so angry, she left the office

A. She did not want to make him angry, so she left

B. He would not have been so angry if she had not left

C. He grew very angry when he saw her leaving the office

D. She left office when she saw her leaving the office

9. Designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, _____

A. the United States was given the Statue of Liberty by the people of France

B. the people of France gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States

C. the French people presented the United States with a gift, the Statue of Liberty

D. the Statue of Liberty was give to the United States by the people of France

10. ______ him speak English, you would take him for an Englishman

A. Hear

B. Heard

C. To hear

D. To have been heard