31. The discovery of new evidence led to _______.
A. the thief having caught B. catch the thief
C. the thief being caught D. the thief to be caught
32. _______ the general state of his health, it may take him a while to recover from the operation.
A. Given B. To give C. Giving D. Having given
33. The picture _______ on the wall is painted by my nephew.
A. having hung B. hanging C. hangs D. being hung
34. Sandy could do nothing but _______ to his teacher that he was wrong.
A. admit B. admitted C. admitting D. to admit
35. Mr Reed made up his mind to devote all he had to _______ some schools for poor children.
A. set up B. setting up C. have set up D. having set up
36. _______ late in the afternoon, Bob turned off the alarm.
A. To sleep B. Sleeping C. Sleep D. Having
37. With a lot of difficult problems _______, the newly-elected president is having a hard time.
A. settled B. setting C. to settle D. being settled
38. In some parts of London, missing a bus means _______ for another hour.
A. waiting B. to wait C. wait D. to be waiting
39. In order to make our city green, _______.
A. it is necessary to have planted more trees B. many more trees need to plant
C. our city needs more trees D. we must plant more trees
40. —How do you deal with the disagreement between the company and the customers?
—The key _______ the problem is to meet the demand _______ by the customers.
A. to solving, making B. to solving, made
C. to solve, making D. to solve, made
41. The teacher asked us _______ so much noise.
A. don’t make B. not make C. not making D. not to make
42. _______ time, he’ll make a first-class tennis player.
A. Having given B. To give C. Giving D. Given
43. He looked around and caught a man _______ his hand into the pocket of a passenger.
A. put B. to be putting C. to put D. putting