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GERUNDS, INFINITIVES & PARTICIPLES - TEST 2

ENGLISH 11. ---- to explain natural facts or to teach moral lessons, 16. The ancient Chinese emperors would have scholars ----

mythological stories have played a critical role in ----
huge encyclopaedias of knowledge, ---- their culture’s
societies throughout history.
wisdom for future generations.
A) Being created / to shape
B) To be created / having shaped A) compiled / preserved
B) compiling / having preserved
C) Having been created / shaping C) compile / preserving
D) To create / being shaped D) to compile / to be preserved
E) Created / to be shaped E) be compiled / being preserved

12. Nowadays, more and more companies allow their 17. ---- as one of the most influential figures in modern
employees ---- short breaks throughout the day to art, Pablo Picasso was the first artist ---- Cubism.
help them ----.
A) Being regarded / to be pioneering
A) taking / to recharge B) Regarding / pioneered
B) take / recharging
C) Having been regarded / pioneering
C) taken / to be recharged
D) Regarded / to pioneer
D) to be taking / recharged
E) Having regarded / to have pioneered
E) to take / recharge

13. Stargazing enthusiasts often spend hours ---- the 18. Unless one stops ---- fatty foods and processed
night sky, hoping ---- a glimpse of a shooting star. snacks, it will be difficult ---- a healthy weight and an
optimal level of physical fitness.
A) to observe / catch
A) to have eaten / having achieved
B) observing / to catch
B) eating / to achieve
C) to be observing / catching
C) having eaten / to be achieving
D) having observed / to be catching
D) to eat / to be achieved
E) being observed / to have caught
E) having been eaten / being achieved

14. ---- for their dance language, honeybees communicate 19. Once ---- to extreme heat, a plastic material melts, ----
with one another about the location of nectar sources, the deformation of the product and potential safety
---- as navigators for their fellow bees. hazards.

A) Known / acting A) being exposed / to lead to
B) Having known / to act B) having been exposed / led to
C) Being known / to be acting C) exposing / having led to
D) Having been known / act D) having exposed / to have led to
E) Knowing / acted E) exposed / leading to

15. After ---- the laws of motion and universal gravitation, 20. The Great Wall of China was thought ---- as a single,
Newton became one of the most influential scientists continuous wall, yet ---- some research, archaeologists
forever ---- our understanding of the physical world. discovered that it was actually a series of walls built
over centuries.
A) having been formulated / to change
A) to have been constructed / doing
B) being formulated / having changed
B) having constructed / being done
C) formulating / to have changed
D) having formulated / changing C) to have constructed / having done
E) formulated / being changed D) to be constructing / to be done
E) constructing / to have done

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