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GERUNDS, INFINITIVES & PARTICIPLES - TEST (2)

11. ---- to explain natural facts or to teach moral 16. The ancient Chinese emperors would have
lessons, mythological stories have played a scholars ---- huge encyclopaedias of knowledge,
critical role in ---- societies throughout history. ---- their culture’s wisdom for future generations.
A) Being created / to shape A) compiled / preserved
B) To be created / having shaped 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
employees ---- short breaks throughout the day to modern art, Pablo Picasso was the first artist ----
help them ----. Cubism.
A) taking / to recharge A) Being regarded / to be pioneering
B) take / recharging B) Regarding / pioneered
C) taken / to be recharged C) Having been regarded / pioneering
D) to be taking / recharged D) Regarded / to pioneer
E) to take / recharge E) Having regarded / to have pioneered

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
A) to observe / catch an optimal level of physical fitness.
B) observing / to catch A) to have eaten / having achieved
C) to be observing / catching B) eating / to achieve
D) having observed / to be catching C) having eaten / to be achieving
E) being observed / to have caught D) to eat / to be achieved
E) having been eaten / being achieved

14. ---- for their dance language, honeybees 19. Once ---- to extreme heat, a plastic material melts,
communicate with one another about the location ---- the deformation of the product and potential
of nectar sources, ---- as navigators for their fellow safety hazards.
bees. A) being exposed / to lead to
A) Known / acting B) having been exposed / led to
B) Having known / to act C) exposing / having led to
C) Being known / to be acting D) having exposed / to have led to
D) Having been known / act E) exposed / leading to
E) Knowing / acted

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

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