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GERUNDS & INFINITIVES - TEST (2)

9. In April 2010, a series of volcanic eruptions in Iceland 13. The world’s earliest ancient empire, the Akkadian Empire,
caused a large number of flights ---- in Western Europe, managed ---- bureaucracy and administration extensively
and about 10 million travellers were inconvenienced by and effectively on a large scale and is thought ---- a wide
commercial jet traffic’s ----. area, including Mesopotamia and Anatolia.
A) to be cancelled / being closed A) using / to be influenced
B) to cancel / to be closed B) to have been used/ having influenced
C) being cancelled / to have been closed C) to use / to have influenced

D) having cancelled / having been closed D) to have used / to influence
E) to have been cancelled / be closed E) being used / to have been influenced

10. Normally only distinguished and qualified scholars from 14. Businesses and institutions of all kinds should consider
higher education institutions have the privilege of ---- ---- their correspondence systems to a digital platform ----
the documents in the Vatican archives, but in 2010, the the amount of paper they use.
Vatican permitted some reporters ---- its archives for the
first time. A) convert / to be reduced
B) being converted / reduce
A) having read / visiting
C) converting / to reduce
B) reading / to visit
D) having converted / to have reduced
C) to read / to be visiting
E) to convert / reducing
D) having been read / to have visited
E) being read / visit

11. Those who deserve —- are often the ones who actively 15. ---- in such a short time was a big relief for the climbers
look for ways —- by their work and consistently deliver who attempted ---- to the summit of Mount Everest but got
high-quality results. trapped in a severe blizzard last week.
A) to be promoting / to challenge A) Having rescued / to have ascended
B) being promoted / being challenged B) Being rescued / ascending
C) to have promoted / having been challenged C) To be rescued / having been ascended
D) to be promoted / to be challenged D) Having been rescued / to ascend
E) to have been promoted / to have been E) Rescuing / to be ascending
challenged

12. ---- a historical structure comes with a set of challenges, 16. The manager was delighted ---- the young applicant who
like how ---- the historical heritage while also meeting has a good education but little experience because he is
modern needs. capable of ---- the department’s tasks successfully thanks
to his academic background.
A) Being restored / preserve
A) to have recruited / conducting
B) Restoring / to preserve
B) to recruit / to conduct
C) To restore / preserving
C) having recruited / being conducted
D) Having restored / to be preserving
D) recruiting / conduct
E) To be restoring / to have preserved
E) to have been recruiting / having conducted

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