Exercises for Unit 3

1. I don’t think you will have any difficulty ___ driving license.
A. to get   B. in getting   C. for getting   D. get
2. Be careful of the ______ water.
A. to be boiled   B. boiling   C. boiled   D. being boiled
3. I shall take you back to China _____ you are well enough to travel.
A. quickly   B. presently   C. swiftly   D. directly
4. They heard ______ astonishment that she had run away with a man.
A. in   B. at   C. by   D. on
5. The news reporters hurried to the airport, only _____ the film stars had left.
A. to tell   B. to be told   C. telling   D. told
6. The student _____ in the examination was strictly punished by the school.
A. catching cheating   B. caught cheated  
C. caught cheating     D. catching cheated
7. I remember the whole thing as clearly as if it ______ tonight.
A. is   B. has been   C. were   D. had been
8. Advice is something the wise don’t need and the fools won’t ______.
A. have   B. take   C. need   D. pick up
9. She ______ all her pockets and failed to find her pass.
A. searched   B. searched for   C. looked   D. looked for
10. We have made _____ a rule ______ in the office.
A. this, not to smoke   B. it, smoking  
C. it, to not smoke     D. it, not to smoke
11. Though he had often made his sister ______, today he was made ______ by his sister.
A. cry, to cry   B. crying, crying  
C. cry, cry     D. to cry, cry
12. The speaker raised his voice but still couldn’t make himself _____.
A. hear   B. to hear   C. hearing   D. heard
13. They treat me _____ their own child.
A. of   B. as   C. as if   D. for
14. The man I _____ yesterday is a very famous writer in China.
A. paid a visit     B. had a talk  
C. dropped in     D. came aross
15. Her eyes were so sharp to _____ her boyfriend in the crowded street.
A. find   B. find out   C. pick out   D. observe
16. Are you c______ with your life?
17. F_____ is the mother of success.
18. We should try to _____（克服）all difficulties.
19. Tom is jobless, penniless and h______.
20. With a ______(满口) of rice, he could hardly say anything.