I barely understood anything at the lecture because the speaker's voice was not loud enough...............at the back of the hall.
A.to be heard
B.to be hearing
C.being heard
D.hearing

Apart from............a short break for lunch, the whole staff worked all day without...............
A.taking-stopping
B.took-stopped
C.taken-to have stopped
D.to take-to be stopping

The man the police caught yesterday preparing a bomb attack was also accused..........in many other crimes previously.
A.to be involved
B.with having been involved
C.of having been involved
D.to have been involved

I have never seen Gill and Sue..............to each other since their quarrel, have you?
A.to e speaking
B.to speak
C.speaking
D.being spoken

The consequences of the typhoon were disastrous due to the lack of precautionary
measures.
A.damaging
B.beneficial
C.severe
D.physical

No matter how hard Fred tried to lose weight, he did not succeed.
A.However hard Fred tried, he could not lose weight.
B.Fred tried very hard to lose weight and succeeded.
C.It was hard for Fred to lose weight because he never succeeded.
D.It did not matter whether Fred could lose weight.

Much to our amazement, we sold house to the first person..............it
A.being viewed
B.having viewed
C.to be viewing
D.to view

They can't have had the car properly ..........., because when I saw them yesterday, they seemed ..............a lot trouble with it.
A.repaired-to be having
B.to be repaired-to have
C.repair-having had
D.to repair-to have had

Weeks before his first performance, the young violinist stayed at home ..........almost all of his time.............his musical abilities.
A.devoting-to improving
B.devoted-for improving
C.to devote-to be improving
D.to have devoted-to improve

We were advised not............to India between June and September as the weather might be too hot for us .............
A.going-to be bearing
B.to go-to bear
C.go-having borne
D.to be going-bearing