REVISION SESSION 12

Time limit: 10 minutes

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REVISION CONTENT
TOEIC Part 5+6: Gerunds
- Role as a Noun

- Gerund vs. Noun

- Verbs that go with Gerunds: avoid/ consider/ deny …. + V-ING
- Preposition to + Gerund: look forward to/ be used to … + V-ING
- Gerund vs. To-Infinitive
- Verbs that go with both Gerunds and To-Infinitives: begin/ continue….

READING TEST
PART I. Select the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. The declaration asked the government to consider ------- new environmental taxes.
A. introducing
B. to introduce
C. introduced
D. being introduced

2. ------- personal calls at work is allowed during breaks.

A. Make
B. Made
C. Making
D. Be made

3. After setting up your account, please remember not to ------- your password with anyone.
A. install
B. share
C. prohibit
D. identify

4. She wanted to continue ------- as a manager until she was sixty.

A. to working
B. be worked
C. working
D. worked

5. Since he began teaching full-time, ------- has regularly become a challenge for author Roger Hanover.
A. writings
B. written
C. writing
D. wrote

6. If we cannot ------- our expenses, we might have to lay off some staff.

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A. drop
B. reduce
C. fall
D. decline

7. The Ruther laboratory is planning to ------- a senior scientist to lead one of its research projects.
A. refine
B. rent
C. reflect
D. recruit

8. After twenty years, the factory finally ------- last December.

A. finished
B. ended
C. concluded
D. closed

9. American consumers are accustomed to ------- out bargains.

A. hunted
B. hunt
C. hunting
D. be hunted

10. After three months, I finally gave up ------- to persuade Julie to join the company.
A. for trying
B. try
C. trying
D. to try

11. Stocks are regarded as good long-term -------.

A. investing
B. investings
C. invested
D. investments

PART II. Choose the best word or phrase for each blank.

Questions 12 -15 refer to the following e-mail.

To: TURNER ELECTRONICS ( customerservice@turnerelectronics.com)

From: terryaitchison@domail.com
To whom it may concern,
Last week, I bought a television from you, but my wife and I are not happy with it.
Your salesman told us that the TV would receive 200 channels. ----(12)-----. In
fact, it can only receive about 50 channels. I made some inquiries and was told
that I would need to buy an extra box to receive the other channels. This box
would cost $75. Obviously, I am not happy about ----(13)----- to pay this. Perhaps

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your salesman made an honest mistake. He ----(14)----- quite young. But this
does not help us. I wonder if you consider ----(15)----- me one of these boxes
because of the misinformation we were given.
Sincerely,
Terry Aichison

12. (A) This is true 14. (A) looked

(B) I like watching TV (B) looking
(C) This is not true (C) looks
(D) My wife likes to watch TV (D) look

13. (A) had 15. (A) giving

(B) have (B) give.
(C) to have (C) to give.
(D) having (D) given

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