[例1]The bell______the end of the period rang，______our heated discussion.
A.indicating；interrupting B.indicated；interrupting
C.indicating；interrupted D.indicated；interrupted
【解析】答案C。“铃声响了，标志着这一段的结束，打断了我们激烈的讨论”，现在分词作后置定语，修饰“bell”；“interrupted”是动词作主句的谓语。
[例2]Apart from caring for her children，she has to take on such heavy______housework as carrying water and firewood.
A.time-consumed B.timely-consumed
C.time-consuming D.timely-consuming
【解析】答案C。“除了照看孩子们之外，她还要承担如此繁重的诸如提水打柴的家务活”，“time-consuming”意为“耗时间的，需要花费时间、精力等的”，名词+加动名词结构。
[例3]John often attends public lectures at the University of Oxford，chiefly______his English.
A.to improve B.to have improved
C.improving D.improved
【解析】答案C。现在分词作目的状语，故用improving。
[例4]______for many years，the writer suddenly became famous.
A.Having ignored him B.To be ignored
C.To have been ignored D.Having been ignored
【解析】答案D。“被忽视了这么多年，这位作家突然就变得有名气了”。
[例5]After the Arab states won independence，great emphasis was laid on expanding education，with girls as well as boys______to go to school.
A.to be encouraged B.being encouraged
C.been encouraged D.be encouraged
【解析】答案B。“with+现在分词being encouraged”作伴随状语，“阿拉伯国家独立后大力扩展教育，鼓励不管男孩还是女孩都去上学”。
[例6]After______for the job，you will be required to take a language test.
A.being interviewed B.interviewed
C.interviewing D.having interviewed
【解析】答案A。连词after加被动形式现在分词作时间状语，“参加过这份工作面试后，你还需要参加一次语言考试”。