Infinitives and Gerunds

With some books he needed ______, he went into the bookstore quickly.
1. to buy
2. buying
3. to be bought
4. to buying
Aren't the fans crazy to have waited outside in the rain for more than three hours just ________ a look at their favorite singers?
1. had
2. having
3. to have
4. has
According to the new law, people found _______ "harmful" advertisements on the streets will be punished strictly.
1. to put up
2. putting up
3. being put up
4. having put up
_______ more effectively with others, more and more people equip themselves with a higher education.
1. being competed
2. Competing
3. Compete
4. To compete
Seeing the road ______ with snow, we had to spend the holiday at home, watching TV.
1. blocking
2. being blocked
3. blocked
4. to be blocked
______ out of work for a few months, Mary took up the job of waiting on patients in hospitals.
1. Be
2. Having been
3. To be
4. To have been
The early warning of floods, ______ over the radio and on TV, spread quickly through the state.
1. to be broadcast
2. to broadcast
3. broadcasting
4. broadcast
A communicative satellite ______ as much as 3.5 tons was sent up into space last week.
1. weighing
2. weighed
3. to weigh
4. being weighed
______ of stealing money from the bank, he was questioned by the police.
1. Accusing
2. Accused
3. To accuse
4. To be accused
I find the days have already slid away from me, like a drop of water from the point of needle ______ into the ocean.
1. disappear
2. to disappear
3. disappearing
4. disappeared