1、 点击-ing形式作宾语
1. It’s hard to imagine ______ anywhere else but here.
A. live B. to live
C. living D. to living
此题选C。英语中,有些动词(短语)一般跟-ing形式作宾语,而不用不定式作宾语。这类动词(短语)包括:advise, allow, avoid, consider(考虑), enjoy, escape, finish, imagine, mind, miss, practise, risk, suggest
2、 , feel like, insist on 等。
2. Having been ill in bed for nearly a month, he had a hard time ______ the exam.
A. pass B. to pass
C. passed D. passing
此题选D。have a hard time (in) doing意为“费了很大劲做”,-ing形式作介词的宾语。此句中省略了介词in,增加了试题的难度。类似的结构还有:
spend ... (in) doing花费…
3、…做
have difficulty / trouble (in) doing 做……有困难
stop / prevent ... (from) doing阻止……做
waste time (in) doing浪费时间做
excuse ... (for) doing原谅……做
be busy (in) doing 忙于做
3. She looks forward every spring to _____ the flower-lined garden.
A. visit B. paying a visit
C. walk in
4、 D. walking in
此题选D。许多含有to 的短语动词中的to为介词,其后若跟动词,应用其-ing形式作宾语。这类短语有:look forward to, be (get) used to(习惯于), devote ... to ..., lead to, pay attention to, prefer ... to ... , stick to 等。
4. —The light in the office is still on.
—Oh, I forgot ____.
A. turning it off B. turn
5、it off
C. to turn it off D. having turned it off
此题选C。有些动词既可跟-ing形式也可跟不定式作宾语,但含义不同。如:
(1)forget , remember 后跟-ing形式表示已发生的动作,跟不定式表示未发生的动作。
(2)try to do 尽力做; try doing 试着做
(3)go on to do 接着做(另一件事);
go on doing 继续做(原来在做的事)
(4)mean to do 打算做;
mean doing 意味着
(5)can’
6、t help to do 不能帮助做;
can’t help doing 禁不住做
(6)stop to do 停下来去做;
stop doing停止做
5. —What do you think of the book?
—Oh, excellent. It’ s worth ______ a second time.
A. to read B. to be read
C. reading D. being read
此题选C。be worth后常跟-ing形式的主动式作宾语,表示被动意义。
6. This sentence needs ______.
A. a improvement
B. improve
C. improving
D. improved
此题选C。need后常跟-ing形式的主动式或不定式的被动式,表示被动意义。该句相当于This sentence needs to be improved.