高级-动名词不定式训练

动名词不定式、分词练习

1. I was ______ work last week, but I changed my mind.

a. to start

b. to have started

c. to be starting

d. to have been starting

2. I intended ______ the matter with you, but I had some guests hen.

a. discuss

b. discussing

c. having discussed

d. to have discussed

3. Don’t let me catch you ______.

a. do that again

b. to do that again

c. doing that again

d. done that again

4. There are many kinds of metals ______.

a. each has its special properties

b. one has its special properties

b. each having its special properties d. having its special properties

5. It’s pay-day, and they’re waiting ______.

a. for paying

b. to be paid

c. to be paying

d. to have paid

6. _______ trouble, I’m going to forget the whole affair.

a. Then rather cause

b. Rather causing

c. Rather than cause

d. Rather than caused

7. The brilliance of his satires was ______ make even his victims laugh.

a. so as to

b. such as to

c. so that

d. such that

8. Children with parents whose guidance is firm, consistent, and rational are inclined ______ high levels of self-confidence.

a. possess

b. have possessed

c. to possess

d. possessing

9. The worker is ______ in repairing the machine to notice my coming.

a. too busy

b. enough busy

c. busy too

d. busy enough

10. “What did you do in the garden?”

“I watched my father ______ his motorbike.”

a. to repair

b. repaired

c. repairing

d. repairs

11. We must have an engineer ______ the workers build the house.

a. to see

b. see

c. seeing

d. seen

12. Induction means ______ a general conclusion from special facts.

a. to come to

b. to coming

c. coming to

d. came

13. I’m not going to ask the teacher why he gave me that grade; I intend _______.

a. to let rest the matter

b. the matter to be let resting

c. letting the matter to rest

d. to let the matter rest

14. I have tried _______ worrying about it.

a. to stop consciously

b. to consciously stop

c. to conscious stopping

d. to stopping consciously

15. “Do you want to give a talk on that subject?”

“I prefer ______ .”

a. not want

b. not wanting

c. to not giving

d. not to

16. I _______ the truth of your remarks, although they go against my interests.

a. cannot but admit

b. cannot help but to admit

c. cannot but admitting

d. cannot help but admitting

17. Since she is angry, we ______.

a. had better leaving her alone

b. should leave her alone

c. might as well leave her alone

d. had rather leave her alone