以介词to结尾的动词短语

以介词ｔｏ结尾的动词短语

Mr. Read made up his mind to devote all he had to ___some schools for poorchildren.

A. set up

B. setting up

C. have set up

D. having set up

该题主要考查动词短语devote...to的搭配，其中to为介词，后接名词或者动名词，故答案是B。不少学生却受定势思维的影响，认为to之后应该接动词不定式，而错选A。

新编高中英语教材中有不少以介词to结尾的动词短语，现小结如下：

以上短语的to之后不可接不定式，只能接名词或者动名词作宾语。

Exercise单项填空

1. If you feel up to ___ the work all by yourself, I’ll throw myhandin it.

A. do

B. be doing

C. doing

D. have done

2. This is the attention you should pay ___ your spoken English.

A. to improve

B. to improving

C. improve

D. improvement

3. These people used to ___ from place to place, but now they have got usedto ___ in villages.

A. travel, live

B. traveling, living

C. travel, living

D. traveling, live

4. Now that you have made up your mind to do it, you must ___ it out .

A. stick to carry

B. stick to having carried

C. stick to be carried

D. stick to carrying

5.Theoldmansaidtheaccident___carelessdriving.Soalotofmoney___by the driver.

A. was due to; was due to be paid

B. due to; was due to being paid

C. is due to; was due to pay

D. was due to; is due to be paid

A. addicted to playing

B. addicting to playing

C. addicted to play

D. addicting to play

7. The black woman objected strongly ___ like that.

A. to treat

B. to be treated

C. treated

D. to being treated

8. He is very sensitive to ___ small, so don’t mention it.

A. being

B. be

C. have been

D. get

9. They all agreed to put an end ___ out the plan.

A. to carry

B. to make

C. to making

D. to carrying

10.Theyhavemadegreatcontributionsto___moneyforthedisabledandHopeProject .

A. collecting

B. have collected

C. collect

D. collection

11. We are so much looking forward to ___ you again.

A. see

B. seeing

C. seen

D. be seen

12. The professor has got down ___ a history of the Party.

A. to write

B. to writing

C. to be writing

D. writing

13. He’s given to ___ so we don’t believe him.

A. boast

B. boasted

C. boasting

D. be boasted

14. It ___ that all the world will pay attention to ___ wildlife.

A. is hoped; protect

B. is hoped; protecting

C. hopes; protecting

D. hopes; protected

15. The discovery of new evidence led to ___.

A. the thief having caught