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[例1]—— Did that book give the information you needed?

—— Yes,but______,we had to read it almost entirely.

A.for finding it B.to find it

C.finding it D.by finding it

【解析】答案B。不定式“to find it”作目的狀語,“為了找到需要的信息,我們不得不把整本書讀一遍”。

[例2]Charles Babbage is generally considered______the first computer.

A.to invent B.inventing

C.to have invented D.having invented

【解析】答案C。“通常人們認為是Charles Babbage發明了第一台計算機”,不定式“to have invited”作主語補足語。

[例3]There isn’t any difference between the two.I really don’t know____.

A.where to choose B.which to choose

C.to choose what D.to choose which

【解析】答案B。“這兩者沒有什麽區別,我真的不知道選擇哪一個”,不定式to choose作know的賓語。

[例4]What the scientist said greatly encouraged us______the experiment again,but his secretary’s words discouraged us______the experiment any more.

A.to try;to do B.to try;from doing

C.for trying;from doing D.trying;to do

【解析】答案B。“鼓勵某人做某事”,用encourage sb to do sth.所以,第一個空填to try;相反,“不鼓勵某人做某事”,用discourage sb from doing sth。

[例5]She felt it a great shame______so severely in the presence of her boy friend.

A.to criticize B.to have criticized

C.to be criticized D.to have been criticized

【解析】答案D。“她感覺在男朋友麵前遭受如此嚴厲的批評真是一種恥辱”,不定式完成被動形式“to have been criticized”在此作賓語補足語。

[例6]John was made______the truck for a week as a punishment.

A.to wash B.washing C.wash D.to be washing

【解析】答案A。“他被懲罰洗卡車一周”,“to wash”作主語補足語,原本是“make sb do sth”句型,在這用被動語態,不定式需要加不定式符號“to”。