Test Nine??? 
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动词后接不定式或动名词 

  有些动词或词组如admit, appreciate, avoid, consale, defer¹, delay, enjoy, escape, excuse, finish, mention, mind, miss, quit, postpone², practise, resist, risk, (can’t) stand, suggest, give up, put off等后面只能接动名词。例如：? 
I enjoy playing football.? 
I don’t mind sleeping with the door open.? 
有些动词如stop, remember, forget, try, mean等接不定式或动名词做宾语，意思各不相同。? 
  try doing sth试试看(没有付诸的行动)? 
try to do尽力去做(已有行动)? 
  mean doing sth意味着? 
mean to do sth打算?? 
近义词辨析? 
?change, alter, convert, modify, vary? 
这组词均含有“变化”的意思。? 

change 
最常用，指任何一种变化过程，但多用于指某人或某物发生根本性转变，失去了原来的身份特征，前后完全不同。? 
Years of hard work had changed her a great deal.多年辛苦劳作使她变了很多。? 

alter 
指对人或事物的某些特征进行某种程度的更改，但并没有使人或事物的性质发生根本改变。? 
She had to ask the dressmaker to alter the dress for her.她不得不请裁缝把衣服改一下。? 

convert 
指使事物的条件、性质、功能等发生重要改变、转换、或转化。? 
Scientists are trying to find cheaper ways to convert salt water to fresh water.科学家在努力寻找将海水淡化的更廉价的方法。? 

modify 
指在较小的范围内进行形式上的修改或调整。? 
They have to modify the terms of their lease.他们不得不修改租赁条款。? 

vary 
可以指仅仅改变事物的外观，也可指使事物的内在性质发生变化，通常是在同一组事物中将一种情形改变为另一种情形。? 
She varies the program each month to make it more attractive.每个月她都对节目做些变动，使它更吸引人。?? 

全真模拟试题? 
  1. Nowhere in nature is aluminum³ found free, owing to its alw 
ays ?____? with other elements, most commonly with oxygen.? 
A. being combined B. having combined  ? 
C. to combine  D. combined? 
2. Physics is the present?day equivalent of ?____? used 
 to  be called natural philosophy, from ?____? most of present?da 
y science arose.? 
A. which, what  B. that, which ? 
C. what, which   D. what, that? 
3. On no account ?____? ever leave the baby at home alon e.? 
A. should you    B. you should   C. shall you   D. you shall? 
4.  ?____?the center of our planetary system was conside 
red as heresy⁴ by the church in the Middle Ages.? 
A. It is the sun and not the earth ? 
B. That the sun and not the earth? 
C. Being the sun and not the earth  ? 
D. The sun and not the earth? 
5. The reason that his property was confiscated⁵ by the country, it ?___, was that he was involved in a lot of fraudulent activities du 
ring the war.? 
A. was turned out    B. was being turned out? 
C. being turned out D. turned out? 
6. I’d rather you ?____? by train because the weather fo 
recast said there would be heavy snow tomorrow.? 
A. went   B. should  go  C. will go    D. go? 
7. Einstein won the Nobel Prize in 1921 and enjoyed great fame in Germany u 
ntil  the rise of Nazism⁶ ?____? he was expelled from Germany becaus 
e he was a Jew.? 
A. when    B. who   C. then    D. which? 
8. Nowhere but in the remotest region of the country ?____? 
 find a place to settle down.? 
A. can he   B. he can  C. he    D. for him to
9. With one leg broken in that car accident, he cannot even walk, ?____? run.? 
A. let alone B. that’s to say ? 
C. not to speak   D. not to mention? 
10. ?____?, she led a life of complete seclusion⁷.? 
A. Being disgraced    B. Disgraced? 
C. Disgracing  D. She was disgraced? 
11. Sometimes a bus ?____? gets on the bus to check the  
tickets.? 
A. agent     B. officer   C. conductor     D. inspector⁸? 
12. He made a quick ?____? from his illness.? 
A. relief   B. recovery  C. survival  D. relaxation⁹? 
13. ?____? the stress of examinations are over, we can a 
ll relax.? 
A. While    B. Even though    C. Now that       D. For? 
14. My cousin Nancy is often in a poisonous mood; I suppose it’s because sh 
e is ?____? child.? 
A. one   B. a lone    C. a single   D. an only? 
15. ?____? the factors already referred to, people somet 
imes feel insecure because their motives¹⁰ are misunderstood by others.? 
A. But for   B. Except for  C. Apart from  D. Except that? 
16. If the scheme is ?____? carried out without waste of 
 time or energy I shall be completely satisfied.? 
A.relatively  B. noticeably ? 
C. appropriately D. efficiently¹¹? 
17. One day we all may find it useful to have a(n) ?____? 
 for sending documents, writing any pictures across the telephone lines.? 
A. receiver   B. echo  C. extension   D. facility? 
18. To their credit the Department of Energy ?____? thes 
e ideas and funded a detailed¹² study.? 
A. took over   B. took on   C. took up   D. took to? 
19. Feeling that she was in the right, she took ?____? a 
t the dirty remark.? 
A. protection   B. offense   C. defense  D. guard? 
20. They agreed to share in common any ?____? of funds a 
fter all expenses were paid in full.? 
A. sufficiency   B. surpass    C. excess    D. surplus? 
21. He was  ?____?her in intelligence.? 
A. below  B. under   C. beneath  D. down? 
22. It took a lot of imagination to come up with such an ?____? 
 plan.? 
A. bright     B. clever    C. brilliant    D. ingenious? 
23. In the refining process,  rice and flour lose much of their  
?____?.? 
A. acid   B. alcohol  C. vitamin   D. sulphur? 
24. Individual lines of the poem were very beautiful, but I didn’t see how  
the lines fit together. To me, the poem wasn’t ?____?.? 
A. inherent    B. coherent   C. logical    D. corporate¹³? 
25. To an especially sensitive child, a simple scolding can be a ?____? 
 experience.? 
A. hysterical     B. grievous    C. gracious  D. sensible?