动名词练习及答案

一、用所给动词的适当形式填空。

1. The text needs ______(explain) once again.

2. The movie is worth ______(see).

3. I’ve had a hard time ______(learn) English.

4. I still remember ______(take) you to Beijing for the first time.

5. Clint always remembers ______(turn) off the lights when he leaves the room.

6. Now he regrets ______(not, go) to university.

7. We regret ______(inform) you that the flight has been cancelled.

8. I regret ______(let) slip that opportunity.

9. Peter went on ______(sleep) despite the noise.

10. He welcomed the new students and then went on ______(explain) the college regulations.

11. The teacher has had some problems ______(decide) when they should return the final papers to the students.

12. Mr. Smith regretted ______(blame) his secretary for the mistake, for he later discovered it was his own fault.

13. The boy is constantly told not to scratch the paint off the wall, but he goes on ______(do) it all the same.

14. You must tell me the truth. I insist on ______(tell) the truth.

二、单项选择。

15. It’s no good______money on make-up.

A.of you to waste

B.for you to waste

C.to waste

D.your wasting

16. ______what John will be doing next.

A.No saying

B.There’s no to say

C.There’s no saying

D.Not to say

17. There is no point______the piano, unless you practice every day.

A.to learn to play

B.in learning to play

C.by learning to play

D.having learned to play

18. The teachers have had some problems______when they should return the final papers to the students.

A.to decide

B.deciding

C.decided

D.having decided

19. Although a teenager, Fred could resist______what to do and what not to do.

A.to be told

B.having been told

C.being told

D.to have been told

20. I can’t understand______a decision until it is too late.

A.him to postpone to make

B.his postpone making

C.his postponing to make

D.his postponing making

21. When a cat ran through the truck it narrowly escaped______over.

A.running

B.to be run

C.from running

D.being run

22. It’s a waste of time______with such a silly fellow.

A.trying to reason

B.tried to reason

C.for trying to reason

D.to trying reasoning

23. Ann prefers______taking an examination.

A. writing a term paper than

B. writing a term paper to

C. to write a term paper and

D. to write a term paper than

24. The teacher said that he wouldn’t tolerate______late every day.

A.for me to arrive

B.me arrived

C.me to arrive

D.my arriving

25. Many of the things we do involve______some risk in order to achieve a satisfactory result.

A.taking

B.take care

C.to take

D.being taking

26. I don’t think you will have any difficulty______a driving license.

A.for getting

B.to get

C.having got

D.getting

27. Urban mothers had difficulty______their children into child care facilities.

A.in getting

B.to get

C.get

D.for getting

28. We regret______you that the materials you ordered are out of stock.

A.informing

B.to inform

C.having informed

D.to have informed

29. Sam is getting______to go to a party, but is having trouble______what clothes to wear.

A.to dress; deciding

B.to be dressed; to decide

C.dressed; deciding

D.dressing; deciding

30. I will overlook______so rude to my sister this time but don’t let it happen again.

A.you to be

B.your being

C.you to have been

D.you having been

31. Technology will play a key role in______future life-styles.

A.to shape

B.shaping

C.shape of

D.shaped

32. ______can help but be fascinated by the world into which he is taken by the science fiction.

A.Everybody

B.Anybody

C.Somebody

D.Nobody

33. When Jane fell off the bike, the other children______.

A. were not able to help laughter

B. could not help but laughing

C. could not help laughing

D. could not help to laugh

34. Ted always escapes______as he has got a very fast sports car.

A.to fine

B.to be fined

C.being fined

D.having been fined

35. There is______that this has been a difficult year for the company.

A.not to deny

B.not denying

C.no denying

D.without denying

36. After the listening test, the students went on______some sentences.

A.translating

B.translate

C.translated

D.to translate

37. It’s no good______me. You’d better______someone else.

A.to ask; to try

B.to ask; try

C.asking; tried

D.asking; try

38. My husband suggested______to Scotland for holiday, but I favoured______Wales instead.

A.to go; to visit

B.going; visiting

C.to go; visiting

D.going; to visit

39. Don’t worry. Philip is quite used______in such heavy traffic as this.

A.to driving

B.to have driven

C.to be driving

D.to drive

40. No one then thought that Tom’s suggestion was worth______.

A.to be considered

B.to consider

C.considering

D.being considered

41. The teacher doesn’t permit______in class.

A.smoke

B.to smoke

C.smoking

D.to have a smoke

42. If he doesn’t give up cigarettes, he will risk______even his present state of health.

A.lost

B.losing

C.being lost

D.having lost

43. My son simply doesn’t understand______what’s best for him.

A.me in wanting

B.my wanting

C.me to want

D.I’ve wanted

44. Almost every night, just as I am going to sleep, my wife nudges me and asks me if I have remembered______the alarm clock.

A.winding up

B.to wind up

C.having wound up

D.to have wound up

45. ______to inanimate objects, such as machines, is a form of animism.

A. When attributing emotion

B.. Attributing emotion

C.Emotion is attributed

D.If emotion is attributed