非谓语动词用法详解及练习(含答案详解)

A. of talking back; to lose B. of talking back; of losing

C. to talk back; to lose D. to talk back; of losing

16. Standing on the top of the hill, I would not do anything but _____ the flowing of the smog around me.

A. enjoy B. enjoying C. enjoyed D. to enjoy

17. — Is Tom a good talker? — No, he never speaks to me other than _____ something?

A. ask for B. to ask for C. asked for D. asking for

18. I can’t get my car _____ on cold mornings, so I have to try _____ the radiator with some hot water.

A. run; to fill B. running; filling C. running; to fill D. ran; filling

19. The drunken husband knocked against the table and sent the bowls _____ in all directions before he was sent _____ by his wife.

A. flying; to sleep B. flying; sleeping

C. to fly; to sleeping D. to fly; to sleep

20. When we got back from the cinema, we found the lamp _____ but the door _____.

A. being on; shut B. burning; shutting C. burning; shut D. on; shutting

21. We found the students seated at tables and had their eyes _____ on the scene of the launch of Shenzhou V spaceship.

A. fixed B. fix C. fixing D. to fix

22. A doctor can expect _____ at any hour of the day or night.

A. calling B. to call C. being called D. to be called

23. The boy often gives a satisfactory answer to the teacher’s question, _____ just a minute. So he’s usually the teacher’s pet.

A. thought B. having thought C. and to think D. thinking

24. The policeman came up to the lonely house with the door ____, ____ there for a while and then entered it.

A. open; to stand B. opening; stood C. open; stood D. opened; standing

25. _____ along the quiet road at forty miles an hour, and then an old man suddenly started to cross the road in front of me.

A. Driving B. I was driving C. Having driven D. When I was driving

26. Mr. Smith was much surprised to find the watch he had had _____ was nowhere to be seen.

A. repairing B. it repaired C. repaired D. to be repaired

27. What did the librarian _____ out of the library?

A. permit to take B. forbid to be taken

C. allow to take D. insist being taken

28. — Mum, why do you give me so much popcorn? — _____ the boring time.

A. Kill B. Killing C. To kill D. Having killed

29. What Yang Liwei wanted to do when he got out of the spaceship was __ the joy with all the Chinese.

A. share B. shared C. having shared D. about to share

30. When she was alone at home, Mary needed a friend _____.

A. playing with B. having played with

C. with whom to play with D. with whom to play

31. _____ the big snake, the little girl stood under the tree _____ out of life.

A. Seeing; frightened B. Seeing; frightening