Unit2 Working the land-grammar 素材点击-ing 形式作宾语1. It’s hard to imagine ______ anywhere else but here.A. live B. to liveC. living D. to living此题选 C。英语中，有些动词（短语）一般跟-ing 形式作宾语，而不用不定式作宾语。这类动词（短语）包括：advise, allow, avoid, consider(考虑), enjoy, escape, finish, imagine, mind, miss, practise, risk, suggest , feel like, insist on 等。2. Having been ill in bed for nearly a month, he had a hard time ______ the exam. A. pass B. to pass C. passed D. passing此题选 D。have a hard time (in) doing 意为“费了很大劲做”，-ing 形式作介词的宾语。此句中省略了介词 in，增加了试题的难度。类似的结构还有：spend ... (in) doing 花费……做have difficulty / trouble (in) doing 做……有困难stop / prevent ... (from) doing 阻止……做waste time (in) doing 浪费时间做excuse ... (for) doing 原谅……做be busy (in) doing 忙于做3. She looks forward every spring to _____ the flower-lined garden. A. visit B. paying a visit C. walk in D. walking in此题选 D。许多含有 to 的短语动词中的 to 为介词，其后若跟动词，应用其-ing 形式作宾语。这类短语有：look forward to, be (get) used to（习惯于）, devote ... to ..., lead to, pay attention to, prefer ... to ... , stick to 等。4. —The light in the office is still on. —Oh, I forgot ____. A. turning it off B. turn it offC. to turn it off D. having turned it off此题选 C。有些动词既可跟-ing 形式也可跟不定式作宾语，但含义不同。如：（1）forget , remember 后跟-ing 形式表示已发生的动作，跟不定式表示未发生的动作。用心 爱心 专心（2）try to do 尽力做； try doing 试着做（3）go on to do 接着做（另一件事）； go on doing 继续做（原来在做的事）（4）mean to do 打算做； mean doing 意味着（5）can’t help to do 不能帮助做； can’t help doing 禁不住做（6）stop to do 停下来去做； stop doing 停止做5. —What do you think of the book? —Oh, excellent. It’ s worth ______ a second time. A. to read B. to be readC. reading D. being read此题选 C。be worth 后常跟-ing 形式的主动式作宾语，表示被动意义。6. This sentence needs ______.A. a improvement B. improve C. improving D. improved此题选 C。need 后常跟-ing 形式的主动式或不定式的被动式，表示被动意义。该句相当于This sentence needs to be improved.用心 爱心 专心
