1. I am considering ___my job as I’m not getting on well with my boss.
A. changing
B. to change
C. changed
D. to be changed
【答案】A consider后面接动名词做宾语,表“考虑做某事”;consider sb./sth. to do表“认为”。因此A为正确答案。本句的意思是:“我正在考虑换工作,因为我和老板关系不太好。”如:We are considering learning a foreign language.我们正在考虑学一门外语。
2. Charles Babbage is generally considered ______ the first computers.
A. to invent
B. inventing
C. to have invented
D. having invented
【答案】C此题考查的是非谓语动词中不定式的用法。Be considered/said/ believed to do 表示:据认为/据说/据相信做……,而后面的动作若已经发生,则用完成时表示,故选to have invented.
3. Mary regretted ___ to John’s birthday party last Sunday.
A. not going
B. not to go
C. not having been going
D. not to be going
【答案】A。regret后面要跟动名词做宾语,动名词的否定式是在动名词之前直接加not。
4. I regret _______ you that we are unable to offer you a job.
A. in forming
B. having informed
C. to inform
D. to informing
【答案】C。regret to do sth.遗憾做某事。我很遗憾的告诉你我们不能给你这份工作。
5. In some parts of London, missing a bus means _______ for another hour.
A. waiting
B. to wait
C. wait
D. to be waiting
【答案】A。means doing意味着。在伦敦的某些地方,错过汽车意味着再等一个小时。