11. They insisted on _____another chance to try.
A. given B. giving C. being given D. to be given
12. You can't imagine what difficulty we had ______ home in the snowstorm.
A. walked B. walk C. to walk D. walking
13. Eugene's never willing to alter any of his opinions. It's no use ___ with him.
A. to argue B. arguing C. argued D. having argued
14. It is difficult to imagine his ________the decision without any consideration.
A. accept B. accepting C. to accept D. accepted
15. --What has made him so upset recently?
--________alone to face a troublesome milk case.
A. Left B. Being left C. Having left D. To leave
16. Victor apologized for ________ to inform me of the change in the plan beforehand.
A. his being not able B. him not to be able C. his not being able D. him to be not able
17. --They are quiet, aren’t they?
--Yes. They are accustomed ______ at meals.
A. to talk B. to not talk C. to talking D. to not talking
18. The silence of the library is sometimes broken by a sudden cough or the sound of pages .
A. turning B. turned C. being turned D. having turned
19. --Do you have any idea what Paul does all day?
--As I know, he spends at least as much time playing as he_____.
A. writes B. does writing C. is writing D. does write
20. At the beginning of class, the noise of desks ____ could be heard outside the classroom.
A. opened and closed B. to be opened and closed
C. being opened and closed D. to open and close
11. C。句意：他们坚持再给一次试试的机会。insist on doing表示“坚持做某事”，结合语境应用被动形式。
12. D。have difficulty/trouble (in) doing sth.表示“做某事有困难”。句式发生了改变，同时又省略了介词造成理解上的难度。
13. B。It is no use doing sth.是固定句型，表示“做某事是没有用的”。
14. B。句意：难以想象他不经考虑就接受这个决定。imagine doing表示“想象做某事”，结合语境应用动名词复合结构作imagine的宾语。
15. B。这是一个省略句，补充完整为“Being left alone to face a troublesome milk case has made him so upset recently”，所以下句应用动名词作主语，同时注意leave sb. alone表示“把某人单独留下”，这里是被动关系。
16. C。apologize for表示“因……而道歉”，for是介词，后接名词或动名词；其否定式在其前加not。
17. D。be accustomed to (doing) sth.表示“习惯于做某事”，to是介词，后接名词或动名词；其次结合语境应用否定形式，“他们习惯于吃饭时不说话”。
18. C。“名词所有格或形容词性物主代词+动名词”构成动名词复合宾语结构。句意：图书馆的安静有时被咳嗽声或翻书的声音打断。这里表示书页被翻阅强调一个被动的动作故用动名词的被动语态。
19. B。这是一个省略句，考查spend time (in) doing sth.句型，后半句补全为as he spends time writing，因此只有B项正确，does是代动词，代替spends time。
20. C。这里desks being opened and closed是动名词复合宾语结构，作介词of的宾语。句意：刚开始上课时，教室外边就能够听见开关桌子的声音。
A. given B. giving C. being given D. to be given
12. You can't imagine what difficulty we had ______ home in the snowstorm.
A. walked B. walk C. to walk D. walking
13. Eugene's never willing to alter any of his opinions. It's no use ___ with him.
A. to argue B. arguing C. argued D. having argued
14. It is difficult to imagine his ________the decision without any consideration.
A. accept B. accepting C. to accept D. accepted
15. --What has made him so upset recently?
--________alone to face a troublesome milk case.
A. Left B. Being left C. Having left D. To leave
16. Victor apologized for ________ to inform me of the change in the plan beforehand.
A. his being not able B. him not to be able C. his not being able D. him to be not able
17. --They are quiet, aren’t they?
--Yes. They are accustomed ______ at meals.
A. to talk B. to not talk C. to talking D. to not talking
18. The silence of the library is sometimes broken by a sudden cough or the sound of pages .
A. turning B. turned C. being turned D. having turned
19. --Do you have any idea what Paul does all day?
--As I know, he spends at least as much time playing as he_____.
A. writes B. does writing C. is writing D. does write
20. At the beginning of class, the noise of desks ____ could be heard outside the classroom.
A. opened and closed B. to be opened and closed
C. being opened and closed D. to open and close
11. C。句意：他们坚持再给一次试试的机会。insist on doing表示“坚持做某事”，结合语境应用被动形式。
12. D。have difficulty/trouble (in) doing sth.表示“做某事有困难”。句式发生了改变，同时又省略了介词造成理解上的难度。
13. B。It is no use doing sth.是固定句型，表示“做某事是没有用的”。
14. B。句意：难以想象他不经考虑就接受这个决定。imagine doing表示“想象做某事”，结合语境应用动名词复合结构作imagine的宾语。
15. B。这是一个省略句，补充完整为“Being left alone to face a troublesome milk case has made him so upset recently”，所以下句应用动名词作主语，同时注意leave sb. alone表示“把某人单独留下”，这里是被动关系。
16. C。apologize for表示“因……而道歉”，for是介词，后接名词或动名词；其否定式在其前加not。
17. D。be accustomed to (doing) sth.表示“习惯于做某事”，to是介词，后接名词或动名词；其次结合语境应用否定形式，“他们习惯于吃饭时不说话”。
18. C。“名词所有格或形容词性物主代词+动名词”构成动名词复合宾语结构。句意：图书馆的安静有时被咳嗽声或翻书的声音打断。这里表示书页被翻阅强调一个被动的动作故用动名词的被动语态。
19. B。这是一个省略句，考查spend time (in) doing sth.句型，后半句补全为as he spends time writing，因此只有B项正确，does是代动词，代替spends time。
20. C。这里desks being opened and closed是动名词复合宾语结构，作介词of的宾语。句意：刚开始上课时，教室外边就能够听见开关桌子的声音。
