考点一：动词不定式用作宾语补足语

　　中考题：

　　1. My mother often asks me________early. (北京2003)

　　A. get up B. got up C. getting up D. to get up

　　　2. Helen wasn't feeling well. I told her________in bed till supper time. (镇江2003)

　　A. stayed B. stay C. staying D. to stay

　　[简析] ask, tell, order, want, invite, wish 等动词的后面常接带to的动词不定式作宾语补足语。

　　3. We saw him________the building and go upstairs. (2002河南)

　　A. to enter B. enter C. entering D. entered

　　　4. The Chinese ping-pong players will join in the match. Let's ________ them success. (陕西2003)

　　A. wish B. to wish C. hope D. to hope

　　答案: 1-4 DDBA

　　　[简析] 由"go upstairs"判断，应用不定式作宾语补足语，而在see, watch, hear, feel, let, make, listen to 等动词后要用不带to 的不定式作宾语补足语。

　　　考点二：动词不定式用作宾语

　　　中考题：

　　　Her mother decided________ her holidays in Beijing. (南通市2003)

　　A. spend B. spending C. to spend D. spent

　　　[简析] want, wish, hope, decide, learn, agree, refuse, fail, plan 等动词后接"带to 的不定式(短语)"作宾语。

　　　答案： C

　　　考点三： 动词不定式用作状语

　　　中考题：

　　　After finishing your paper, look it over to ________ there are no mistakes. (黑龙江 2003)

　　A. find out B. try out C. make sure D. think about

　　答案：C

　　　[简析] go, come 等不及物动词的后面常跟动词不定式作状语。

　　　考点四： 动词不定式用作定语

　　中考题：

　　　1. After the P.E. class, the teacher offered us something________. (扬州2003)

　　A. drink B. drinking C. drunk D. to drink

　　2. - Jack seems like a good student. (扬州2002)

　　-He is always the first______ his work.

　　A. finishes B. finishing C. finished D. to finish

　　答案：1-2 DD

　　　[简析] 不定式有时起形容词的作用修饰名词或代词，在句子中作定语，它的位置在它所修饰的名词或代词之后。

　　　考点五：带疑问代词或疑问副词的动词不定式

　　　中考题：

　　1. I'm going on a field trip but I haven'tdecided ________. (河南2003)

　　A. what to do B. to do what

　　C. where to go D. to go where

　　2. -This physics problem is too difficult. Can you show me ________, please Wang Lin?

　　-Sure. (陕西2003)

　　A. what to work it out

　　B. what to work out it

　　C. how to work it out

　　D. how to work out it

　　　3. Excuse me. Would you please tell me ________ buy a digital camera? (安徽2003)

　　A. what to B. where to C. what I can D. where can I

　　答案：1-3 CCB

　　　[简析]不定式可以和疑问代词who, what, which及疑问副词when, how, where等连用，构成不定式短语，在句子中作主语、宾语、表语等。

　　　考点六： 动词不定式的否定

　　　中考题：

　　　The teacher often warns the boy____ __swim________in the sea because it's dangerous. (青岛2003)

　　A. don't; alone B. not; by himself

　　C. not to; by himself D. not to; lonely

　　答案：C

　　[简析] 动词不定式的否定形式应在动词不定式前直接加not。

　　考点七：动词不定式构成的常用搭配

　　We are always ready______others. (泰州市2003)

　　A. to helping B. to help C. help D. helping

　　答案： B

　　　[简析] 动词不定式常用来修饰形容词构成下列"be+形容词+to do"固定搭配，如：be ready to do sth, be sure to do sth, be afraid to do sth, be sorry to do sth, be glad to do sth, be pleased to do sth, be surprised to do sth等。

　　　考点八： how long / how often / how soon 的用法

　　　中考题：

　　1. -________does he take this medicine?

　　　 -Twice a day. (南京2003)

　　A. How long B. How often C. How soon D. How much

　　2. -________are the Olympic Games held?

　　-Every four years. (宿迁2002)

　　A. How soon B. How often

　　C. How long D. How far

　　答案：1-2 BB

　　　[简析] how soon 表示"多久以后将做某事"； how often 对频度副词提问，意为"多长时间一次"； how long 意为"多长时间"； how far 意为"多远距离"。

　　　考点九： so...that...结构

　　　中考题：

　　The mountain was ________ steep________ few people in our city reached the top. (吉林2003)

　　A. so; as B. so; that C. as; as D. too; to

　　答案:B

　　　[简析] so+adj./adv. that + 从句是英语中的固定结构，是"如此……，以致于……"的意思。它常与 "too...to..."结构互换。例如：

　　同义句转换：

　　　2. The nurse is so busy that she has no time to look after her family. (淮安2003)

　　　 The nurse is ________ busy________take care of her family.

　　　答案：too,to

　　　3. He was so happy that he couldn't say a word when he was told the news. (北京东城区2002)

　　He was ________ happy ________ say a word when he was told the news.

　　　答案: too,to

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