精典題例(2)

　　5. John, who is considered ____ a warm-hearted man, is considering ____ his neighbor out of trouble.

　　A. to be; to help B. to be; helping

　　C. being; to help D. being; helping

　　【解析】選B be considered to be “被認為是……”;consider doing “考慮做某事”。

　　6. He made a mistake, but then he corrected the situation ____ it got worse.

　　A. until B. when C. before D. as

　　【解析】選C意思是“在事情還未變得更糟之前及

　　時糾正錯誤”。

　　7. - There is something wrong with my bike.

　　- It doesn't matter. I ____ lend you mine.

　　A. am to B. am going to C. was going to D. will

　　【解析】選D be to表示按計劃安排將來的動作，be going to 表示最近打算做某事，will 在此是情態(tài)動詞，表示“意志;意愿”。如：I will tell you all about it.

　　8. Children at the beginning of this century ____ a lot and ____ themselves greatly even without television.

　　A. used to read; enjoying B. used to read; enjoyed

　　C. were used to reading; enjoy

　　D. were used to read; enjoying

　　【解析】選B 前后時態(tài)要保持一致。