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Test Fourteen
名词+不定式与名词+介词+ing分词
有些名词如attempt, chance, effort, freedom, intention, reason, necessity, opportunity, time, way等，在其后用不定式或介词+ing分词均可，意义无甚区别。例如：
The doctor made a bold attempt to save/at saving the child’s life.
有些名词如ability, agreement, ambition, anxiety, curiosity, mind, obligation, permission, refusal, tendency, wish等，在其后通常带不定式，而不带介词+ing分词。
例如：
Our ability to think and speak separates us from other mammals.
还有些名词如aptitude, experience, hope, method, possibility, difficulty, interest, plan, habit, passion, genius等，其后通常带介词+ing分词，而不带不定式。例如：
There is no hope of winning the game.
近义词辨析
strange, eccentric, odd, peculiar, queer, unique
这组词均含有“不平常的”或“奇怪的”的意思。
strange
词义最广。指非一般的、不平常的、费解的或与预期不同的，还强调陌生，不熟悉。
With so many strange faces around her, she felt a bit nervous.身边尽是陌生的面孔，她感到有点紧张。
eccentric
指行为偏离常规，特别是显得古怪或可笑。
You’ll be considered eccentric if you go to the banquet in your tennis shoes.如果穿着网球鞋去参加宴会，别人会认为你很古怪。
odd
强调有异于正常，表示不标准、不正规、不符合规律等，暗示这种奇异令人困惑不解。
Einstein was considered an odd man by the neighbours’ kids.邻居的孩子们认为爱因斯坦是个古怪的人。
peculiar
强调具有明显的奇异特征或令人不快的怪异特性。
We can identify the drug by its peculiar smell.我们可以通过其古怪的气味来辨认那种毒品。
queer
比odd更强调古怪性，指古怪得令人难以置信或离奇可笑。该词是个比较陈旧过时的词。曾被用于指男子同性恋者，宜慎用。
He had a queer expression on his face.他的面部表情古怪。
unique
可指在某一方面不同寻常、特别，有较强的“独一无二”的意思。
His calligraphic style is unique.他的书法风格很独特
全真模拟试题
1. ____ their help, we wouldn’t have succeeded.
A. Hadn’t been forB. Had it not been for
C. It hadn’t been for D. Hadn’t it been for
2. ____ that the sweater is handmade, the price seems reasonable.
A. SinceB. In viewC. BecauseD. Considering
3. I am in charge of welcoming the ____.
A. visitors from outside of town
B. outoftown visitors
C. visitors of outoftown
D. outside town visitors
4. I really do not know whether we can succeed, so do not expect ____.
A. too much of usB. us too much
C. of us too muchD. us of too much
5. Japan has begun to rival America ____.
A. producing automobiles
B. to manufacture automobiles 
C. in the production of automobiles
D. for automobiles producing
6. He did nothing but ____ letters home all this afternoon.
A. to writeB. writingC. writeD. wrote
7. ____ left before the deadline, it does not seem likely that Jimmy will accomplish the job.
A. With so short time
B. Although such a short time
C.With such a short time
D. It is such a short time
8. “Will Tom recover?”“Right now there is no way ____.”
A. of knowing B. to be known 
C. for knowing D. to have known
9. No sooner had we started out ____ it began to snow.
A.thenB.whenC. thanD. whenever
10. ____ the consequence, I will be on your side.
A. However B. No matter how
C. No matterD. Whatever
11. When they arrived at the cross roads, they went the wrong ____.
A. directionB. wayC. pathD. route
12. I can’t stand the summer’s ____ heat.
A. intensiveB. heavyC. intenseD. high
13. She takes ____ interest in the economic reform in China.
A. considerableB. conventional
C. considerateD. conservative
14. When our university library bought this microscope we were given a one year’s ____.
A. proofB. reservationC. securityD. guarantee
15. The football player ha