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。