Question

We should encourage our students ________ hard instead of ________ too much time playing games.

A. work; spend B. to work; spend

C. work; spending D. to work; spending

Answer 1

D

【解析】

试题分析：句意：我们应该鼓励我们的学生努力学习而不是花太多时间玩游戏。A. work; spend；B. to work; spend；C. work; spending；D. to work; spending 。encourage somebody to do 鼓励某人做某事，故用to work；instead of，代替，取代；后接动名词，故选spending。根据句意，故选D.

考点：考查非谓语动词。