涉及并列句的易錯考題

請先看題目：

They weren’t a particularly good team, but they refused to give in and _________ defeat.

A. accept                  B. accepted              C. accepting             D. to have accepted

容易誤選B，誤認為 accepted 與謂語 refused 并列。其實，最佳答案為A，動詞 accept 與 give 并列。請看類例：

(1) Mother told Jim to watch the milk until it boiled and then _________ off the gas.

A. turn                     B. turning                 C. turned                  D. having turned

答案為A，turn off the gas 與 watch the milk until it boiled 并列。

(2)He just does what he pleases and never _________ about anyone else.

A. think                    B. thinks                   C. thinking                D. thought

答案選B，thinks 與前面的 does 為并列謂語，同用一般現在時。

(3)I don’t know whether to stay in teaching or _________ another job.

A. trying getting        B. to try to get           C. trying to get          D. try get

答案選B，to stay in teaching 與to try to get another job 為兩個并列的選擇成分，故同用不定式。另外比較：try to do sth=設法做某事，try doing sth=做某事看看有何效果。