1 .imagine 作及物动词，后续名词、V-ing 形式或名词性从句作宾语；

2.后续动词 V-ing 形式或不定式 to be 的复合结构作宾语， 表状态时只使用后者， be 亦可省略； to

3.表料想、 以为， 用法同 think/ suppose/guess 等，用作插入语。或与 so 连用，构成缩略语 I imagine so, 表大致赞成。

  义务教育英语课程标准五级词汇表(点击每一个单词，可直接链接到这个单词的用法.)

think,believe, suppose, imagine, expect, guess等词的特殊用法 

经典考题

 1. --- Look! He’s running so fast! --- Hard to _____his legs were once broken. (2007 年浙江卷)

     A. know B. imagine C. realize D. find

 2. My grandma still treats me like a child. She can’t imagine____ grown up. (2006 年重庆卷)

    A. my B. mine C. myself D. me

 3. --- There is a story here in the paper about a 110-year-old man.

     --- My goodness! I can’t imagine____ that old. (2006 年江苏卷)

   A. to be B. to have been C. being D. having been

4. You can't i                how happy I was when I heard of the good news.

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 1. B。此题考查动词词义辨析。动词 imagine 表惊讶、惊奇，对所发生之事表示难以想象。

2. D。此题考查代词。imagine 后续不定式的复合结构作宾语，故代词选用宾格形式；补语 grown up 为 V-ed 分词．相当于形容词，其前省略了 to be。

3. C。此题考查非谓语动词。imagine 后续 V-ing 形式作宾语，故排除选项 A 和 B；动作无完成之意， 不需使用完成时。

4. imagine