（3）make的用法

        16. Television makes us better ___ than ever before. (QE99-25)

        A. inform     B. informing    C. informed    D. to be informed

        【答案】C。inform 是及物动词，前面的us是它的逻辑宾语，所以要用被动形式，可排除A和B项。Make +宾语+done，固定搭配，“使某事被做”。make us informed 使我们了解（更多的）信息。Inform：通知，给……提供信息。

       17. Paul doesn’t have to be made _______. He always works hard.

        A. learn              B. to learn              C. learned              D. learning

        【答案】B。be made to do sth. 被强迫做某事。保罗不需要被强迫做事，他一直工作很努力。

       18. The boss made him_____ the work all day.

        A. do    B. done  C. to do    D. did 

        【答案】A。老板让他整天做事。Make sb do sth，让某人做某事。

       19. He is very popular among his students as he always tries to make them ________ in his lectures.                                                    

        A. interested   B. interesting       C. interest        D. to interest

        【答案】A。他总是努力让学生对课程感兴趣，因此他在学生中很受欢迎。

       20. Helen had to shout ______ above the sound of the music.

        A. making herself hear    B. to make herself hear

        C. making herself heard   D. to make herself heard

        【答案】D。不定式做目的状语。海伦不得不大声喊以便压过音乐的声音。