语法复习题-答案

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. After each sentence, four options are given.

Choose the one that

best completes the sentence.

(25%)

1.

He muffled his voice to avoid _____.

A

．

having been identified B

．

to be identified

C

．

identified

D

．

being identified

2. When he _____ all the newspapers, he will go home.

A. sells

B. has sold

C. will have sold

D. will be sold

3.

_______, I would call him in advance

．

A

．

Had I been you

B

．

I were you

C

．

Were I you

D

．

I had been you

4. The Tower of London, _____ so many people lost their lives

，

is now a

tourist attraction

．

A

．

which

B

．

there

C

．

where

D

．

from it

5. _______ do we go for picnics.

A. Certainly

B. Sometimes

C. Seldom

D. Once

arrived ______ Professor Baker had already called the roll.

A. so lately that

B. as late that

C. so later that

D. so late that

didn

’

t know French, ______ made it difficult for him to study at a

university in France.

A. that

B. as

C. this

D. which

8. What bothers me is _____ I paid for all this stuff that we don't want

anymore.

A. what

B. that

C. which

D. who

9. Which of the following sentences expresses

A. You must leave immediately.

B. You must be feeling rather tired.

C. You must be here by eight o'clock.

D. You must complete the reading assignment on time.

10. Which of the following italicized parts is a subject clause ?

A. We are quite certain

that we will get there in time

.

B. He has to face the fact

that there will be no pay rise this year

.

C. She said

that she had seen the man earlier that morning

.

D. It is sheer luck

that the miners are still alive after ten days

.

11. But for the party, he ________ of hunger fifteen years ago.

A. would have died

B. would die

C. must have died

D. must die

12. I would have come earlier, but I ________ that you were waiting for

me.

A. didn’t know

B. hadn’t know

C. would have known

D. haven’t known

13. The teacher agreed to the suggestion that the students ________ two

weeks to prepare for the exam.

A. give

B. should give

C. be given

D. would be given

14.

Wang

Ling,

one

of

my

friends,

is

very

good

at

English.

He

speaks

English as if he ________ an Englishman.

A. were

B. would be

C. have been

D. had been

15. We ________ our lives had it not been for the policeman.

A. would have lost

B. should lose

C. might lose

D. had lost

16. They always give the vacant seats to _______ comes first.

A. who

B. whom

C. whoever

D. whomever

17. I remember ____ him say the grass needed ___.

A. to hear … to cut

B. hearing … to cut

C. to hear … to be cut

D. hearing … to be cut

18. If you _____ me, I ____ in real trouble last year.

A. didn’t help …would have been

B. hadn’t helped … would have been

C. hadn’t helped …would be

D. didn’t help … would be

19.

No

sooner

had

Prof.

Wang

begun

to

speak

______

an

ominous

muttering arose from the audience.

A. when

B. than

C. as

D. since

20. Prior _____ his departure, he addressed a letter to his daughter.

A. to

B. of

C. in

D. From

21. He does not possess a bicycle, this one he uses ____to Peter.

A. is belonged to

B. belonged

C. belongs

D. is belonging

22. The reason for all the changes being made ____to us yet.

A. has not explained

B. has not been explained

C. did not explained

D. were not explained

23.

Experiments

in

the

photography

of

moving

objects ____in

both

the

United States and Europe well before 1900.

A. were conducting

B. were conducted

C. had been conducted

D. had conducted

24. When he turned the corner, he found himself ____by a man in black.

A. tailed

B. been tailed

C. was tailed

D. had been tailed

25.

A

candidate

for

the

democratic

presidential

nomination

____at

this

moment.

A. is interviewing

B. being interviewed

C. is being interviewed

D. interviewing

2

6.

I

remember

_______

the

key

in

the

box

under

the

bed,

but

it’s

not

there!

A. putting

B. to put

C. put

D. being put

27. I will do it myself ____ ask him to do it.

A. than

B. instead of

C. in place of

D. rather than

28

. We couldn’t help but ____ at what he said.

A. laughed

B. laughing

C. laugh

D. to laugh

29

. We’ll let you use th

e room _____ you keep it clean.

A. until

B. unless

C. in order that

D. so that

30. Look _____ the different meanings of these words in a dictionary.

A. out

B. up

C. for

D. on

31.

Emphasis

is

laid

on

the

importance

that

all

the

objectives

to

be

attained _____ into account before starting a new project.

A. be taken

B. shall be taken

C. will take

D. should take

32. Such machines _____ they were used on the old time farm in England

are no longer to be seen in that country.

A. though

B. which

C. as

D. that

33. Margaret _____ here, but not any more.

A. was used to work

B. used to work

C. be used to work

D. used to working

34

. For quite a number of pupils, their teacher’s advice is more important

than ____

_of their parents’.

A. one

B. that

C. which

D. what

35. Harry is far _____ his brother in English.

A. over

B. good

C. well

D. beyond

36. When speaking in public, __________.

A. speech should be understood

B. speech should be easy to understand

C.

one should make himself understood

D. one should make listeners understand

37. He is always the first ___ and last ______.

A. to come; to leave

B. coming; leaving

C. to come; leaving

D. coming; to leave

38. The captain apologized _______ to tell us more about the accident.

A. for to be unable

B. that he was unable

C. to be unable

D. for being unable

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9. Many of the world’s great novels are reported ______ into films last

year.

A. to make

B. to be made

C. to have been made

D. to making

40.

____

all

animals

need

oxygen,

water,

food

and

the

proper

range

of

temperature.

A. To survive

B. Their survival

C. Surviving

D. They survive

41. The Clarks haven’t decided yet which hotel

_______.

A. to stay

B. is to stay

C. to stay at

D. is for staying

42.

It

is

not

uncommon

for

there

_____

problems

of

communication

between the old and the young.

be

C. be

D. to be

43.

There

___nothing

more

for

discussion,

the

meeting

came

to

an

end

half an hour earlier.

be

have been

C. being

D. be

44. It was a terrible noise _______ the sudden burst of light.

ed

ing

C. to be followed

D. being followed

45. A lot of work _______, he had no time to talk with us.

A. done

B. to do

C. doing

D. to be doing

tree, the branches ___ are almost bare, is a very old one.

which

which

no case ___ on with folded arms.

won't look

will look

they look

they look

as the room is, it is comfortable ___.

live

live in

in

in

will wonder whether their life ___ considerably by 2010.

have changed

have to change

be changing

going to change