在職碩士英語復習：語法復習要點練習

來源：時間：2008-12-22 08:57:52

Exercise 1.1

1. Twenty dollars ______ all I can afford to pay for the recorder.
A. is 　　　　B. are
C. were　　　　D. being

2. Each and every witness ______ expected to give testimony he does not wish to disclose.
A. are 　　　　B. be
C. have 　　　　D. is

3. During the past few years the number of automobile accidents in Beijing ______ decreased. (a number of ns)
A. have　　　　B. is
C. has　　　　D. are
4. He was all ______ at the news that he had been admitted into the Communist Party.
A. smile 　　　　 B. smiles
C. smiling　　　　D. smiled

5. The coffee isn’t hot enough. Let me get you ______ that is hotter.
A. one　　　　B. some
C. any　　　　D. those
6. The inner emptiness of all Hollywood pictures ______ by an outer impressiveness.
A. are compensated for
C. have been compensated for
B. is compensated for
D. has compensated for

7. You should give more ______ to do this.
A. thoughts 　　　　B. thought
C. thinking　　　　　D. thoughtfulness

8. Home computer-teachers may replace the classroom teachers as ______ takes over the education of young people.
A. machine　　　　B. machines
C. machinery　　　　D. machineries
9. The rise of divorce rate and the increasing number of young people who choose to live in extramarital arrangements ______ many thoughtful people to question the future of marriage.
A. has led　　　　B. have led
C. lead                    D. leads

10. Some critics argue that Edgar Allan Poe’s poetry ______ more music than meaning.
A. is 　　　　B. are
C. as being 　　　　D. had been

11. He couldn’t remember ______.
A. what was the formulae
B. what the formulae was
C. what were the formulae
D. what the formulae were

12. The professor has given him one of the best ______ I have ever heard.
A. pieces of advices　　　　B. piece of advice
C. pieces of advice 　　　　D. piece of advices

13. Ten years had elapsed, I found she had ______.
A. a little white hair 　　　　B. some white hair
C. much white hair           　D. a few white hairs
14. We saw a lot of ______.
A. cow and sheep           　B. cows and sheeps
C. cow and sheeps           　D. cows and sheep
15. Every means ______ been tried since then.
A. has  　B. have
C. are     　D. is

16. His cattle ______ feeding near the forest. (police, poultry 家禽, vermin 害蟲, 只能用復數(shù))
A. are  　B. is
C. have   　D. has

17. Julie went to the ______ to buy a pair of shoes.
A. shoes store 　　　　B. shoe store
C. shoe’s store         D. shoes’ store

18. The mother helped the child ______.
A. build sand castles 　　　　B. build castles in the sand
C. build castles by sands    　D. build castles with sand
19. Miss Smith is a friend of ______.
A. Mary’s mother’s         　B. Mary’s mother
C. Mary mother’s　　　　D. Mother’s of Mary
20. Jim and Ronald are ______.
A. my mother and father’s friends
B. my mother’s and father’s friends
C. my mother and father friends
D. friends of mine father and mother

Exercise 1.2

1. The _____ of this problem _____ still not clear to most of us.
A. bases, is 　　　　B. basis, are
C. basis, is 　　　　D. basises, are

2. Computers are tools carrying _____ for human beings.
A. many information　　　　B. many informations
C. more information　　　　D. much information
3. You can order _____ if you like.
A. two furniture　　　　　　B. two pieces of furniture
C. two piece of furnitures　　　　D. two pieces of furnitures
4. The _____ in this schools are mush more active than those from other schools according to a recent research.
A. womanstudent     　B. womenstudents
C. womenstudent        D. womanstudents
5. It’s said that the _____ here would never go on strike.
A. postmen                  B. postsman
C. postmans               D. postsmen

6. He finally found that the two _____ were his _____.
A. standers-by, sisters-in-law
B. stander-bys, sister-in-laws
C. stander-by, sisters-in-law
D. stander-by, sister-in-law

7. Nowadays, cards _____ not so popular as Majong.
A. were　　　　B. are
C. is 　　　　D. was

8. The Himalayas _____ a large variety of living _____.
A. has, specie　　　　B. have, species
C. have, specie　　　　D. has, species
9. The majority _____ on this point and the majority of us _____ the question in the same way.
A. agree, answer              　 B. agrees, answer
C. agrees, answers             　D. agree, answers

10. My sister cut the cloth with _____ scissors.
A. a couple of              B. a pair of
C. a handle of (a handful of) 　　D. a piece of

11. No one can believe that he is a _____.
A. bank president                 　 B. bank’s president
C. president of a bank              　D. president of the bank
12. _____ is supposed to be of great importance in daily life.
A. Honesty                  B. An honesty
C. The honesty           D. Honest

13. We have prescribed for _____.
A. child’s pictorial            　B. children’s pictorial
C. child pictorial               　D. pictorial of children

14. My uncle prepared two _____ into the mixture.
A. cup water                B. cups of water
C. cupful of water       D. cupful of the water

15. After a long time of waiting, the news _____ to be very good.
A. is                            B. are
C. seems                    D. were
16. All the kids in the garden were frightened by _____ of lightening.
A. a piece                    B. a bolt
C. a flash                    D. a set

17. _____ is famous all over the world.
A. Peter’s 　　　　B. The painter Peter
C. Peter, the painter　　　　D. Peter painter

18. I always buy some _____ for my father.
A. beautiful Chinese paintings
B. Chinese beautiful painting
C. Chinese beautiful paintings
D. some beautiful paintings of Chinese
19. The _____ supplies us a place to put our food on.
A. stones of table         B. stone table
C. table of stones        D. stone of table
20. I hardly slept _____ last night.
A. a wink                   B. winks
C. much winks           D. many winks