英语语法第三次平时作业

I  Multiple choice.           20%

1.    You must learn the text       heart.

       A.    from                            B.    in                          C.    by                  D.    with

2.    He sold it       twenty dollars.

       A.    for                        B.    with                      C.    to                  D.    in

3.    Li Ming and his younger sister nearly died       illness.

       A.    from                    B.    in                          C.    with               D.    of

4.    The visitor claimed to be a friend of       .

       A.    you                       B.    yours                    C.    your               D.    your’s

5.    The train was supposed       at 11:30, but it was 40 minutes late.

       A.    to arrive                B.    arriving                 C.    arrived           D.    to arriving

6.          we leave,       we will arrive.

       A.    The early, the soon                                    B.    The earlier, the soon

       C.    The early, the sooner                                 D.    The earlier, the sooner

7.          more than two thousand tons, the automatic forging press is operated by one worker only.

       A.    Weighed                B.    Weighing               C.    To weigh        D.    Weighs

8.    If you       more clothes, you wouldn’t have caught cold.

       A.    put on                   B.    would put on         C.    had put on      D.    have put on

9.    Women have       equal say in affairs at home.

       A.    a                           B.    the                       C.    /                    D.    an

10.   His ill-health may well be       malnutrition.

       A.    due to                   B.    next to                  C.    thanks to              D.    up to

11.         the many delays, we shall get to our destination in time.

A.    In the way of         B.    In case of             C.    In spite of      D.    In the event of

12.   Expenditure is twenty pounds       income.

       A.    in point of             B.    in the pay of          C.    in the wake of       D.    in excess of

13.   The nurses must see       the comfort of their patients.

       A.    for                        B.    to                         C.    into                D.    out

14.   We can substitute garlic       onion in that sauce.

       A.    for                        B.    into                             C.    of                  D.    on

15.   We consider him       very helpful to us in the experiment.

       A.    as to be                 B.    as being                 C.    to be                     D.    being

16.   Young       he was, he was equal to the task.

       A.    as                         B.    although                C.    since              D.    unless

17.   Many people think he is       of a musician.

       A.    anybody                B.    something              C.    somebody       D.    anyone

18.   I       to my hometown I three years. I miss my old friends badly.

       A.    went                            B.    have been                     C.    haven’t been   D.    was

19.   Today is Beryl’s wedding day. She       to Harry.

       A.    just has been married                                 B.    was just married

       C.    has just married                                         D.    has just been married

20.   The accident       when the car tore around the hairpin curve.

       A.    occurred               B.    was occurred         C.    had occurred  D.    was occurring

II.      From the four underlined parts in each of the following sentences choose the one that is wrong.  10%

1.         Even on Sundays, fewer people go to the church than before.

  A     B             C             D

2.         Let you and me bear in mind that there is no such thing as ghost.

   A       B                   C       D

3.         If the policeman would have arrived earlier, he would have seen the accident.

  A      B               C      D

4.         Modern advertising is used as frequently to promote ideas and positions as it is to sale

A             B              C            D

products.

5.         We city dwellers often fail taking advantage of our many opportunities for cultural

A                B    C                                      D

enjoyment.

6.    “Let’s get to the point, Mary, and stop to beat about the bush, as I haven’t got time to

            A                        B    C                          D

waste,” said John.

7.       When the tank car carried the poisonous gas ran off the rails, the firemen tried to isolate the

                     A                    B                    C     D

village from all traffic.

8.       Forests provide natural beautiful, prevent erosion, and furnish food and cover for wildlife.

      A                  B                       C            D

9.       The castle, that was burn down in the sixteenth century, was never rebuilt.

              A           B                          C    D

10.   The boat, loaded by passengers, left the port early that morning.

              A  B            C  D

III.   Fill in the blanks with proper tense forms of the verbs given in brackets.       20%

When he saw his wife off at the station, he  1  (return) home as he  2  (not have) to be at the airport till 9:30. He  3  (not have) to pack, for his wife had already done that for him and his case  4  (be) ready in the hall. He  5  (not have) to check the doors and windows either, for his wife always  6  (do) that before she  7  (leave) the house. All he  8  (have) to do  9  (be) to decide whether or not to take his overcoat with him. In the end he  10  (decide) not to. At 8:30 he  11  (pick) up his case,  12  (go) out of the house and  13  (slam) the door behind him. Then he  14  (feel) in his pockets for the key, for his wife  15  (remind) him to double-lock the front door. When he searched all his pockets and  16  (find) no key he  17  (remember) where it  18  (be). He had left it in his overcoat pocket. Then he  19  (remember) something else; his passport and tickets  20  (be) in his overcoat pocket as well.

IV.    Transform each of the following sentences into a required one.  20%

1.         We learn form Mr. Li. He has rich experience in work.

A complex sentence with an adverbial clause of condition:

2.         Mr. Smith is our English teacher. He is also our good friend.  (A simple sentence)

3.    They made many suggestions. Some of the suggestions are worth study.

A complex sentence with an attributive clause:

4.       The telephone rang when she was about to go out.

Emphasize the underlined element in the sentence:

5.       When I went to his house, I found him doing his homework.   (A compound sentence)

V.       Close.     20%

Before the 20th century the horse provided day to day transportation in the United States. Trains were used only for long distance transportation.

Today the car is the most popular  1  of transportation in all of the United States. It has completely  2  the horse as a means of everyday transportation. Americans use their car for  3  90 percent of personal  4  .

Most Americans are able to  5  cars. The average price of a  6  made car was 2,050 in 1950, 2,740  7  1975. During this period American car manufacturers set about  8  their products and work efficiency. As a result, the yearly income of the  9  family increased from 1950 to 1975  10  than the price of cars. For this reason  11  a new car takes a smaller  12  of a family’s total earnings today.

In 1951  13  it took 8.1 months of an average family’s  14  to buy a new car.

In 1962 a new car  15  8.3 of a family’s annual earnings. By 1975 it only took 4.75  16  income. In addition, the 1975 cars were technically  17  to models from previous years.

The  18  of the automobile extends throughout the economy  19  the car is so important to Americans. Americans spend more money to  20  their cars running than on any other item.

1.    A.    kinds              B.    sort                     C.    mean                     D.    types

2.    A.    denied            B.    reproduced            C.    replaced                D.    reduced

3.    A.    hardly            B.    nearly                    C.    certainly                D.    somehow

4.    A.    trip                B.    works                   C.    business                D.    travel

5.    A.    buy                B.    sell                        C.    race                      D.    see

6.    A.    quickly           B.    regularly                C.    rapidly                   D.    recently

7.    A.    on                  B.    in                          C.    behind                   D.    about

8.    A.    raising            B.    making                  C.    reducing                D.    improving

9.    A.    unusual          B.    interested               C.    average                 D.    biggest

10.   A.    slowest          B.    equal                     C.    faster                    D.    less than

11.   A.    bringing          B.    obtain                    C.    bought                  D.    purchasing

12.   A.    part                B.    half                       C.    number                 D.    side

13.   A.    clearly            B.    proportionally         C.    percentage             D.    suddenly

14.   A.    income           B.    work                     C.    plans                     D.    debts

15.   A.    used               B.    spent                     C.    cost                      D.    needed

16.   A.    month’s          B.    dollar’s                  C.    family                   D.    year

17.   A.    famous           B.    superior                 C.    faster                    D.    purchasing

18.   A.    running          B.    notice                    C.    influence               D.    discussion

19.   A.    then               B.    as                       C.    so                         D.    which

20.   A.    start               B.    leave                     C.    keep                      D.    repair

VI.    Fill in each of the blanks by choosing an appropriate expression from the list.(每个词只用一次)              10%

older, choose, showed, deciding, say, jobs, expensive, expected, interested, married, enter

Many single adult Americans today are waiting longer to get  1  . One survey  2  that “rearing a child in the United States is  3 ”. Some couples today are  4  not to have children at all. In 1955, only one percent of all women  5  to have no children. Today more than five percent  6  they want to remain childless. Some women become more  7  in getting married and starting a family as they  8  their 30s. There are several reasons for this: some women have good  9  and want to continue their careers. Other women don’t want the responsibility of having children until they are  10  . Still others are waiting until they are financially secure before they start a family.