福建师范大学 英语期末考复习

一、语法

1.They did what they could to console her.

2.The news that we are having a holiday tomorrow is not true.

3. I cannot give you the information you ask for, for the reason that I don’t know it

myself.

4. I didn’t hear what he was saying because there was too much noise where I was

sitting.

5. Which Mr. Smith do you mean –-- the one who teaches history or the one who

teaches music?

6. ―I’m going to where I can be of most use, ― said the doctor.

7. Whoever uprooted that tree ought to be ashamed of themselves.

8. Your mother’s health is not what it ought to be.

9. It is estimated that as much as one-fourth of all timber harvested is not used.

10.Sometimes we are asked what we think the likely result of an action will be.

11. They are so alike that you can’t tell which is which.

12. How some mammals came to live in the sea is not known.

13. The people of the party were worried about Janet because no one was aware of

where she had gone.

14.Why the explosion occurred was that the laboratory attendants had been careless.

15. Prof. Lee’s book will show you how what you have observed can be used in other

contexts.

16. Neither of the boys who have been helping us knows when this game is over.

17. Every success and failure contributes to an individual’s growth and matur ity.

18. The kind of books an author writes depends on the kind of man he is.

19. John is the only one of the staff members who is going to be transferred.

20. When the bell rang, a few were still working on the test.

21. The number of employees at the factory has been cut to a bare minimum so as to

lower production costs.

22. A series of accidents has occurred at that junction. Motorists have been warned to

use caution at that point.

23. Setting fires to public buildings is highly dangerous and punishable.

24. More than one example is necessary to make the students understand this rule

clearly.

25. This family never agrees about their shares of the property.

26. Many a student and teacher is making a careful study of his own problems.

27. Fifteen minutes seems a long time for a boy who is eager to see his girl friend.

28. Hard work and plain living are characteristics of the working people.

29. Truth and honesty is always best policy.

30. Every means has been tried since then.

31. They have all got up, and so has Jack.

32. Not only will the novel be interesting to us, but also its English will help us in

composition.

33. Hardly had he finished his speech when the audience started cheering.

34. We failed to catch the train, neither did they.