英语语法习题及解析

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1. --Hello, this is .

A. How are you?

B. Will you come tonight?

C. Can I take a mesage?

D. Is that Mike?

2. Tom suggested that we __________such a meeting, but Jenny insisted that it _________of great importance.

A. not hold ; should be

B. didn't hold ; be

C. hold ; was

D. not hold ; was

3. You should take the medicine after you read the __________.

A. lines

B. instructions

C. words

D. suggestions

4. --Hi, Tracy, you look tired.

--I am tired. I__________ the living-room all day.

A. painted

B. have been painting

C. had painted

D. have painted

5. I'm sorry. I _____________ you__________ to me.

A. don't know; are speaking

B. don't know ;were speaking

C. didn't know; were speaking

D. didn't know; are speaking

6. "Please __________why you're so late," said his girlfriend.

A. excuse

B. explain

C. apologize

D. tell

7. The rescue team made every __________ to find the missing mountain climber.

A. force

B. energy

C. effort

D. possibility

8. --" Would you mind the window? It's hot here!" May said.

--"__________. "Tom replied.

A. to open ; No, please

B. open ; Yes, please

C. opening; No, of course not

D. opening ; Yes, please

9. The murderer was brought in, with his hands behind his back.

A. to be tied

B. being tied

C. tied

D. having tied

10. The reason_________ he didn't come was _________ he had to take care of his sick mother.

A. why ; that

B. why ; which

C. which ; why

D. that ; for

11. We __________ so tired. We've only been to a party.

A. mustn't have felt

B. wouldn't have felt

C. shouldn't have felt

D. couldn't have felt

12. The girl__________ on the ground __________to me that she had___________ the book on the shelf.

A. lying ; lay ; laid

B. lay ; lied ; laid

C. lie ; lied ; lay

D. lying; lied ; laid

13. --I heard that as many as 4 000 people were killed in 9

--Yes. __________ news came as __________shock to us.

A. the ; the

B. the ; a C, / ; / D. / ; a

14. Neither of them knew what was doing.

A. other

B. others

C. the other

D. another

15. Sometimes words alone were not enough to _________pupils along the path of knowledge

A. provide

B. persuade

C. advise

D. cause

16. --What when I phoned you?

A. had you done; finished

B. were you doing; had just finished

C. did you do; had just finished

D. were you doing; was finishing

17. My uncle___________ until he was forty-five.

A. married

B. didn’t marry

C. was not marrying

D. would marry

18. Scientists say it may be five or ten years___________ it is possible to test this medicine on human patients.

A. since

B. before

C. after

D. when

19. --I can't find Mr. Smith.

--It was in the hotel___________ he stayed.

A. that

B. where

C. which

D. since

20. Our new house is very___________ for me as I can get to the office in five minutes

A. convenient

B. comfortable

C. natural

D. helpful

21. --I don't think we have met before.

--Yes, once at a party, but we___________.

A. weren't introduced

B. didn't introduce

C. haven't introduced

D. were not introducing