上海高考语法易错题

语法易错题
1. Scientists are not sure of the potential effects _______ the greenhouse gases on the future climates of the earth.
A. on
B. of
C. for
D. to
2. The application of new scientific discoveries ______ industrial production methods usually
increase efficiency.
A. of
B. for
C. to
D. in
3. Fifty-eight percent of Belgians think that there should be a total ban on smoking in restaurants and
49 percent _______ to extend this ban to cafes, a recent survey says.
A. want
B. wants
C. is wanted
D. are wanted
4. V ast amounts/quantities of money ________ in the stock market, but it returns little.
A. has been invested
B. have been invested
C. has invested
D. have invested
5. Y ou should close your _____ eye while I’m having a checkup on the eyesight of one eye.
A. another
B. other
C. the other
D. some other
6. Meeting my uncle after all these years was an unforgettable moment, ___ I will always treasure.
A. that
B. one
C. it
D. what
7. Nine in ten parents said there were significant difference in their approach to education their
children compared with ______of their parents.
A. those
B. one
C. both
D. that
8. It is generally believed that teaching is ________it is a science.
A. an art much as
B. much an art as
C. as an art much as
D. as much an art as
9. The pupils in primary and secondary schools across England lack ______ general a view of
world history as ours do .
A. so
B. too
C. as
D. how
10. Children’s being addicted to the Internet is ____ to be dealt with by education department alone.
A. too a complex and serious problem
B. too complex and serious a problem
C. much complex and serious a problem
D. so complex and serious a problem
11. The main reason for the population growth is not so much a rise in birth rates _____ a fall in
death rates as a result of improvements in medical care.
A. than
B. as
C. more than
D. or
12. On Sunday, an overloaded bus, which went out of control on a mountain road, ______ eight
people dead and some thirty injured.
A. leaving
B. had left
C. having left
D. left
13. The waves _______violently against the shore, people couldn’t hear them crying for help.
A. have beaten
B. beating
C. beat
D. were beating
14. Having finished the first draft, he went back over the essay and ______spelling and grammar.
A. checking
B. to check
C. checked
D. having checked
15. He was busy writing a story, only ______once in a while to smoke a cigarette.
A. to stop
B. stopping
C. to have stopped
D. having stopped
16. _______an important problem to be dealt with this year, the efficient use of energy and resources
has become a national concern.
A. Remaining
B. Remain
C. To be remained
D. Remained
17. It is wonder place for anyone _____in architecture, as you are.
A. interesting
B. to be interested
C. being interested
D. interested
18. As soon as he heard his father’s steps, he pretended _______.
A. falling asleep
B. having fallen asleep
C. to fall asleep
D. to have fallen asleep
19. The teacher seems ______ the students to make proper use of the modern equipment in the lab
now.
A. to instruct
B. to be instructing
C. to have instructed
D. to be instructed
20. Nowadays, a growing number of those ______ to chat online are among the aged.
A. who wanting
B. wanting
C. want
D. who wants
21. Sitting over there was the student who they thought ____to speak at the opening ceremony.
A. selected
B. selecting
C. was selected
D. to be selected
22. Such an educational program can teach us how to make positive choices when _____with
personal conflicts.
A. to face
B. facing
C. having faced
D. faced
23. A 24-hour hotline providing suicide-prevention is reported _____wide concern from the public.
A. that has aroused
B. to have aroused
C. to arouse
D. having aroused
24. Peter, as well as his assistants, ____ a chemical experiment yesterday, but I wonder whether he
has finished it.
A. performed
B. was performing
C. had performed
D. were performing
25. The report indicated that 45% of students were in jobs not ______ specific qualifications.
A. requiring
B. to be required
C. being required
D. to have required
26. ______ to take the job in that uncultured area was more a worry or a pity than a pleasure in his family.
A. Having assigned
B. Assigned
C. Being assigned
D. Assigning
27. The audience ,as well as film critics, thought highly of the film shortly after it ___early this year.
A. released
B. had released
C. was released
D. has been released
28. ----How did you solve the problem concerning your school expenses?
---- _____ the government for a loan.
A. Asking
B. To ask
C. By asking
D. Having asked
29. With time going on, the method she had stuck to _____very effective and it is worthy of _____.
A. proved , adopting
B. proving , being adopted
C. proved, being adopted
D. proving , adopting
30. With an online course Lynn has over 300000 students all over China _____her class through the
Internet.
A. attending
B. attended
C. attend
D. are attending
31. Nowadays , _______a knowledge of computer is an important qualification for most of the posts
in the job market.
A. equipped with
B. equipping with
C. being equipped with
D. being equipping with
32. With all the money I had _______, I had to go without breakfast.
A. stealing
B. to steal
C. stolen
D. to be stolen
33. The new policy, according to some experts, _____ to attract more high-end talents to contribute
to Shanghai’s development.
A. serves
B. are served
C. serve
D. is served
34. Experts have found that the disease will lead to a greater increase in the number of sufferers
unless ______ seriously when the symptoms first appear.
A. treated
B. having treated
C. be treated
D. to be treated
35. He was such a dominant figure in the company that he always made himself _______.
A. obeyed
B. obeying
C. to be obeyed
D. obey
36. Contrast may make something appear more beautiful than it is when ______alone.
A. seen
B. to be seen
C. being seen
D. having been seen
37. How can a country where teachers devote all their class hours to training students to take exams
_______ to compete in the technology race with other countries?
A. expect
B. expecting
C. being expected
D. be expected
38. To what extent will environmental-friendly buses ______ the decrease of the pollution?
A. be made possible
B. make possible
C. be made it possible
D. make it possible
39. The magnetically levitated train has ______the public transportation between the urban area and
the rural area.
A. made convenient
B. made it convenient
C. been made convenient
D. been made it convenient
40. Schools have been lengthening the school day or adding days to raise test marks, which ____ be
costly if schools need air conditioning on hot days.
A. shall
B. can
C. ought to
D. need
41. _______to his research work, the professor cared little about any other things.
A. Devoting
B. Devoted
C. Having devoted
D. To devote
42. In order for everyone ______, serious changes need to be made in global development.
A. to survive
B. survived
C. surviving
D. survive
43. All the measures taken to rescue the miners remaining underground _____.
A. were proved effectively
B. proved effectively
C. proved effective
D. were proved effective
44. If you don’t go swimming with them this afternoon, _______.
A. I won’t, too.
B. neither do I
C. nor shall I
D. I don’t, either.
45. They wanted some wood _______.
A. with which to make a fire
B. to make a fire
C. which to make a fire with
D. for making fire
46. The married couple regularly discussed the life habits they find _______ in each other.
A. they were annoying
B. annoying
C. they were annoyed
D. annoyed
47. Tim Bemers-Lee is generally considered ______the World Wide Web, on which all the
information is shared by all.
A. to have founded
B. having founded
C. founding
D. to found
48. ______abroad for a tour can be a great honor for an ordinary person like me.
A. Taken
B. Taking
C. Being taken
D. Having been taken
49.Services are important part of ________is sold in such places as a gas station, a barbershop or a
restaurant.
A. which
B. that
C. what
D. where
50. Why do you blame him for his poor judgment on the matter ________he really needs is
encouragement?
A. when that
B. since that
C. now that
D. when what
51. Greenland, _______island in the world, covers over two million square kilometers.
A. that is the largest
B. it is the largest
C. is the largest
D. the largest
52 I hope the little _______ I have been able to do will be of some use to my students.
A. what
B. which
C. that
D. as
53. There is no easy way ______ we can separate oxygen from the rest of the air.
A. which
B. in which
C. as
D. by which
54. She couldn’t remember anything happening before the accident, _______.
A. however he tried hard
B. even though hard he tried
C. hard as tried he
D. no matter how hard he tried
55. The digital camera is in _____poor condition _______ I ca n’t work with it.
A. so , that
B. such, that
C. such , as
D. too , that
56. --- Where did you take these photos?
--- It was in the park _____we had a picnic.
A. which
B. that
C. when
D. where
57. _______expecting to be successful in his career should learn how to cooperate with other people
and have team spirit.
A. Those who
B. Anyone
C. Whoever
D. Anyone who
58. Her future ambition is to have a modeling career that she hopes ______ her to travel.
A. to enable
B. enabling
C. will enable
D. enables
59. I do n’t hope to see you girls quarrel all day long, ___ you may well do if you live in the same
room.
A. what
B. that
C. when
D. which
60．The loss of his property struck such a blow to the old man _____the rest of his life was ruined .
A. as
B. that
C. so that
D. when
61. It is uncertain ______side effect the medicine will bring about, although about two thousand
patients have taken it.
A. that
B. what
C. how
D. whether
62. After ______seemed a long time, the guards discovered a man had escaped from the prison.
A. it
B. there
C. what
D. that
63. If you have more money than is needed, do you think it advisable to open a savings account
______it can earn interest?
A. which
B. that
C. where
D. what
64. The government officials are optimistic ____ they will reach their goal of bringing medical care
to every citizen.
A. that
B. so that
C. if
D. although
65. Sufficient supply of gas is the major concern to the European Union, ______ a number of
member states are increasingly dependent on one single supplier.
A. which
B. where
C. whose
D. that
66. _____mild wine seems, it will have an effect on the driver and may cause a traffic accident.
A. Supposing
B. Even though
C. However
D. Unless
67. People around the world were quite surprised that President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize
for 2009, some of ______ even held the opinion that he should give it back.
A. which
B. them
C. those
D. whom
68. Strangely enough, a middle-aged woman stared at me in the street. Eventually _____ crossed my
mind that she was my primary schoolmate.
A. one
B. what
C. this
D. it
69. The CD I will recommend is ___ I believe to be the greatest rock of all times, the first album by
the band.
A. which
B. what
C. that
D. whether
70. In today’s education, we can easily think of many cases common to almost every campus
______make teenagers stressed and depressed.
A. where
B. in which
C. that
D. what
71. When Madam Curie did the scientific experiment again, she was more careful than ever.
______she had made a mistake the previous time.
A. in which
B. that
C. at which
D. where
72. Now that energy prices are rising too rapidly, further prices are very uncertain, and the risk
______ a new investment depending on them may fail is greater.
A. which
B. that
C. where
D. how
73. ______ as much as one-fourth of the instruments in the labs are not used proved to be false.
A. It is estimated that
B. The estimate
C. The estimate that
D. They are estimated
74. _________for young men to offer their seats to the old or women with children on the bus!
A. How good manners they are
B. What good manners they are
C. How good manners it is
D. What good manners it is
75. ______today is from what it was 40 years ago!
A. How different life
B. How different a life
C. What different life
D. What a different life
76. Not until a strong base had been established in the Arctic _______to reach the North Pole.
A. that they attempted
B. did they attempt
C. when they attempted
D. that did they attempt
77. ----Is everyone here?
---Not yet. Look, there ______the rest of our guests!
A. come
B. comes
C. is coming
D. are coming
78. It is the time you get to spend with those you love ______makes shopping more fun.
A. which
B. that
C. who
D. what
79. ______that they may eventually reduce the amount of labor needed on construction sites by 90
percent.
A. So clever construction robots they are
B. So clever construction robots are they
C. Such clever construction robots they are
D. Such clever construction robots are they
80. __________that quite a number of new writers sprang up.
A. It was the first half of the 18th century
B. That it was in the first half of the 18th century
C. During the first half of the 18th century
D. It was in the first half of the 18th century
Keys:
1-5 B C A B B 6-10 B D D C B 11-15 B D B C B 16-20 A D D B B
21-25 C D B B A 26-30 C C C C A 31-35 C C A A A 36-40 A D B A B
41-45 B A C C A 46-50 B A C C D 51-55 D C B D B 56-60 D B C D B
61-65 B C C A B 66-70 C D D B C 71-75 D B C D A 76-80 B A B D D。