英语语法样卷

韩山师范学院2009年专升本插班生考试试卷
英语/(商贸英语) 专业英语语法样卷
Ⅰ. Choose the correct answer. (40%)
Direction: Complete the following sentences with one of the four items which marked A, B, C, and D. and then blacken the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET.
1．Please tell me the way you thought of _____ the garden.
A. take care of
B. to take care of
C. taking care of
D. how to take care of
2．---_____ you come to see me tomorrow?
--- Yes, I _____.
A. Can; could
B. Will; can
C. Could; can
D. Could; could
3．--- What made you so surprised?
---_____ my house ______ saying goodbye.
A. Jim’s leaving; without
B. Jim’s leaving; instead of
C. Jim leaving; without
D. Jim leaving; instead of
4．Please think of a situation _____ the expression can be used.
A. on which
B. where
C. in it
D. for which
5．His honesty is _______; nobody can doubt ________.
A. out of the question; him
B. no question; it
C. in question; him
D. out of question; it
6．I thought things ________ better, but ________ they are getting worse.
A. would get; as it is
B. would get; as it was
C. will get; as it is
D. will get; as it will be
7．____ Man has just taken his first step into ____ space.
A. /; the
B. The; the
C. /; /
D. The; /
8．There is _____ on your nose.
A. egg
B. eggs
C. an egg
D. the egg
9．There is only _______ ice-cream left in the fridge, isn’t there?
A. little
B. a little
C. few
D. a few
10．---Would you like to join us?
--- Sorry. I am not __________ as any of you.
A. so good player
B. a so good player
C. so good a player
D. a such good player
11．---Are there any English story-books for us students in the library?
---There are only a few, _______.
A. if any
B. if some
C. if many
D. if much
12．---Of the two shirts, which one would you choose?
--- I’d like to choose _________ expensive one.
A. most
B. the most
C. less
D. the less
13．The new library is three miles _____________.
A. far away from here
B. from here away
C. away from here
D. far from here
14．No one but you _____ ready to _____ such a meeting.
A. is; attend
B. are; attend
C. is; join in
D. are; take part in
15．The business of each day, ____ selling goods or shipping them, went quite smoothly.
A. it being
B. was it
C. be it
D. it was
16．It worried her a bit ______ her hair was turning grey.
A. while
B. for
C. if
D. that
17．---Why do you drink so much coffee?
---Well, ______ it doesn’t keep me awake in the nights, I see no harm in it.
A. although
B. as soon as
C. as long as
D. while
18．---Did that book give the information you need?
---Yes, but ______, I have to read it entirely.
A. for finding it
B. to find it
C. finding
D. finding it
19．He was _____ to go home when it began to rain.
A. off
B. towards
C. for
D. about
20．They ______ him as their friend and teacher.
A. looked at
B. looked upon
C. looked up
D. looked into
21．The girl ______ as a result of the immediate treatment.
A. came to
B. came back
C. came out
D. came about
22．He doesn’t feel _____ when he is left ______.
A. alone; alone
B. lonely; lonely
C. alone; lonely
D. lonely; alone
23．He couldn’t sleep well _____ all the windows open.
A. when
B. by
C. because
D. with
24．I left before 10 o’clock _______ miss the last train.
A. so that
B. so as to not
C. so as not to
D. not so as to
25．I didn’t hear the phone. I ________ asleep.
A. must be
B. should be
C. must have been
D. should have been
26．He was on leave _____ days.
A. the few last
B. the last few
C. few another
D. few other
27．He was not _____ to admit his mistakes in public.
A. man enough
B. enough man
C. a man enough
D. enough a man
28．It is said that Mr. Smith is _______ and hard-working man.
A. honest
B. the honest
C. a honest
D. an honest
29．This is the house ________ for five years.
A. in which I lived
B. in that I lived
C. where I lived in
D. which I lived
30．He had ____ returned to his office when he was told to see his boss again.
A. almost
B. mostly
C. nearly
D. hardly
31．---What a lovely day, _____?
---Yes, _______ weather we are having today!
A. isn’t it; how fine
B. aren’t we; how fine
C. isn’t it; what fine
D. doesn’t it; what fine
32．We will not achieve our goals _____ we pay enough attention to education.
A. till
B. unless
C. that
D. however
33．I didn’t see your sister at the meeting. If she _______, she would have met my brother.
A. had come
B. has come
C. did come
D. came
34．We _________ last night, but we went to the concert instead.
A. must have studied
B. should have studied
C. might study
D. would study
35．---I haven’t heard from my friend for a long time.
---What do you suppose ______ to him?
A. has happened
B. to happen
C. was happening
D. had happened
36．I can’t speak French. ___________.
A. Neither can’t my brother
B. No, my brother can’t too
C. Neither can my brother
D. Nor can’t my brother
37．I first considered _______ to him, but then decided _____ him.
A. writing; seeing
B. writing; to see
C. to write; to see
D. to write; seeing
38．You can use a large plastic bottle, ________ cut off, as a pot to grow young plants in.
A. the top is
B. the top of which
C. whose top
D. with its top
39．Generally, everything about the holiday was perfect, _____ the weather.
A. besides
B. except
C. apart from
D. except for
40．You seem to be dissatisfied with your present post. I don’t think you judged your ability objectively when you applied for it, ____you?
A. do
B. did
C. don’t
D. didn’t
Ⅱ. Correct the errors in the following sentences. (20%)
Directions: Each sentence contains four underlined parts marked A, B, C, and D. Identify the one that would not be acceptable in standard written English. Mark out the incorrect one and correct it. And then write down your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.
1.If there is any hope of saving the ship depends on the weather.
A B C D
2.I still don’t know what was happened to her at the party.
A B C D
3.I think it is necessary to put on a notice saying “keeping off” to stop
A B C
people to walk on this floor.
D
4.I suggest that we ought to ask the users of this machine what they think
A B C
about it.
D
5.Advertising, instead of making a product expensive, make it cheaper.
A B C D
6.No one of them knew about the plan because it was kept a secret.
A B C D
7.They were defeated but still alive. They tried to escape in a small boat.
A B C D
8.He was the happiest when he worked out the most difficult problem.
A B C D
9.When I came into the room, he happened to be lying in the bed reading.
A B C D
10.Only for seizing every minute can we finish the task in time.
A B C D
11.It must be pointed out that Taiwan issue is Chinese internal affairs.
A B C D
12.In ancient time, the farmers had much difficulty in ploughing the fields.
A B C D
13.Tired of writing the article, she put down her pen and stopped to read a
A B C
newspaper, instead of.
D
14.I could easily imagine her regard him as a man of fine quality.
A B C D
15.When people cry because of their feelings, the tears have poison chemicals
A B C D
in them.
16.Put a dictionary at hands in case you may turn to it for help while reading.
A B C D
17.From Monday until Friday most people are busy working or studying,
A B
but in the evening and at weekends they are free to relax and enjoy
C D
themselves.
18.The match was canceled because most of the members were objected to
A B
having a match without a standard court.
C D
19.Young as he was, he would have to pay what he did.
A B C D
20.Peter was allowed to go swimming on the condition that he kept
A B C
near the other boys.
D
Ⅲ.Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words given in the bracket. (20%) 1．The couple__1__ looking forward to their second trip to Europe. (be)
2．You look as if you __2__a ghost. (see)
3．Their __3__ greatly encouraged us. (arrive)
4．She walked away from home on a dark night without __4__. (see)
5．The shop assistant when __5__ to did not make an answer. (speak)
6．The classroom is provided with some visual aids to __6__ English. (teach)
7．The Committee recommends that the annual subscription__7__to $10. ( increase) 8．Please stop. You __8__ my leg. (hurt)
9．Brenda __9__ up in Naples. She must know how to speak Italian. (grow)
10．He claimed __10__ the owner of the car. (be)
11．Poverty reduced him to __11__ for a living. (beg)
12．Roger found everything around him ___12___. (fascinate)
13．The speaker said he would confine himself to ___13___ to ___14___
four questions. (try; answer)
14．We ___15___ why you should feel so ___16___? (concern; offend)
15．The matter to_17_ at the meeting is a hard nut to _18_. (discuss; crack)
16．This soup __19__ better, but I still think it __20__ more salt.(taste; need)
IV. Fill in the blanks with proper prep. adv. determiner, coordinator or subordinator. (10%)
1.It was 1949 ____my hometown was liberated by the PLA men.
2.Mr. Li is such a good teacher ____ every student in our class respects.
3.Smoking does great harm ____ your health. Why don’t you give it up?
4.This is the first time that the child has seen ___ elephant.
5.Once upon a time there was a wolf in sheep’s clothing, hiding ____ among a flock of sheep.
6.If you want to see the ruins, you must go _____ foot.
7.The man was blind in ____ eyes.
8.This job is completely new to me; I have ____ experience.
9.____ you begin learning a foreign language, you will never give it up.
10.Great changes have taken place in my hometown ____ 1978.
V. Rewrite the following sentences according to the requirements given in the bracket. (10%) (active voice --- passive voice)
1.You must lay special emphasis on the choice of words.
2.They put down the boy’s rudeness to his parents’ having spoiled him.
(combine each group of sentences into one sentence, using coordination)
3.Seven men were lost in the crash. One was saved.
4.Every student of English needs a good dictionary. I can’t afford one.
(direct sentence --- indirect sentence)
5.Do you know who is coming?
6.Need I eat it all, Mummy?
(turn the following sentences into existential there)
7.I ought to see another student.
8.Is anyone waiting to see me?
(emphasize the italicized part by using introductory “it”)
9.China began to be open to the world in 1978.
10.(It’s my fault.) I am to blame.。