第四次作业及答案

Exercise Two

Directions: In this part there are 50 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices beneath marked a, b, c and d. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.

1. This is the same story ____ I heard ten years ago.

a. that

b. about that

c. which

d. of which

2. I advised her that in the presence of the princess she should not say anything until ____.

a. asked

b. being asked

c. having been asked

d. to be asked

3. It is necessary that an efficient worker ____ his work on time.

a. accomplish

b. accomplishes

c. can accomplish

d. has accomplished

4. It was ____ that he heard of the victory of the Chinese revolution.

a. Stephen

b. with Stephen

c. by Stephen

d. from Stephen

5. He was attending a meeting, ____ come to your birthday party then.

a. unless he would have

b. or he would

c. but he did not

d. or he would have

6. The curious children watched the towers ____.

a. erected

b. be erected

c. to be erected

d. being erected

7. She never laughed, ____ ever lose her temper.

a. so did she

b. but she did not

c. nor did she

d. nor she did

8. I regret ____ him a thief, but I regret even more his stealing my watch!

a. to call

b. to have called

c. having called

d. called

9. Y ou are supposed to ____ in your composition yesterday.

a. hand

b. be handing

c. have handed

d. handing

10. A new technique ____ worked out, we set about our project.

a. being

b. to be

c. having

d. having been

11. Some people hope, the rains will return and ease the hardship ____ the peasants of Northern

China.

a. faced

b. faces

c. facing

d. to face

12. Ever since the Smiths moved to the suburbs a year ago, they ____ better health.

a. are enjoying

b. have been enjoying

c. could have enjoyed

d. had enjoyed

13. He loves doing some reading at home ____ to the cinema.

a. than to go

b. than going

c. more than going

d. rather than to go

14. ____ of neglecting our education, my father sent my sister and me to an evening school.

a. Accused

b. Accusing

c. To be accused

d. That he was accused

15. She never regretted paying $ 200 for the bookcase. As a matter of fact she would gladly have

paid ____ for it.

a. as much twice

b. as twice much

c. much as twice

d. twice as much

16. I was held up by the traffic jam, otherwise I ____ here 50 minutes sooner.

a. would be

b. ought to have been

c. would have been

d. must have been

17. The driver carefully checked his car ____ it should go wrong on the way.

a. lest

b. or else

c. so that

d. in order that

18. “ ____ his second heart attack if he hadn't smoked?" "He might not have. "

a. Would he have had

b. Would he have

c. Had he had

d. Were he to have

19. Only after a baby seal is pushed into the sea by its mother ____ to swim.

a. how will it learn

b. will it learn how

c. it will learn how

d. and it learns how

20. She ____ not have seen you yesterday, for she was not there.

a. might

b. could

c. should

d. must

21. "He gave me ____ $ 100!” he said wi th satisfaction.

a. no less than

b. no more than

c. something like

d. only

22. ____ the dog was the first animal to be domesticated is generally agreed upon by authorities in

the field.

a. Until

b. It was

c. What

d. That

23. Mr. Brown is ____ respected by his colleagues.