英语语法2009年真题和答案

全国2009年4月高等教育自学考试

英语语法试题及答案

一、单项选择题（本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分）

Choose the best answer from the choices given and put the letters A, B, C or D in the brackets. 1.——Did you hear what she said? （）

——Well, I heard her say something, but I ______. So I don’t know exactly what she said.

A. would not listen

B. were not listening

C. had not listened

D. shouldn’t listen

2. When I got to the top of the mountain, the sun ______. （）

A. shone

B. shines

C. has shone

D. was shining

3. The building suddenly collapsed while it ______ down. （）

A. pulled

B. had been pulled

C. was being pulled

D. was pulled

4. Most of my saving ______ in stocks. （）

A. has been invested

B. is being invested

C. have invested

D. have been invested

5. The manager insisted that the chief engineer ______ testing the new model immediately. （）

A. start

B. starts

C. started

D. will start

6. Great as Newton was, many of his principles ______ and modified by contemporary scientists today. （）

A. are to challenge

B. may be challenged

C. are challenging

D. have been challenged

7. Mary ______ have been invited to the party, but she wasn’t.

A. must

B. should

C. can

D. would

8. Mr. Smith isn’t here yet. I think he ______ about the meeting.

A. should have forgot

B. ought to forget

C. must have forgot

D. may not forget

9. , It was very kind of you to do the washing-up, but you really ______ it.

A. needn’t do

B. shouldn’t have done

C. didn’t have to do

D. mustn’t have done

10. I couldn’t help ______ when I saw that. （）

A. laugh

B. laughed

C. laughing

D. to laugh

11. I saw lying on his doormat a letter ______ to him from the U.S.A. （）

A. addressing

B. addressed

C. to address

D. being addressed

12. The key ______ the puzzle will be given in tomorrow’s paper. （）

A. of

B. for

C. to

D. about

13. The surgeon was expected to finish the operation ______ noon. （）

A. in

B. before

C. till

D. on

14. What was it ______ caused the forest fire? （）

A. who

B. that

C. this

D. whom

15. This is the school ______ I studied for six years. （）

A. which

B. where

C. when

D. whom

16. His sister, ______ you met at the airport yesterday, is a famous basketball player. （）

A. that

B. who

C. which

D. when

17. She would stay with her parents ______ .（）

A. for a couple of days once a month after she got married

B. once a month for a couple of days after she got married

C. after she got married for a couple of days once a month

D. once a month after she got married for a couple of days

18. All the applicants will be assessed ______ an interview.（）

A. by means of

B. through the way of

C. by the way of

D. by the method of

19. ______ my bank lent me the money, I would have bought a new house.（）

A. Had

B. If

C. Be

D. Would

20. ______ guilty, I’d rather be tried in Florida.（）

A. When

B. As

C. Since

D. If

二、选择填空题（本大题共8小题，每小题2分，共16分）

Fill in each of the blanks with one of the items given.