英语错题整理

英语错题整理

1.“Both of the students can not work out this problem.” means “___ ______”.

A.The two students can not work out this problem

B.Not all the students can work out this problem

C.One student can work out this problem, but the other can’t

D.Neither of the two students can work out this problem

2.Sam made the cards himself ___ to his friends ___ money.

A. send … so as to save

B. to send … in order to save

C. to send … for saving

D. send … for saving

3. A: Do you think it’s going to rain over the weekends?

B: ___.

A. I don’t believe

B. I don’t believe it

C. I believe not so

D. I believe not

4. You can’t find such a museum ___.

A. everywhere but in Shanghai

B. anywhere but in Shanghai

C. in everywhere but Shanghai

D. in any other city besides Shanghai

5. My friend, who ___ on the International Olympic Committee for long years, is retiring next month.

A. served

B. is serving

C. had served

D. has served

6. The brook lies within ___ of the train station.

A. ten-minute-ride

B. ten minutes ride

C. ten minute’s ride

D. ten minutes’ ride

7. What ___ to get the wild idea out of his head without hurting his feelings?

A. you suggest

B. do you suggest I do

C. do you suggest I will do

D. you suggest I should do

8. I hear ___ boys in your school like playing football in their spar

e time, though others prefer basketball.

A. quite a lot

B. quite a few

C. quite a bit

D. quite a little

9. The servant broke the vase that I ___ for around twenty years.

A. had have

B. had kept

C. had taken

D. had bought

10. In Australia he watched a lot of television ___ a very practical knowledge of the English language.

A. get

B. to get

C. getting

D. got

11. The worker checked __ car with great care, and found there was so mething wrong with the head-light.

A. Jack and Jane’s

B.Jack’s and Jane’s

C. the Jack and Jane’s

D. the Jack’s and Jane’s

12. Mrs. Castrol is the only one of those women who ___ “Hamlet” is one of the best plays that ___ ever been written.

A. think … have

B. thinks … has

C. think … has

D. thinks … have

13. If you go on letting your dog ___ after cars, he’ll end up by __

_ over.

A. to run, running

B. running, running

C. run, running

D. run, being run

14. If city noises ___ from increasing, people ___ shout to be heard even at the dinner table 20 years from now.

A. are not kept … will have to

B. do not kept … will have to

C. are not kept … have

D. do not keep … have to

15. There are twenty people in the medical team, ___.

A. three nurses included

B. which including three nurses

C. that includes three nurses

D. three of them are nurses

16. I am afraid what you have suggested can’t help ___ their reading

ability a great deal.

A. improving

B. improve

C. for improving

D. by improving

17. I won’t stay ___ bed all day; I’ll just lie down ___ the bed fo

r half an hour.

A. in, on

B. on, in

C. in, in

D. on, on

18. The official pointed out the damage ___ he supposed ___ had been done by last night’s storm.

A. which, that

B. that, which

C. which, /

D. /, /

19. The hurricane damaged many houses and business buildings; ___, it

caused 20 deaths.

A. or else

B. therefore

C. after all

D. besides

20. What ___ would happen if your mother knew you felt that way?

A. you suppose

B. do you suppose

C. will you suppose

D. you would suppose

21. ___ to go out alone, the retired minister had to go for a walk wi

th several policemen ___ him.

A. Warning not, followed

B. Not warning, followed

C. Warned not, following

D. Not warned, following

22. The great scientist devoted all his life ___ hidden law in Nature.

A. to search for the

B. to searching the

C. to the search for the

D. to search

23. If there were no subjunctive mood, English ___ much easier.

A. will be

B. would have been

C. could have been

D. would be

24. ___ a reply, he decided to write again.

A. Not having received

B. Receiving not

C. Not received

D. Having not received

25. The bottle of milk was only ___ when I took it out of the fridge.

A. as full as one fourth

B. full as one fourth

C. one-fourth as full

D. one fourth full

26. Anyone can become a better scholar if he or she ___.

A. wants to become

B. wants to do

C. wants to be

D. wants to