英语考试复习题

英语考试复习题

语法部分

一、主谓一致

1.Fifty years is not a long time in history.

2.Ten apples is enough for a meal.

3.One and a half banana was left on the table.

4. A year and a half has passed.

5.Half a dollar was spent on food.

6.The poet and singer has come.

7.The secretary and the manager were present at the meeting.

8.Truth and honesty is the best policy.

9.War and peace is a constant theme in history.

10.Egg and rice is her usual breakfast.

11.Her home and office is on the fifth floor.

12. A mass of snow lain in the yard.

13. A large proportion of her income has spent on clothes.

14.He was the only one of the boys who were given the prize.

15.This is one of the books on the subject that have been written in Chinese.

16.He is one of the boys who come from the country.

17.There is one or two problems to be tackled today.

18.One or two soldiers have to be sent.

19.Twenty herd of cattle are in the field.

20.The total number of cars in this city is amazing.

二、倍数表示法与强调句

1.In shanghai there are more than 50 grand hotels, almost three times as many as there

were 5 years ago.

2.The area of Beijing city is about four times as big as that of New York.

st year, Celine earned twice as much as her brother.

4.Staying in a hotel costs twice as much as renting a room in a dormitory for a week.

5.The Earth’s gravity is about six times as strong as t he moon’s.

6.It was in 1943 that the harmful smog made its appearance in Los Angeles.

7.It was from Stephen that she first heard of the man referred to as a specialist.

8.When I try to understand what it is that prevents so many Americans from being as

happy as one might expect, it seems to me that there are two causes.

9.It was not until long afterwards that she wondered if she had made a mistake.

10.It was not until she had arrived home that she remembered her appointment with the

doctor.

11.It was after he had made an investigation that he came to know the truth.

12.I do love to go traveling!

13.It was James and Bob who helped me to move that heavy box.

14.It was twenty years ago that he joined the army.

15.That it was from Mary when I heard of the terrible murder which happened in Los

Angeles.

16.It was in the 1960’ that the trade between the two countries reached its highest point.

17.It is not I but you who are the first to run to the goal in that competition.

18.She said she would go and she did go.

19.Why is it that you want to change your idea?

20.What is it that you want me to say?

三、非谓语动词

1.Can you have the washing-machine sent to my place?

2.You had better pay him a visit soon.

3.There used to be a post office at the corner of the street.

4.He is quite used to flying in all sorts of weather.

5.We don’t need to leave so early this time.

6.Your shoes are dirty. They need washing badly.

7.Do you really need to buy all these books?

8.Would you please make a little more room for me?

9.Would you like to take part in the sports meet?

10.The boy would rather take the small one than the big one.

11.To tell you the truth, I dislike English.

12.I first considered writing to him, but then decided to go and see him.

13.To improve him spoken English, he went to a special school.

14.The frightened girl sat in the corner, crying.

15.The pupils were made to recite the texts every day.

16.The doctor made me stay at home for weeks.

17.There was so much noise in the room that the speaker couldn’t make himself heard.

18.I am looking forward to seeing you at Christmas.

19.She should get her eyes examined.

20.Can you get the clock going again?

21.I prefer staying at home to going out.

22.There being no buses, they had to walk home.

23.I prefer to work rather than sit idle.

24.We regret to inform you that the materials you ordered are out of stock.

25.If I had remembered to close the window, the thief would not have got in.

26.There’s an angry man at the reception desk and I think he means to make trouble.

27.Mr. Johnson preferred to be given heavier work to do.