英语泛读试题A

英语泛读试题A

一．单项选择：从所给的四个选项A.B.C.D. 中，选出一个正确的。

语法与词汇（20%）

1. How long ____ English when you ____ to London?

A. have been studying...go

B. had you been studying...went

C. did you study...have gone..

D. had you studied...had gone...

2. T ony ____ wh o I was, for he didn’t say hello t o me when we met last night.

A. must have forgotten

B. cannot have forgotten

C. must forget

D. cannot forget

3. The real sadness of fifty is not that you change so much ______ you change so little.

A. that

B. but that

C. than that

D. but

4. We promise to help you ____ getting “butterflies”in your stomach whenever you speak in front of a group, and have you ____ your self-confidence.

A. to avoid...to develop...

B. avoid...develop...

C. avoiding...to develop...

D. avoiding...developing...

5. She ___ onions very much when she was a child, but now she even hates them.

A. used to love

B. would love

C. was used to love

D. used to loving

6. ______, they lost no time in training themselves.

A. Ropes in their hands

B. Ropes in hand

C. T ake ropes in hand

D. T aken ropes in their hands

7. The sale usually takes place outside the house, with the audience ______ on benches, chairs or boxes.

A. having seated

B. seating

C. seated

D. having been seated

8. ______ such a good chance, he planned to learn more.

A. T o be given

B. Having been given

C. Having given

D. Giving

9. Having no money but ______ to know, he simply said he would go without dinner.

A. not wanting anyone

B. not to want anyone

C. wanted no one

D. to want no one

10. A dream of the Red Chamber is said _______into dozens of languages in the last decade.

A. to have been translated

B. to translate

C. to be translated

D. to have translated

21. ____ our satisfaction, the motion was eventually ____ at the Senate.

A. With...past

B. T o...passed

C. In...passed

D. At...past

22. The professor leaned towards him and ____.

A. patted his shoulder

B. patted him on his shoulder

C. patted him on shoulder

D. patted him on the shoulder

23. If you ____ a crime you can never escape being punished.

A. do

B. perform

C. act

D. commit

24. I am ____ that Congress has passed the legislation.

A. aware

B. conscious

C. alert

D. awake

25. We’ll have to find someone to ____ Francis tonight as he’s ill.