基础英语期末复习题

基础英语（一）

作业一

Part I V ocabulary and Structure

Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. (30 points)

1.–We could invite John and Barbara to the Friday night party. –Yes,

___A__? I’ll give them a call right now.

A. why not

B. what for

C. why

D. what

2.Try __D__ she might, Sue couldn’t get the door open.

A. if

B. when

C. since

D. as

3.Planning so far ahead ___C_ no sense—so many things will have

changed by next year.

A. made

B. is making

C. makes

D. has made

4.I wasn’t sure if he was really interested or if he __A_ polite.

A. was just being

B. will just be

C. had just been

D. would just be

5.–Someone wants you on the phone.

--______C___ nobody knows I am here.

A. Although

B. And

C. But

D. So

6.I can __B__ the house being untidy, but I hate it if it’s not clean.

A. come up with

B. put up with

C. turn to

D. stick to

7.The next thing he saw was smoke __ B__ from behind the house.

A. rose

B. rising

C. to rise

D. risen

8.Only when he reached the tea-house __D__ it was the same place he’d

been in last year.

A. he realized

B. he did realize

C. realized he

D. did he realize

9.When Alice came to, she did not know how long she _A___there.

A. had been lying

B. has been lying

C. was lying

D. has lain

10.T he form cannot be signed by anyone _B___ yourself.

A. rather than

B. other than

C. more than

D. better than

11.T he prize will go to the writer __C_ story shows the most imagination.

A. that

B. which

C. whose

D. what

12.T hey __D_have arrived at lunchtime but their flight was delayed.

A. will

B. can

C. must

D. should

13.I t is generally accepted that __A__ boy must learn to stand up and

fight like ____man.

A. a; a

B. a; the

C. the; the

D. a; /

14.W illiam found it increasingly difficult to read, for his eyesight was

beginning to __C__.

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A. disappear

B. fall

C. fail

D. damage

15.–Artistic people can be very difficult sometimes.

–Well, you married one. ___D__.

A. You name it

B. I’ve got it

C. I can’t agree more

D. You should know

1.Listen! Do you hear someone __A___ for help?

A. calling

B. call

C. to call

D. called

2.Father ___C_ goes to the gym with us although he dislikes

going there.

A. hardly

B. seldom

C. sometimes

D. never

3.You D Buy a gift, but you can if you want to.

A. must

B. mus tn’t

C. have to

D. don’t have to

4.This coastal area ___A a national wildlife reserve last year.

A. was named

B. named

C. is named

D. names

5.John’s success has nothing to do with good luck. It is years of

hard work _D__ has made him what he is today.

A. why

B. when

C. which

D. that

6.Dian, _c__ for months to find a job as a waitress, finally took

a position at a local advertising agency.

A. struggling

B. struggled

C. having struggled

D. to struggle

7.I was just going to cut my rose bushes but someone __B_ it.

Was it you?

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