《实用英语语法》

实用语法试卷样题

I . After each sentence, four options are given. Choose the one that best completes the

sentence and write the letter of your choice in the brackets on the answer sheet. (30%)

1. The dictionary itself cannot be wholly useful ___ one realizes some basic qualities of words.

A. when

B. until

C. though

D. because

2. In reorganizing the curriculum of Mt. Holyoke College in the 1800's, Elizabeth Mead

laid the foundation ___ the modern college rests.

A. in which

B. on which

C. which is on

D. on it

3. She looked around ___ search of something.

A. as if she

B. when she

C. when she was

D. as if in

4. ___ you like to go with us to the movies tonight?

A. Do

B. Would

C. Can

D. Will

5. She loved to ___ from school.

A. see the children's coming home

B. watch the children coming home

C. glance the children coming home

D. look the children coming home

6. Futurism, _____ early twentieth-century movement in art, rejected all traditions and

attempted to glorify contemporary life by emphasizing the machine and motion.

A. an

B. was an

C. that it was an

D. that an

7. __ kept on the farm for supplying eggs and meat.

A. Some poultry are

B. A poultry is

C. Some poultries are

D. Poultries are

8. Because the papaya grows readily from seed, ___ spread from its home in Central

America and now grows throughout the tropics.

A. to be

B. it

C. the

D. its

9. It was ___ that the man treated the child.

A. viciously

B. vicious

C. viciousness

D. the viciousness

10. I would like to change my position,____.

A. but only slightly B furthermore

C. and a few more

D. but only the extent

11. This is ___ holiday.

A. two days'

B. two-day

C. a two days'

D. a two day's

12. Research into the dynamics of storms is directed toward improving the ability to predict

these events ___ to minimize damage and avoid loss of life.

A. and thus

B. so

C. however

D. because

13. Henry has ___ knowledge.

A. Bob's double IL double's Bob

C. Bob double's

D. double Bob's

14. ___ has been a topic of continual geological research.

A. Did the continents originate

B. How did the continents originate

C.' Have the continents originated

D. How the continents originated

15. ___ John Aaron Lewis pioneered in the development of "third stream music", a

blend of jazz and classical music.

A. A composer, who was

B. He was a composer

C. As a composer

D. When a composer, he

16. ___,you have to use some criterion.

A. Seldom

B. Respectively

C. Most of all

D. At any given time

17. The complex relationship between poet and poem ____ a primary concern of psychoanalytical critics in recent years.

A. being B have

C. has been

D. is having

18. ___ that subgroups are integrated, they have recognized characteristics.

A. Many aspects

B. To the degree

C. Such

D. In points

19. ___ xenon could not form chemical compounds was once believed by scientists.

A. For

B. It was

C. That

D. While

20. Eastern meadowlarks abound in places ___ but eat harmful insects rather than

grain.

A. land is cultivated there

B. there is land cultivated

C. where land is cultivated

D. where is cultivated land

21. Henry Ford ___ a born mechanic and could build a car with his own hands.

A. him was

B. he was

C: he is D. was himself

22. I never imagined ___ a thing could happen.

A. such that

B. that so

C. that such

D. so that

23. Because he had little education , his knowledge of the subject was ___.

A. small in quantity

B. limited

C. minor

D. not large at all

24. Half the joke is the exaggeration; ___ is no exaggeration at all.

A. the other joke

B. the other half

C. another half

D. the rest part

25. ___ did Arthur realize that there was danger.

A. Upon entering the store

B. When he entered the store

C. After he had entered the store

D. Only after entering the store

26. Teaching a child to eat without making a mess takes more patience ____

A. than I did

B. than 1 had supposed

C. than I possess

D. than I do

27. The elimination of inflation would ensure that the amount of money used in repaying a