名词和名词词组

名词和名词词组

Fill in a suitable noun to complete each of the following sentences:

1.Very few people attended the lecture .The speaker was disappointed at the poor___.

2.She usually depends on her husband’s judgment. He enjoys her ___.

3.Drinking water must be pure. Chemicals are added to maintain its___.

4.He knocked on the kitchen door. He had been told to deliver the groceries at the rear___.

5.Although the newspaper described the crisis, many people underestimated the ___of the

world situation.

Rewrite the following sentences, putting as many words as possible in the plural with other necessary alterations:

6.The runner-up was given a pound note.

7.The cheese could not be sold, as a mouse had left a tooth mark on it.

8.The child is playing on the sand of the beach.

9.He is the manager of this business.

10.He has done me a personal kindness.

Correct errors, if any, in the following sentences:

11.The letter contained an important information.

12.The congregation was not numerous that night, but they seemed to be listening attentively to

my lecture.

13.Poultries are dear in the city.

14.Foreign ships are not allowed to fish in our territorial water.

15.The Middle Ages was a time of feudal rivalries.

16.In the garden she took a lot of photography.

Multiple choice:

17.Hainan Province has____.

A. too much summer

B. too many summers

C. long summer

D. much summer

18. He was not ___to admit his mistakes in public.

A.man enough

B. enough man

C. a man enough

D. enough a man

19. He was ____to tell the truth.

A. too much of a coward

B. too much cow ard

C. a coward enough

D. enough of coward

20. The effort and expense needed for this project bore____.

A. no relations

B. some relations

C. no relation

D. a relation

21. There is ____on the menu today.

A. a lamb

B. lamb

C. the lamb

D. something of a lamb

22. This will please____.

A. the eyes

B. eyes

C. the eye

D. people’s eyes

23. He is ___.

A. something of a poet

B. anything of a poet

C. something of the poet

D. anything of the poet

Insert an appropriate unit noun:

24. a ____ of lightning

25. a ____ of jewelry

26. a ____ of sand

27. a ____ of employees

28. a ____ of paintings

29. a ____ of ship

30. a ____ of grapes

31. a ____ of gum

32. a ____ of corn

33. a ____ of chocolate

34. a ____ of people

35. a ____ of judges

36. a ____ of trees

37. a ____ of books