英语语法练习--单选

Vocabulary and Structure

Directions: There are 100 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 centre.

1. Hardly had he finished his speech ______ the audience started cheering.

A) than B) and C) then D) when

2. She divided the cake into three pieces and gave her three children _______ a piece.

A) every B) all C) both D) each

3. ________, John knows what is right and what is wrong.

A) Child as he is B) A child as he is

C) As he is a child D) As child as he is

4.Mary went to see her grandma ________.

A) every two day B) every second days

C) every other day D) every another day

5. We shall spend our summer holiday at the home of some friends _________.

A) of us B) of ours C) of our D) to ours

6. I am pleased with _____ you have told me.

A) that B) all that C) all what D) which

7. Go and get some milk, ______?

A) will you B) shan’t you C) don’t you D) do you

8. I ______ the novel by next Monday.

A) shall finishing reading B) shall have finished reading

C) shall be finishing reading D) shall have

9. He commanded that she ______ been finishing reading him everything.

A) must tell B) might tell C) shall tell D) tell

10. ______ conclusion, I shall not accept the invitation.

A) As B) On C) By D) In

11. When I ______ my breakfast, I shall ring her up.

A)had had B) had C) have had D) have

12. The world ______ we live is in constant change.

A) where B) which C) what D) that

13. Ours ______ a great people, ______?

A) a re…aren’t they B) are …aren’t we

C) is…isn’t it D) is…isn’t she

14. It’s high time you ______ .

A) stop smoking B) stopped smoking

C) stop to smoke D) will stop to smoke

15. None of the students arrived on time, ______?

A) did he B) d idn’t he C) did they D) didn’t they

16. ______ the football match started than it began to rain.

A) Hardly B) No sooner C) Hardly had D) No sooner had

17. I didn’t believe ______ he said, ______ annoyed him very much.

A) What … which B) which…what C) that…how D) that…what

18. It was decided that the search _______.

A) was ended B) be ending C) had to be ended D) be ended

19. The reason I didn’t go abroad was ______ill.

A) because I was B) that I was C) due to being D) because of being

20. ______ succeed.

A) Only by working hard we can B) Only we can by working hard

C) Only by working hard can we D) Only can we by working hard

21. His attitude to his work is not ________ of Xiao Wang.

A) that B) what C) it D) which

22. We all know knowledge begins ________ practice.

A) at B) from C) in D) with

23. Wherever the official went he had a number of his household servants to attend _______ him.

A) at B) for C) on D) to

24. The boy had a ________ escape when he ran across the road in front of the bus.

A) close B) good C) narrow D) short

25. The team’s task was to mark the boundaries of the new city and then lay _____ its streets and major buildings.

A) down B) off C) on D) out

26. Jack looked down _______ Tom for his poor manners.

A) to B) at C) on D) in

27. Some people can’t tell red _______ green, as there is a fault in their eyes.

A) by B) on C) from D) over

28. When John woke up he was in the hospital, but he didn’t know how that had come _______.

A) about B) around C) by D) across

29. People who live in a small village are bound to see a good ______ of each other.

A) quantity B) amount C) deal D) degree

30. Little patsy was warned to leave the birthday cake _________.

A) behind B) alone C) aside D) down

31. Let’s hurry up, ______?

A) do we B) didn’t we C) will we D) shall we

32. Our bill in the restaurant ______ $500.

A) ran to B) went to C) arrived at D) came to

33. She was ______ by her aunt.

A) brought up B) grown up C) taken up D) looked up

34. Her dress was ______ silk.

A) made up B) made of C) made from D) made in

35. The Second World War______ in 1939.

A) broken down B) broke into C)broke out D) broke up

36. You could tell from his big nose that he ______ his father.

A) took after B) took care of C) took off D) took down

37. They sent the letter to me ______.