2012年10月17日 名词问题

Noun and Noun Phrase

1. The integration of independent states could best (A) be brought about by first (B) creating a central organization with authorities (C) over technical (D) economic tasks.

2. As far as (A) I am concerned, his politics are (B) rather conservative compared (C) with other politicians (D).

3. The data received (A) from the two spacecrafts (B) whirling around Mars indicates (C) that there is much evidence the huge thunderstorms are occurring (D) about the equator of the planet.

4. Among the visitors are five ______ .

A. woman chemists

B. women chemists

C. woman chemist

D. women chemist

5. My wife bought me ______ at a ______ shop.

A. a piece of clothes, tailor

B. a new clothing, tailor’

C. an article of clothing, tailor’s

D. a piece of clothing, tailors’

6. Our team received ______ from the supplier last month.

A. a lot of new equipment

B. piece of new equipment

C. a few new equipment

D. some new equipments

7. He got very tired but felt happy after he had finished ______.

A. a day work

B. a day’s work

C. a day of work

D. a day’ work

8. Thomas Jefferson skillfully (A) organized his (B) supporter (C) in Congress into a strong (D) political group.

9. Fireworks, which (A) originated (B) century ago (C) in China, were brought (D) to Europe by Marco Polo.

10. Encyclopedias may be used to answer question (A), to solve (B) problems, or to obtain (C) information (D) on a particular topic.

11. Fossils of plant (A) that (B) have been extinct for fifty million years (C) have been found near (D) the Baltic Sea.

12. The aurora is a common features (A) of the planet Earth and appears (B) along (C) two oval belts called (D) the auroral ovals.

13. In (A) the United States, inches and feets (B) are still (C) used as (D) units of measurement.

14. One of (A) Mark Twain’s most (B) startling and (C) sarcastic work (D) is Letters from the Earth.

15. It is very kind of (A) you to supply me with (B) so many

(C) informations (D).

16. Langston Hughes always seemed to know exactly who

(A) he was, and those knowledges (B) helped make him (C) one of the most respected (D) writers in America.

17. The Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. supplies (A) official times (B) signals for regulating (C) clocks throughout (D) the United States.

18. Not until the tenth serious accident (A) occurred at (B) the busy intersection did the Highways Department (C) agree to install (D) the four-way stop sign.

19. He had been cutting human (A) hairs (B) for two years before (C) he came (D) to New York.

20. Rudolph Nureyev has become (A) one of the greatest (B) dancer (C) that the ballet world has ever known (D).

21. The short story (A) may be (B) the most (C) flexible of all form (D) of fiction.

22. It is widely believed that the pull of gravity on a falling raindrop changes ______ round shape into a teardrop shape.

A. of the drop

B. the drop’s

C. drop of

D. drops their

23. The winner (A) photograph was of (B) an old barn window covered with (C) a (D) delicate, lacy frost.

24. At (A) birth, the (B) head of a baby is extremely large in

(C) relation to a (D) rest of the body.

25. Synthetic (A) rubbers and many kind (B) of plastics are manufactured (C) in soap solution (D).

26. The first person believed to have used (A) a series of photograph (B) to produce (C) an illusion of (D) movement was Coleman Sellers.

27. “How often have you seen cases like this?” one surgeon asked another. “Oh, ______ times, I guess.” was the reply.

A. hundred of

B. hundreds

C. hundreds of

D. hundred

28. Which of the following plural forms is INCORRECT?

A. basis à bases

B. criterion à criterions

C. stratumàstrata

D. alumnus à alumni

29. Which of the following italicized noun phrases functions as an adverbial?

A. That was an attractive little black chair.

B. They elected him chairman of the board.

C. He returned last night.

D. A photo is taken each time this button is pushed.

30. Which of the following italicized parts is used as a sujective genitive?

A. Mr. Brown’s suitcase has been taken upstairs.

B. Everybody was pleased at David’s quick recovery from illness.

C. The criminal’s punishement will be ten years in prison.

D. Newton’s law was developed in the 17th century.

( YOUR SCORE: _______ / 30 )