全国自考(现代英语语法)模拟试卷1.doc

全国自考（现代英语语法）模拟试卷1

一、Choose the best answer from the choices given and blacken the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.

1 —I'd like some more cheese.

—Sorry, there's _______ left. ( )

（A）nothing

（B）none

（C）a little

（D）few

2 All the ______were shocked at the sudden death of the old man on the pavement. ( ) （A）passer-bys

（B）passers-bys

（C）by-passers

（D）passers-by

3 In 1964, Americans drank an average of 26 gallons of milk_______. ( )

（A）each

（B）every one

（C）singly

（D）themselves

4 One astronaut who joined the program in 1996 ______ only after he had been applying for 12 years. ( )

（A）has been accepted

（B）had been accepted

（C）was accepted

（D）is accepted

5 What_______you _______over the past two years? ( )

（A）did,do

（B）do,do

（C）are,doing

（D）have,been doing

6 The young man who has appiled for the post_______in the general manager's office. ( )

（A）is interviewing

（B）is being interviewed

（C）to be interviewed

（D）had been interviewed

7 _______ it not for water, this world would be a lifeless place. ( )

（A）Were

（B）If

（C）Was

（D）Had

8 He was very busy yesterday, otherwise, he _______ to your birthday party. ( ) （A）would come

（B）came

（C）would have come

（D）should come

9 Mr. Milton prefers to resign_______ part in such dishonest business deals. ( ) （A）than take

（B）than to take

（C）rather than take

（D）rather than to take

10 He got well-prepared for the job interview, for he couldn't risk_______ the good opportunity. ( )

（A）to lose

（B）losing

（C）to be lost

（D）being lost

11 Mary earns_______as Jane does, but she spends less money on cosmetics than Jane. ( )

（A）twice so much

（B）twice as much

（C）as much twice

（D）so much twice

12 This is_______ the best school in the region. ( )

（A）far and away

（B）farther away

（C）further away

（D）far away

13 Judging from the latest information, you'd better make up your mind now_______it is too late. ( )

（A）after

（B）since

（C）when

（D）before

14 _______for my illness, I would have got the job in the Disneyland. ( )

（A）Not being

（B）Without being

（C）Had it not been

（D）Not having been

15 The course usually attracts 30 students each term, _______ about two-thirds are girls. ( )

（A）among whom

（B）for whom

（C）among them

（D）for them

16 Jewelry _______ becoming increasingly popular, in one form or another, among teenage guys. ( )