大学英语语法专题练习(7)平行结构与强调句型

大学英语语法专题练习

平行结构与强调句型

1. He paid more attention to what he ate than________.

A)what he wore B)that he wore

C)that which he wore D)to what he wore

2. In her writing she often dealt with her own personality as it was, rather than________.

A)as others defined it B)it was defined by others

C )others' definition D)its definition by others

3. It is _______ leather its permeability to air and water vapour.

A)the structure it gives

B)giving it the structure of

C)structure that gives it

D)its structure that gives

4. He would sooner resign than _____ part in such dishonest business deals.

A)to take B)taking

C)take D)have taken

5. Communication has created a world economy in which working smarter is more important than______.

A)work harder B)working harder

C)to work harder D)to working harder

6. I was advised ________ for reservation.

A)to either telephone or to write the hotel

B)either to telephone or to write the hotel

C)that I should telephone or either write the hotel

D)I ought either to telephone or write the hotel

7. Along the rocky New England coast are small areas of sand and gravel beach, some created from glacial

debris,______ by

the action of ocean storms.

A)upbuilding others B)others build up C)others built up D)built up others

8. ______ the 1500's ______ the first European explored the coast of California.

A)It was not until...when B)It is not until...when C)h is until...that D)It was not until...that

9. Having gone there and ____ out the truth, she started to cry.

A ) finding B) finds C)found D)to find

10. Most large companies have trained specialists, called personnel managers _____ on prospective employees.

A)whose job it is to interview and pass judgment

B)whose job they are to interview and pass judgment

C)whose job is interview and pass judgment

D)whose job it is interviewing and passing judgment

11. My approach is not to pass the test, but ______ the prize.

A)rather getting B)to rather get

C)rather to get D)more than getting

12. The physician considers going to bed early to be more sensible _____ late.

A)but staying up B)than to stay up

C)for staying up D)than staying up

13. Nature has a number of different ways of burying and thus________ the past.

A )conserve B)conserving

C ) preserve D) preserving

14. Heat the soup for ten minutes, and then _______from the stove.

A)you should remove it B)removing it

C)to remove it [))remove it

15. The purpose of the organization is ________ all newcomers to

the city and to provide them with any necessary information.

A)greeting B)to greet

C)having greeted D)to have greeted

16. It's better to die on one's feet than_______.

A)living on one's knees B)live on one's knees

C)on one's knees D)to live on one's knees

17. When that happens the computer system can be asked for alternatives or the operator _____ interrogate (讯问) the computer to find out what would happen if the officer's own solution was put into action.

A)ought to B)should

C)dare to D)can

18. _________,but his character I despise.

A)I'm fond of his face B)Much as I'm fond of his face

C)His face I'm fond of D)Though I'm fond of his face

19. With the help of a metal detector, the team discovered that wreckage lay scattered over a 2000-square-feet area, often _______ beneath sand and seaweed.

A)burying B)buried

C)bury D)was buried

20. Western Nebraska generally receives less snow than ________ eastern Nebraska.

A )does B)in

C)it does in D)in it does

21. Many animals use odors for identification, ______ ,sexual attraction, alarm, and a variety of other purposes.

A)the territorial marking B)territorial marking

C)they mark territory D)mark territory

22. The atmosphere is as much as part of the earth as ______ its soil and the water of its lakes, rivers and oceans.

A )are B)is C )do D)has

23. Either you come in person, or_________.

A)to entrust someone with the matter B)entrusting someone with the matter

C)you entrust someone with the matter D)you entrusted someone with the matter

24. The more precise ________ ,the more effective the communication.

A)a writer's words B)that a writer's words

C)there are a writer's words D)they are a writer's words

25. _______ Einstein won the Nobel Prize for physics.

A)It is in 1921 that B)It was in 1921 that

C)It is in 1921 when D)It were in 1921 that

26. Having no money but _______ to know, he simply said he would go without dinner.

A)not to want anyone B)not wanting anyone C)wanted no one D)to want no one

27. I like watching TV________ to the cinema.

A)more than to go B)than going C)more than going D)rather than to go

28. _______she wondered if she had made a mistake.

A)Not until long afterwards that B)Not long until afterwards

C)It was not until long afterwards that D)It was long afterwards until

29. Nowadays people usually prefer driving to________.

A )driving B)drive C)to drive D)drove

30. Allen has stated that he has always had a great ______ and admiration for the work of the British economist Keynes.

A )interest B) interest in C)interesting in D)interested