全国自考英语语法模拟试卷(8)

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Why do most contemporary English grammarians adopt a two-tense system?

Explain the principle of proximity of concord with examples.

Using a tag question:

Let's do it together.

Using extraposition:

To wear a respirator mask when you're working with fiberglass might be a good idea.

Using discontinuity:

Excessive exposure to violence on TV is more harmful than expected to children.

Using cleaving for object :

He likes playing games most.

Using a tag question:

Let's not talk to the boss.

Using an infinitive phrase:

My friends recommended that I should give up smoking.

Using a pseudo-cleft sentence:

The students are going to write theses.

Using subjunctive mood:

A neighbor acted quickly and thus stopped the fire from spreading to the other floors.

Using a negative imperative:

Put the box somewhere in the storeroom.

Using a disjunct:

It is hoped that the report will go out to shareholders prior to December 25.

Using a non-finite form.:

Please advise me which I should choose.

Using an appropriate cohesive device:

Shakespeare's characters are really alive, so are some of Jane Austen's characters.

Using a non-finite form.:

I don't think she would admit that she had sold the house.

Using an imperative:

Would you please bring me some paper?

Using a modal auxiliary:

You aren't allowed to stand here!

With an appropriate coordinator or subordinator:

(1)It was an island ________ name I have forgotten.

(2)He carried his luggage all the way home, ________ was actually unnecessary.

With a determiner:

(1)Salt is ________ essential ingredient in all kinds of food.

(2)—Which of the two buses shall I take to the airport.

—You can take ________ one.

With an appropriate conjunctive:

(1)I asked her to stay for tea, ________ I had something to tell her.

(2)It will be hours ________ she comes back.

With an appropriate preposition:

(1)The pianist began to play and the girl in red began to sing ________ the music.

(2)Ted has been absent ________ class for quite some time.

With an appropriate conjunct:

(1)The room is too cold without heating and too small for family of four. ________ it is better than I expected.

(2)If they start smoking those awful cigars, ________ I'm not staying.

With WH-words:

(1) ________ did he do last night?

(2) ________ to do next hasn't been decided yet.

With an appropriate modal verb:

(1)Peter ________ come with us tonight, but he isn't very sure yet.

(2)A computer ________ think for itself; it must be told what to do.

With an appropriate conjunct:

(1)This project won't work: for a start, it is a bad idea, and ________, it'll cost too much.

(2)You must pack plenty of food for the journey. ________, you'll need warm clothes, so pack them too.

With a determiner:

(1)The rescue was ________ success.

(2)Those workers are paid by ________ hour.

With a link verb:

(1)All ________ satisfied with the hotel accommodations.

(2)Every man and woman, old or young, ________ required to take the inoculation.

don't know, didn't know, hadn't known, are, were

—Hello! I ________ you ________ in London. How long have you been here?

costs, spends, twice as many as, twice as much as

The encyclopedia ________ ________ the other one.

is, are, were, attacked, attacking

A school of fish ________ being ________ by sharks.

hardly, no sooner, when, that

________ had we started out for California, ________ it started to rain.

know, known, knows, their, theirs, its

Every boy and every girl ________ that each day and each hour brings ________ duty.

is, are, has, have

It ________ Jack and Frank who ________ been murdered.

two times, twice, two, as, so

I'm not going out with a man who's ________ as old ________ me.

more, less, much, most, my, mine, me

Your English is ________ better than ________.

was, were, will be, shall be, prefer, prefers, preferred

During the holiday week, one-third of the students ________ willing to write course papers but ten percent of the teachers ________ in-class examinations.

Peter believes that his dream will come true some day, ________ ?

a, an, accept, accepts, accepted

We may meet this challenge with ________ attitude that ________ the two languages as different.

I wrote to my parents once a week, ________ I was too busy with my teaching work.

—Is Tom still smoking?

—No. By next Saturday he ________ for a whole month without smoking a single cigarette.

There are two ________ in the word “coffee”.

—I'd like to play football with you, but I have an important thing to attend to.

—If you don't go, ________ 。

________ the temperature falling so rapidly, we couldn't go on with the experience.

It was ________ that we felt tired when we arrived.

________ the weather, the athletic meeting will be held on time.

—Good morning. Can I help you?

—I'd like to have the package ________ , madam.

My MP4 player isn't in my bag. Where ________ I have put it?

—I have got a headache.

—No wonder. You ________ in front of the computer too long.

________ box cannot be lifted by a boy of five.

They have ________ to cover both of them.

I couldn't help ________ when I saw that.

As the train will not leave until one hour later, we ________ grab a bite at the snack bar.

The salesman showed her several bags and she chose ________ one as she didn't want to spend too much money on it.

What ________ you ________ over the past two years?

Would you attend my ________ party?

Professor Smith, along with his assistants, ________ on the project day and night to meet the deadline.

Our company is seeking for a manager, especially ________ with creativity and imagination.