全国自考英语语法模拟试卷(7)

proper nouns

disjunct

putative should

subjunctive mood

What is the system of two tenses and two aspects?

List two types of subjunctive mood.

Using modal auxiliary:

He was the last person to commit the embezzlement.

Using cleaving for time adjunct:

I got the invitation last week.

Using an exclamation:

She has a beautiful hat.

Using extraposition:

What they are proposing to do is horrifying.

Using passive voice:

All the students who are applying for the government loan must observe this rule.

Using extraposition:

To make fun of a disabled man is not funny at all.

Using a negative imperative:

Put the box somewhere in the storeroom.

Using discontinuity:

Excessive drinking is more harmful than expected to anybody.

Using a question tag:

There will be a sports meet at the end of this month.

Using inversion:

You cannot marry my daughter until three Sundays come in a week.

Using a modal auxiliary:

It's almost certain that he is in Paris.

Using inversion:

The polite smiles and enthusiastic sales patter were gone.

Reinforcing the negation:

I have not made a promise that I do not intend to fulfill.

Using inversion:

I have never seen a greater, or more beautiful, or a calmer or more noble thing than you, brother.

Using a disjunct:

It is regrettable that James refuses to speak in company.

With an appropriate conjunct:

(1)You can phone the doctor if you like. ________, I very much doubt whether you will get him to come out on a Saturday night.

(2)You say you want to marry her. ________, you shouldn't be quarrelling with her all the time.

With an appropriate modal verb:

(1)Helen ________ go on the trip with us, but she isn't quite sure yet.

(2) ________ you play the piano at such late hour?

With a proper link verb:

(1)What I think, say and do ________ none of your business.

(2)I'll make sure that everything ________ ready before I leave for holiday.

With a pronoun:

(1)—Would you like tea or coffee?

—I don't mind. ________ will do.

(2)Your question is an important ________.

With an appropriate conjunctive:

(1)Mr. Black is ill, ________ I'll take his place.

(2)You'd better start working harder, ________ you won't pass the course.

With an appropriate relative pronoun:

(1)Please pass me the dictionary ________ cover is black.

(2)This is the biggest lab ________ we have ever built in our university.

With an appropriate link verb:

(1)If he ________ here now, I don't think you'd have the guts to flirt with his secretary.

(2)I propose that a woman member of the committee ________ appointed for the chair.

With question tags:

(1)I don't think he will come, ________ ?

(2)They must have lost their way yesterday, ________ ?

With an appropriate conjunctive:

(1)My name is Robert, ________ most of my friends call me Bob for short.

(2)You must work hard, ________ you will not learn English well.

With an appropriate relative adverb:

(1)He has left Beijing, ________ a meeting is to be held.

(2)1990 is the year ________ he was born.

both, either, neither, and, or, nor

New Hampshire is the only state that does not have ________ a general sales tax ________ an income tax.

no matter who, who, whoever, with heart, by heart

________ wants to study well must learn things ________.

that, because, why

The reason ________ he didn't come was ________ he was injured.

a, the, any, some, all

I believe ________ prestige of our college as great as that of ________ other college in this area.

whom, which, that, am, is,are

He is the only one of the students ________ ________ late.

seems, seem, seemed, am, is, are

Ten minutes ________ an hour when one ________ waiting for a phone call.

is now believing, is now believed, has now believed, taught, teaching, being taught

It ________ that foreign languages are most easily ________ to young children.

was, were, its, their

The audience ________ excited on seeing ________ favorite star glide onto the stage.

enjoy, enjoyed, would enjoy, eat, ate

Medical evidence suggests that most people ________ better health if they ________ less refined sugar.

both, whether, neither, or, nor, but

________ by accident ________ by design, he arrived too late for the appointment.

A series of robberies ________ recently.

—He has to finish the experiment today. He must be in the lab, ________ ?

—That's quite possible.

—I beg your pardon, but I didn't quite catch you.

—Oh, I ________ myself.

We are convinced ________ the righteousness of our cause.

They talked about things and persons ________ they remembered in the school.

Many a teacher and many a student ________ the film.

I suppose he's serious, ________ ?

She ________ faults with others.

—Have you considered ________ your job as a teacher?

—Yes. I like the job because a teacher is often considered a gardener.

It was ________ late to catch a bus after the party, therefore we called taxi.

________ good, these cookies sell well.

There ________ a pen, two pencils and three books on the desk.

There ________ a driver and a number of broken wine bottles beside the highway when the police arrived.

________ the book?

He got well-prepared for the job interview, for he couldn't risk ________ the good opportunity.

Abraham Lincoln is a man ________ I have the greatest respect.

The two presidents agree with each other on the whole, but much remains ________ at the following meeting.

________ by accident ________ by design, he arrived too late to help us.

On the wall ________ two large portraits.

New machinery ________ arriving tomorrow.