英语语法2016年10月真题试题及答案解析(00831)
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genitive
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Please list the relationship and the difference between adverbials and adverbs.
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non-finite verbs
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Using inversion:
I had hardly reached home when it started to rain.
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Using fronting:
I just don’t know what will happen next.
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Using exclamation:
The old lecturer made a very boring speech this morning.
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Using subordination:
Most people arc interested in the proposed lax reform being debated in the congress. They hope it will lower taxes for them.
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Reinforcing the negation:
No one is sure of the reason why she suddenly quit her job in the company.
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Using a relative clause:
Wind power is an ancient source of energy. People are now trying to harness wind power.
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Using a relative clause:
The tests do not measure a genuine intellectual ability. Colleges use the tests to screen applicants for admission.
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Using coordination:
For the first time 1 saw my father not as the giant of my childhood. I saw my father simply as a lonely man.
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Using a disjunct:
It is natural that he will take after his father.
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Using a simple preposition:
I want to congratulate you. You have been admitted to the doctoral program.
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Using a non-finite verb form:
A miser who is parted from his money must be very desperate.
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Using a modal auxiliary:
It is our duty to devote ourselves to building a powerful China.
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Using a non-finite verb form:
Tom believed that Mary was innocent.
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With a question tag:
Let’s not waste lime doing these useless things, ________?
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Using passive voice:
He has donated all his money to a charity organization for homeless children.
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Using passive voice:
The traffic police are going to punish you for your drunken driving.
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With an appropriate coordinator or subordinator:
You should respect the opinions of others, and at the same time you should insist upon________you believe is right.
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With a question tag:
There isn't any gas station here. We’d better stop at the next place, ________?
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With a question tag:
I don’t think you judged your ability objectively when you applied for your present post, ________?
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With an appropriate relative pronoun or relative adverb:
Many American people are going to settle in North Carolina, ________land is cheap.
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With an appropriate coordinator or subordinator:
Always show appreciation and gratitude________others are generous.
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With an appropriate relative pronoun or relative adverb:
Young migrant workers constitute the main labor force in the second industry,________comprises mainly of manufacturing.
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With an appropriate relative pronoun or relative adverb:
So far we have not been able to fix the date________we shall start the conference.
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With an appropriate relative pronoun or relative adverb:
This custom, ________originated many centuries ago, is slowly disappearing.
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With an appropriate preposition:
They are talking about the writer________whose works my acquaintance is slight.
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With an appropriate preposition:
The bus doesn’t go to the museum. You will have to change________People’s Square.
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With an appropriate preposition:
After about six years inside a reactor, nuclear materials are usually moved to a fuel pool to let their radiation die________.
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With an appropriate preposition:
It is difficult for a casual observer to distinguish________artificial and natural lakes.
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With a modal verb:
The great 19th century explorer John Muir once said: “Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, ________one truly get into the heart of the wilderness.”
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With a modal verb:
This bottle of milk has turned sour. You________have put it in the refrigerator.
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With a modal verb:
We________leave so soon. The show doesn’t start till eight.
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With a determiner:
Both buses go to the airport. You can take________of them.
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With a determiner:
Our culture is________people’s culture. It reflects the aspirations of the people.
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With a determiner:
British writer Alex Garland’s novel The Beach, based on the author’ experiences as________backpacker, was turned into a blockbuster film.
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so, as, that; would defy, defied, was defying
Foolish________he was, he________any advice or warning and continue to make thesame mistake.
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With a determiner:
With the spreading of the disease, ________the village sank into deep panic.
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believed, were believed, were believing; sheep, sheeps, sheeping
What________to be aliens from outer space were actually several________goingastray.
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most, more, very; enter, entering, to enter
The________last thing he wants now is________for the annual 24-day bike race.
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between, among, across; consistent, consistently, inconsistent
Standing in the forefront of various achievements________both the Arts and theSciences, Oxford research________ranks top both nationally and internationally.
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else, elses’ else’s; depress, depressing, depressed
She has a strong tendency to blame herself and to try and meet everyone________expectations, which is one reason she is so________.
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failed, falls, fell; nonadequate, unadequate, inadequate
If Spain________into crisis, then all current mechanisms for dealing with the crisis willturn out to be________.
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that, which, what; efficient, efficiently, efficiency
A green product is one________has less impact on the environment, using less resources, creating less waste, and being more energy________.
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Besides. Beside, Although; affect, are affecting, are affected
________the ill effect of smoking on smokers themselves, non-smokers, too, ________ when their family members or strangers light up in their presence.
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are tending, tended, tends: which, that, where
The delivery of public services________to be a new area ________we decorate an out-of-date process with technology in a different way.
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to look, looking, looked; medium, media, middle
Not too long ago, the Internet was about________up information, or a________for interpersonal communication, a replacement for the telephone or post office.
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It was not until the 1860s______Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday of November to be a national holiday.
- A.whenever
- B.that
- C.when
- D.as
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Everybody talks about the stock market during work time, after work, and even during holidays, ______?
- A.does he
- B.don’t they
- C.do they
- D.doesn’t they
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I remembered the last words______God spoke to Moses before his death.
- A.that
- B.which
- C.when
- D.why
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The earth’s surface receives heat from the sun and reflects some of the heat back into space while the rest______absorbed to warm it.
- A.will be
- B.is
- C.are
- D.being
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Most of those arrested are young people, some of ______are members of a radical group calling itself the "National Independent Party".
- A.who
- B.which
- C.them
- D.whom
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Aldebaran is slightly variable in brightness, but the change is imperceptible ______human eye.
- A.in
- B.to
- C.for
- D.with
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While the content is excellent, the presentation of the Kindle version is far ______original book.
- A.inferiorer than
- B.inferior to
- C.more inferior than
- D.more inferior to
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Most couples born in the 1980s were pampered when they were young,______ they have problems in tolerating and adjusting with their other half.
- A.consequently
- B.likewise
- C.therefore
- D.so
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There are many other people whose names deserve______.
- A.be mentioned
- B.mentioned
- C.mentioning
- D.to mention
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Life would be endlessly frustrating and almost impossible to sustain if you could never make yourself______.
- A.understanding
- B.understand
- C.understood
- D.to understand
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It served Susan right. She______have thought twice before posting her photos on her Blog.
- A.should
- B.may
- C.could
- D.would
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I know that texting him back would do nothing but______our friendship.
- A.damaging
- B.damage
- C.to damage
- D.damaged
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I really can’t understand how he______say that he can represent the whole Asia.
- A.dare to
- B.daren’t to
- C.didn’t dares
- D.dares to
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I wish I______back in CA, but we are victims of the current unemployment crisis.
- A.be
- B.were
- C.would be
- D.would have been
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They were hungry and cold and______for hours for a relief truck to arrive.
- A.have been waiting
- B.had waited
- C.had been waiting
- D.had been waited
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Anti-drug awareness should______among people from a younger age.
- A.promote
- B.be promoted
- C.be to promote
- D.being promoted
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China’s judicial organs have a large number of______, procurators and lawyers.
- A.woman judges
- B.women judges
- C.women judge
- D.woman judge
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You can prepare French fries on the sand in______Sahara on a sunny day.
- A./
- B.a
- C.the
- D.that
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I will not take over the business until she______completely incapable of working.
- A.is
- B.will be
- C.is being
- D.shall be
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This story is about why the Joneses______far more likely to become wealthy than the Smiths.
- A.be
- B.was
- C.is
- D.are