英语语法2012年4月真题试题及答案解析（00831）

List the types of subjunctive mood with examples.

Give a brief answer to the criteria of the classification of open class words and their significance.

Using whatever cohesive device is appropriate:

I finally threw out my dirty tennis shoes, which pleased my mother tremendously.

Using subjunctive mood:

I had recommended him to be placed in a more responsible position.

Using whatever cohesive device is appropriate:

We are told that he will come tonight, and if he comes tonight, our meeting will be held tomorrow. If he doesn’t come tonight, there won’t be any meeting tomorrow.

Using fronting:

The plane dived into a large crowd of spectators.

Using a modal auxiliary:

I’m sure that he is working late at the office.

Combining the two sentences by using a conjunct:

The house was in bad repair. It was to be sold at a reduced price.

Using extraposition:

Whether there was gold left in the mine was not known.

Combining the two sentences by using a conjunct:

The term papers were very brief. They were better than I had expected.

Combining the two sentences by using an adverbial clause:

John spoke through a microphone. He could be heard in every room.

Combining the two sentences by using coordination:

He himself is interested in the subject. All his students are beginning to show an interest in it.

Not a single page he read the whole semester.

Reinforcing the negation in the following sentence:

No one on the committee approved of my proposal.

Adding a suitable tag to the following statement:

I don’t believe you’ve finished knitting that cardigan yourself.

Just take a look at that fellow, so you’ll get sick.

Having paid my taxes, the amount left in the bank is hardly worth mentioning.

Brown bread and butter are usually eaten with smoked salmon.

The additional work will take five another weeks.

Such chances should never be let to slip.

There is something wrong with the car; it needs overhauled.

The Himalayas have a magnificent variety of plant and animal life.

She talked a long time, and in the end she could make him believe her.

—Did you work out the solution to this problem?

—I am at my wits end with this problem.

I’m going to buy a new coat. The weather report says it is very cold.

Far is it from me to call him a thief.

I don’t want____________(there be) any disturbance during my lunch break.

Each man and woman____________(be) asked to complete a form.

That is the reason____________(for) he is leaving so soon.

____________ (consider) the strength of the opposition, we did very well to score two goals.

Don’t get____________(mad) the children. They don’t know what they’ve done.

I think the noise____________(come) below the window.

____________ (stand) on the church tower, the whole village could be seen.

When I told her the news, she became all____________(depressed).

How much did the second____________ (expensive) has cost?

Having finished the first project, John went on____________(work) on another one.

—The lights have gone out.

—A fuse____________(blow).

Congress has decided that the present law____________(maintain).

Look at the dark clouds. It ____________ (rain).

Mary is naughty, but she____________(be) a good girl today.

In my ____________ (mind) eye, she remains a little girl of six although she’s actually a grown woman.

I’m afraid you ____________ (have) to be responsible for everything you do after you’re eighteen.

They speak ____________ (not French) nor German, but a curious mixture of the two.

You say you took the book without his permission. ___________ (other words), you stole it.

The book will provide a ____________ (stimuli) to research in this very important area.

such, so, it, make, to make, made

____________ is not funny at all ____________ fun of a disabled man.

Let’s not talk to the director, ____________ (we)?

what, which, that, is, are, was

What he did and ____________ he said ____________ totally different.

which, which, what, what, that, that

There is something ____________ I want you to do but ____________ you hate to do.

was, were, be, never, being, will never be, has never to be

Though he ____________ reduced to poverty, he ____________ dishonest.

work, worked, working, tell, told, telling

____________ hard until ____________ to stop.

worrying, are worrying, has been worrying, fining, being fined, is fined

The browns ____________ about their son ____________ for overspeed.

a, a, the, the, some, such

____________ beautiful is not always the same as ____________ good.

go, goes, is going, advice, advices, piece of advice

My special thanks ____________ to Professor Brown, who read the first draft of this book and gave me a lot of invaluable ____________.

I know I need a good car, but I can’t afford ________.

Neither of them who had applied for a position in the company ________.

What she wanted from him ________ just promises at that time.

She is a gentle and quiet girl, ________ none of her sisters is.

She is married to a man who she believes ________ both makes a lot of money and loves her.

________, he couldn’t deal with these problems.

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

________ their differences, John and Mark remain good friends all their lives.

Mr. Johnson met ________ at the party that day.

The Conservative Party is one of the ________ parties in Britain.

Tom likes watching TV ________ novels.

The students are staying up late these days ________ for the final exams.

Mary’s score on the test is the highest in her class; she ________ have studied very hard.

He tried ________ a new microphone and was able to make himself heard.

Almost all the main roads in the city center ________ by the end of next year.

The factory will be fined if the work ________ by the end of the month is delayed.

I don’t think it advisable that the young man ________ to the important post since he has no practical experience.

We ________. Please fasten your seat belt.

Mary and John ________ each other since childhood.

There are a lot of ________ in Xinhua Children’s Hospital.