英语语法2010年4月真题试题及答案解析（00831）

Why does co-reference between pronouns often cause our hesitation in the course of speaking and writing?

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

Using inversion:

Come and teach in our school. You won’t find such fine pupils anywhere else.

Using an appropriate cohesive device:

Check out the weather at your destination. If you do not check out the weather at your destination, things can be very embarrassing.

Using extraposition:

Meeting you in London that day was pleasant.

Using a pseudo-deft sentence:

The students are going to write theses.

Using passive voice:

We must put an end to this state of things as soon as possible.

Using an adjunct:

My wife was using the vacuum cleaner. I was trying to listen to a broadcast play.

Using an adjunct:

His mother waited up. He came home.

Using a relative clause:

He said that the men were thieves. This turned out to be true.

Using a proper modal auxiliary:

Perhaps he was working for Simons.

Using a non-finite form:

I am sure it’ll do you good if you admit that you made the mistake.

The cup was broken by someone, but I don’t know who.

Using an intensifier:

I have not known him tell a lie.

Using a question tag:

Bob rarely got drunk.

In order that the child to recover fully, an operation must be done.

Young though he was, did he manage to make a living on his own.

When used with care, transitional words can enhance writing, however, too many of them will soon weary your reader.

Because the leader couldn’t attend the meeting, so it was canceled.

The old lady must feel the cold a great deal because she doesn’t go out in the winter.

Yesterday John went to see a house in a view to buying it.

The truth of course is that you must have to pay a professional to do it for you.

I propose that a woman member of the committee appoint for the chair.

I have been seeing the movie three times, and now I want to see it again.

The friend of mine will visit me tomorrow.

The new reservoir is the two-thirds size of the old one in area.

—Will they change it?

—Yes. I ______ (imagine).

What he did and when he did it ______ (be) the only things I want to know.

My car is too small. Let’s rent a ______ (big).

The woman ______ (whom) we talked has just given birth to quintuplets successfully.

A lot of people volunteered to donate their blood ______ (of sympathy).

With luck, you might cover your costs, but don’t ______ (count) it.

He is ______ (of a fool) than his predecessor.

______ (dangerous) it is, the more I like it.

When are you going to have the car ______ (repair)?

This ______ (cure) your cough if you had taken it.

Several people reported ______ (hear) her cry for help.

She took a taxi to the station so that she ______ (not miss) the train.

We ______ (call) on you yesterday, but we had visitors ourselves.

The vase ______ (sit) dangerously over the edge of the balcony.

If only they ______ (stop) this constant complaining.

We’re having dinner at my ______ (aunt) tonight.

All ______ (town) were celebrating the victory that night.

There has been an increasing number of ______ (man) teachers in primary schools in the last few years.

Let’s talk to the manager, ______ (we)?

How long ______ (speech) you made this afternoon!

both, either, neither, whatever, whichever, however

You can keep one of the photos, ______ of them— ______ you like.

believed, was believed, were believed, are, was, were

What ______ to be aliens from outer space ______ actually several sheep going astray.

which, what, when, seen, I’ve ever seen, which I’ve ever seen

It’s the only building ______ ______ is made entirely of glass.

if once, until, releases, releasing, released

______ ______ from prison, he is likely to engage himself in the same business and commit the same crime.

am, were, has been, will be, shall be, should be

I ______ anxious that nobody ______ hurt.

a, a, the, the, some, such

Getting ______ unions and ______ bosses to agree isn’t easy.

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

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

isn’t, hasn’t been, haven’t been, is, are, was

The present government, which ______ in power long, ______ trying to control inflation. It isn’t having much success.

I saw ______ girls at the cinema.

______ Paul brings the money for our lunch, we’ll go right to the cafeteria.

The captain, together with the crew, ______ determined not to abandon the ship until all the passengers were aboard the lifeboats.

Ten minutes ______ an hour when I’m depressed.

The novelist and poet ______ best writer of the year.

Everyone believes that the day will come ______ people all over the world live a rich and happy life.

I have never seen a TV program ______ the man cannot find a parking space at the very first try.

The course usually attracts 30 students each term, ______ about two-thirds are girls.

Mary earns ______ as Jane does, but she spends less money on cosmetics than Jane.

He was very disappointed ______ the salary the company offered him.

We’ll discuss a ______ issue before we move on to the problem of our major concern.

What he has done is ______ what I have done.

The teacher won’t mind ______ the term paper.

All the tasks ______ ahead of time, they decided to have a dinner party to celebrate.

______ for my illness, I would have got the job in the Disneyland.

The car ahead of me suddenly stopped by the roadside. I think it ______ out of gas.

It is essential that all the exam papers ______ back before the end of the term.

The young man who has applied for the post ______ in the general manager’s office.

That definition leaves ______ for disagreement.

My train is going to arrive at Shanghai at about eight o’clock tonight. The plane I’d like to take from there ______ by then.