英语语法2008年7月真题试题及答案解析（00831）

List two situations in which the simple present is used to refer to the past.

What is“complete inversion”?

dangling participle

concord

Mr. Bush had an immense fortune. In spite of that he was a most unhappy man.

You sent me a Christmas card. Thank you so much.

putative should

A: Tiss went to India this winter.

B: Yes, I know that he went to India this winter.

Although I do not have the guts to swim in the ocean this time. I promise I will swim in the ocean next time.

I. Combining sentences:

On his way home Jack came across a boy. The boy was very bright and honest.

H. Using whatever cohesive device is appropriate:

Keep the big apples in the basket and eat the small apples first.

G. Using a cleft sentence to highlight the place adjunct:

Jack hit Tom at the party.

E. Writing a counter-factual conditional based on the given fact:

He is rather fat. He doesn’t take any exercise.

F. Using inversion:

The plane roared over and the bombs came down, which killed almost all the people in the village.

D. Using nonfinite verb form:

I can’t imagine that he would ever agree to such a proposition.

B. Using passive voice:

The sad story needn’t have caused him so much distress.

C. Using modal auxiliary:

I was sure that nobody had noticed his absence.

A. Turning the following imperative into the tag question form:

Put down all your things on the table.

I spoke to either the director and his secretary.

The past progressive is chiefly used for past actions which continued for some time but which exact limits are not known.

He has not paid his debts yet and, however, he has no intention of paying.

We had a nice time at John and Susan last night.

We spent the all day sunbathing.

A friend of me wanted to see you yesterday.

Her husband, that offered us much help when we were in difficulty, is a kind gentleman.

Help must be given when is necessary.

I. Fill in the blank with a pronoun:

________tries to steal our company cars all the time.

H. Fill in the blank with a relative pronoun:

They talked a long time about their university days, after ________ they had a good meal.

Please bring as ________ food as you can. The more, the better.

G. Fill in the blank with a helping verb:

All ________ satisfied with the hotel accommodations.

His sister has a good ear ________ music.

F. Fill in the blank with a proper link verb:

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

Lying by the side of the road we saw ________ wheels of a car.

E. Fill in the blank with a proper preposition:

The duke gave the teapot ________ my aunt.

D. Fill in the blank with the given adjectives in correct order:

Copenhagen has a ________ restaurant life with more than 2000 restaurants. (international, bustling)

C. Fill in the blank with a determiner:

John and I have ________ same hobby.

I’d rather you ________ (not poke) your nose into her affair. Leave her alone.

Our only request is that this ________ (settle)as soon as possible.

How long have you been working in your present position?

I ________ (work)there for two years by the coming March.

The more you eat chocolate, ________ (fat) you become.

She ________ (entitle to) a compensation for her damaged car.

I guarantee ________ (offer) free repair service within the first three years of your purchase.

I suppose there’s not much point ________(argue) any further.

B. Fill in the blank with a proper form of the word or phrase in the bracket.

Since I broke my leg, I ________ (depend) on my niece to see to the daily housework.

A. Fill in the blank with an assertive, non-assertive or negative word:

If you’re ________ in Shanghai, do give me a ring.

Surely ________ knows where the documents are.

police, acoustics, nucleus, pajamas, measles, cattle

A. Singular only: ________

B. Plural only: ________

no, not a, neither, nor, none

A. They proposed several solutions, but ________ seemed to be very satisfactory.

B. “Can you come on Monday or Tuesday?”“I’m afraid ________ day is possible.”

be, is, was, are, were, will be, shall be, has, have, had

A. He demanded that the dinner ________ paid in US dollars.

B. He hopes his dream ________ realized after his graduation from college.

has, have, itself, themselves, them

The committee ________ been arguing among ________all morning.

an, the, these, is, are

The Japanese ________ ________industrious people.

that, which, it, where, who, whom

The air then passes to a compressor, ________ it is compressed, and from ________it is delivered to the combustion chambers.

was completed, is completed, is equipped, was equipped

The hotel, which ________ only last year, ________with a solarium and sauna.

be, is was, are, were, will be, shall be

A. Twenty years ________ very long but not long enough to change a Roman nose into a pug.

B. Three-fourths of the surface of the earth ________ sea.

It is sad experience to see all the high school kids _______ there like fools.

The old _______ usually self-conceited as age sometimes does tell.

_______, I don’t like his work at all.

Both players, _______ reached the final, played well.

In 1980 he caught a serious illness _______ effect he still suffers.

Why not _______ to her?

There exists negligence in the use of land. _______, it may not be ruined.

This school has offered _______ you want.

She _______ it, because she was not on the spot then.

The numerical evaluation of an intelligence test _________ by a small subsection of that society which _______ to foist itself on the rest of us as an arbiter of such matter.

The last time I _______ her, she _______ at a medical college.

A: Can I have these apples, Mum?

B: You just had a big _______.

She cooks _______ that reminds me of her mother.

Pride and Prejudice _______ never failed to characterize the aristocracy.

She bought a house _______ her parents.

John is eighteen and his brother is two years _______.

We had to sleep in our wet clothes, _______ was most uncomfortable.

I wish I _______ to repair the bike. I only made it worse.

She earns a good salary, so she _______ be deep in debt.

Larry is _______ liberal-minded of the two executives.