2001-2006语法试题和答案 000831

2001年语法试题

I、单项选择题（本大题共20小题，每题1分，共20分）

Choose the best answer from the choices given:

1. In the end , he _____. [ ]

a. got invited

b. gets invited

c. was invited

d. was to be invited

2. He wore dark glasses to avoid _____. [ ]

a. having been spotted

b. to be spotted

c. spotted

d. being spotted

3. A new theory ______ before it can be put into practice. [ ]

a. must be tested

b. be tested

c. can be tested

d. to be tested

4. Sooner than ______ for others, she started her own business. [ ]

a. working

b. worked

c. to work

d. work

5. I can't afford as _____ car as this one. [ ]

a. expensive a

b. an expensive

c. a more expensive

d. a most expensive

6. Do what I tell you --_____! [ ]

a. or else

b. or so

c. and that

d. and do

7. This is the house _____ windows were broken. [ ]

a. whose

b. which

c. its

d. of which

8. A hot shower, a cup of milk, a bag of potato chips, and then a good sleep _____ the luxury that he needed after the examination. [ ]

a. are

b. was

c. were

d. is

9. Every drop of tears, every moan out of pain and every cry for help then _____ like knife cutting deep into his heart. [ ]

a. was

b. are

c. were

d. is

10. I expect all the letters _____ promptly. [ ]

a. being typed

b. to be typed

c. having been typed

d. to have been typed

11. The information was later admitted _____ from unreliable sources. [ ]

a. to be obtained

b. to have been obtained

c. that it has been obtained

d. that it was obtained

12. For a child to give up less mature idea for a more sophisticate one, it requires that the child____ psychologically ready for the new idea. [ ]

a. is

b. be

c. were

d. would be

13. We still have a lot of problems ____. [ ]

a. unsolved

b. unsolving

c. unsolve

d. to be unsolved

14. He regretted _____ her the truth. [ ]

a. having told

b. to have told

c. had told

d. to tell

15. Domestic-made TV sets are not ____ imported ones at all. [ ]

a. more inferior than

b. inferior to

c. inferior than

d. more inferior as

16. ____ by accident _____ by design, he arrived too late to help us. [ ]

a. Not only...but also

b. Neither...nor

c. Whether...or

d. Both...and

17.____ , he managed to remain among the top 5% of his class. [ ]

a. To work hard as he did

b. Working hard as he did

c. Work hard as he did

d. Worked hard as he did

18. They left the door open _____ to hear the baby. [ ]

a. so as for me

b. so that me

c. in order for me

d. and for me

19. New machinery _____ arriving tomorrow. [ ]

a. will be

b. is

c. are

d. shall be

20. The family ____ able to come to a unanimous consent that the child must be operated on as quickly as possible. [ ]

a. were

b. is

c. are

d. was

II.多项选择题（本大题共5小题，每题2分，共10分）

Fill in the blanks with one of the items given below:

21. From _____ time we learned to count, ____ of us knew how old we'd be in the Year 2000. the, a, every, none, all

22. The Winter Olympics did not prove especially popular among Americans this year. First, the weather was _____ historical disaster from the beginning of the events. ____ snow began falling the very first day.

a, the, any, some, all

23. _____ of us decides what to take into the future and what to leave behind. That's why_____ arrival of the Year 2000 has become such a personal moment.

each, every, all, the, a

24. I ____ coffee, give me some tea.

will go, have gone, go, through, off, on

25. Put the food where the cat____ it.

Didn't come, has come, can't come, at , around, with

III.填空题（本大题共20小题，每题1分，共20分）

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate unit noun:

26. a _____ of coughing

27. a ____ of lightning

28. a __________ of bees

29. a ____ of advice

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verb or verb phrase given:

30. Jane appears as though she ____(know) the secret.

31. Two players _____(send) off the field during last Saturday's match.

32. I've forgotten to return the key of the safe. People ____(must look) everywhere for it.

Fill in the blank with an appropriate coordinator or subordinator:

33. It was an island ____ name I have forgotten.

34. He carried his luggage all the way home, ____ was actually unnecessary.

35. He soon made it clear _____ he had asked for a meeting.

36. The police arrived, after _____ the situation became calmer.

Fill in the blank with an appropriate conjunct:

37. We visited Nimes ad Arles, _____ , two ancient cities.

38. He has not paid his debts and, _____ , he has no intention of paying.

39. They'll be back in an hour. _____ , we could play chess.

Fill in the blank with an appropriate pronoun:

40. The only thing ______ impresses me is her directness.

41. He is a top student at school, _____ his brother never was.

Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition:

42. I hid my gun _____ the pillow.

43. I don't go _____ men of his type.

Fill in the blank with an appropriate form of the word given:

44. Jane is hardly _____(smart) than Mrs. White.

45. She is the ____(tall) of the two.

IV.改错题（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分）

Correct errors in the following sentences:

46. We must hurry, other wise the meeting will begin when we get there.

47. I think the students see too many love stories these days to be realistic.

48. The company has promised a rise to salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.

49. He suddenly saw the answer to the problem that has occupied his mind for the last two years.

50. Please do not smoke until after the plane takes off.

51. As she is tired of working as a secretary, she thinks of finding another job.

52. Francis Bacon wrote that reading made a full man.

53. Go and get some fresh air! You were sitting here all morning.

V.改写句子（本大题共14小题，每题2分，共28分）

Rewrite the following sentences as required:

54.Turning the following imperatives into the tag question form:

Don't let the children stay up too late on weekends.

55. Turning the following imperatives into the tag question form:

Let's do it together.

56. Turning the following statement into a YES-NO question:

I have already finished the assignment the teacher gave us last week.

57. Turning the singular nouns or noun phrases into plural forms wherever possible with other necessary changes:

A traffic accident often occurs at a crossroads.

58. Using subjunctive mood:

A neighbour acted quickly and thus stopped the fire from spreading to the other floors.

59. Using a non-finite verb:

I don't think she would admit that she had sold the house .

60. Combining sentences using comparative degree (more...than...):

Susan is intelligent. Mary is not that intelligent.

61. Combining the sentences into one that contains a relative clause:

You sent my son an English-Chinese dictionary. Thank you very much.

62. Combining the sentences into one that contains a relative clause:

Twenty horses were put into the corral. They were to be trained for riding.

63. Rewrite the following sentence using a disjunct:

It is natural that as a beginner he isn't a good driver yet.

64. Rewrite the following sentence as required: (Using "either you or I " as the subject)

We were responsible for the mistake.

65. Rewrite the following sentence using whatever cohesive device is appropriate:

If you travel often, keep a collection of necessities pre-packed. Keeping a collection of necessities pre-packed will give you time to pare the nonessentials.

66. Rewrite the following sentence using whatever cohesive device is appropriate:

My wife and I are going to dine out this evening. In fact, we dine out every weekend.

67. Rewrite the following sentences beginning each with anticipatory "it":

a. This question is very easy to answer.

b. You seem to have taken a dislike to him

VI.名词解释（本大题共2小题，每小题2分，共4分）

Define the following terms with examples:

68. WH-question

69. non-finite verbs

VII.简答题（本大题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分）

70. How is aspect related to time?

71. What are inherent adjectives?

72. What is the difference between reference and substitution?

73. Identify (a) the subject, and (b) the theme, of each of the sentences below. Say whether the theme occurs as S (subject), Cs (subject complement), Od (direct object), Co (object complement), Cp (prepositional complement), P (predication) or V (verb)

a. My husband will carry your suitcase.

b. Not one girl in ten can a young man trust these days.

74.Answer the question below by using (a) the information given in brackets, and (b) the passive voice as a means of achieving end-focus.

Who invented the telephone? (Graham Bell, in 1876)

英语语法试题参考答案

I. 单项选择题（每小题1分，共20分）

1、a

2、d

3、a

4、d

5、a

6、a

7、a

8、c

9、a 10、b

11、b 12、b13、a14、a 15、b 16、c 17、b 18、c 19、b 20、a

II. 多项选择填空题（每小题2分，共10分，）

21. the , all （共2分，一格1分）

22. a, Some （共2分，一格1分）

23. Each, the （共2分，一格1分）

24. have gone off （共2分，一格1分）

25. Can't come at （共2分，一格1分）

III. 填空题（每题1分，共20分）

26. fit

27. flash

28. swarm

29. piece

30. had known

31. were sent

32. must have been looking

33. whose

34. which

35. why

36. which

37. that is

38. worse still

39. Meanwhile

40. that (用which应看作错误)

41. which (用who应看作错误)

42. under

43. for

44. smarter

45. taller

IV. 改错题（每小题1分，共8分）

Correct errors in the following sentences:

46. We must hurry, otherwise the meeting will have begun when we get there.

47. I think the students are seeing too many love stories these days to be realistic.

47. The company has been promising a rise to salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.

49. He suddenly saw the answer to the problems that had occupied his mind for the last two years.

50. Please do not smoke until after the plane has taken off.

51. As she is tired of working as a secretary, she is thinking of finding another job.

52. Francis Bacon wrote that reading makes a full man.

53. Go and get some fresh air! You have been sitting here all morning.

V. 改写句子（每题2分，共28分）

54. Don't let the children stay up too late on weekends, will you?

55. Let's do it together, shall we?

56. Have you finished the assignment the teacher gave us last week yet?

57. Traffic accidents often occur at crossroads.

58. If it had not been for the quick action of a neighbour, the fire would have spread to the other floors.

59. I don't think she would admit selling the house .

60. Susan is more intelligent than Mary.

61. Thank you very much for the English-Chinese dictionary you sent my son.

62. Twenty horses that were to be trained for riding were put into the corral.

63. Naturally, as a beginner, he isn't a good driver yet.

64. (Either you or I was) responsible for the mistake.

65. (...That will give you time to pare the nonessentials.)

66. (... In fact, we do it/so every weekend.)

67. a. It is very easy to answer...

b. It seems that you have taken...

VI. 名词解释（每题2分，共4分）

68. A WH-question is a question that normally begins with a WH-word, eg. What did you do last night?

69. The non-finite verbs are verbs that are not marked for tense or for subject-verb concord.

VII. 简答题（每小题2分，共10分）

70. Aspect reflects the way in which the verb action is regarded or experienced with respect to time.

71. Generally speaking, adjectives denoting inherent qualities characterize the referent of the noun. e.g. A big house refers to a house whose size is big.

72. The difference between reference and substitution is that reference is a relation between meanings, whereas substitution is a relation between linguistic items, such as words, phrases or clauses. The reference item and its referent (i.e. what is referred to) are assumed to be semantically equivalent (i.e. of the same thing; e.g. Jack hates himself.) while substitution is a relation in wording rather than in meaning, which constitutes the cohesive relation between a substitute and the item it replaces (e.g. Jack bought a big house but Jane rented a smaller one.).

73. a. both (a) and (b) are "my husband" which occurs as S.

b. (a): a young man; (b): not one girl in ten which occurs as Od.

74. Telephone was invented by Graham Bell in 187

英语语法试题参考答案

I. 单项选择题（每小题1分，共20分）

1、a

2、d

3、a

4、d

5、a

6、a

7、a

8、c

9、a 10、b

11、b 12、b13、a14、a 15、b 16、c 17、b 18、c 19、b 20、a

II. 多项选择填空题（每小题2分，共10分，）

21. the , all （共2分，一格1分）

22. a, Some （共2分，一格1分）

23. Each, the （共2分，一格1分）

24. have gone off （共2分，一格1分）

25. Can't come at （共2分，一格1分）

III. 填空题（每题1分，共20分）

26. fit

27. flash

28. swarm

29. piece

30. had known

31. were sent

32. must have been looking

33. whose

34. which

35. why

36. which

37. that is

38. worse still

39. Meanwhile

40. that (用which应看作错误)

41. which (用who应看作错误)

42. under

43. for

44. smarter

45. taller

IV. 改错题（每小题1分，共8分）

Correct errors in the following sentences:

46. We must hurry, otherwise the meeting will have begun when we get there.

47. I think the students are seeing too many love stories these days to be realistic.

47. The company has been promising a rise to salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.

49. He suddenly saw the answer to the problems that had occupied his mind for the last two years.

50. Please do not smoke until after the plane has taken off.

51. As she is tired of working as a secretary, she is thinking of finding another job.

52. Francis Bacon wrote that reading makes a full man.

53. Go and get some fresh air! You have been sitting here all morning.

V. 改写句子（每题2分，共28分）

54. Don't let the children stay up too late on weekends, will you?

55. Let's do it together, shall we?

56. Have you finished the assignment the teacher gave us last week yet?

57. Traffic accidents often occur at crossroads.

58. If it had not been for the quick action of a neighbour, the fire would have spread to the other floors.

59. I don't think she would admit selling the house .

60. Susan is more intelligent than Mary.

61. Thank you very much for the English-Chinese dictionary you sent my son.

62. Twenty horses that were to be trained for riding were put into the corral.

63. Naturally, as a beginner, he isn't a good driver yet.

64. (Either you or I was) responsible for the mistake.

65. (...That will give you time to pare the nonessentials.)

66. (... In fact, we do it/so every weekend.)

67. a. It is very easy to answer...

b. It seems that you have taken...

VI. 名词解释（每题2分，共4分）

68. A WH-question is a question that normally begins with a WH-word, eg. What did you do last night?

69. The non-finite verbs are verbs that are not marked for tense or for subject-verb concord.

VII. 简答题（每小题2分，共10分）

70. Aspect reflects the way in which the verb action is regarded or experienced with respect to time.

71. Generally speaking, adjectives denoting inherent qualities characterize the referent of the noun. e.g. A big house refers to a house whose size is big.

72. The difference between reference and substitution is that reference is a relation between meanings, whereas substitution is a relation between linguistic items, such as words, phrases or clauses. The reference item and its referent (i.e. what is referred to) are assumed to be semantically equivalent (i.e. of the same thing; e.g. Jack hates himself.) while substitution is a relation in wording rather than in meaning, which constitutes the cohesive relation between a substitute and the item it replaces (e.g. Jack bought a big house but Jane rented a smaller one.).

73. a. both (a) and (b) are "my husband" which occurs as S.

b. (a): a young man; (b): not one girl in ten which occurs as Od.

74. Telephone was invented by Graham Bell in 187

全国2002年4月高等教育自学考试

英语语法试题

课程代码：00831

Ⅰ.单项选择题(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)

Choose the best answer from the choices given:

1.When they arrived at the airport, the plane _____

A.already set off

B.set off already

C.had already set off

D.has already set off

2.The moon _____ around the earth.

A.move

B.moves

C.will move

D.has moved

3.If I _____ you, I would give up the job.

A.am

B.be

C.was

D.were

4._____ there be life on Mars?

A.May

B.Can

C.Might

D.Ought

5.She pretended not _____ interested but her eyes betrayed her.

A.to be

B.be

C.being

D.been

6.He aimed his gun _____ me.

A.to

B.at

C.on

D.into

7.Stay _____ have dinner with us, will you?

A.to

B.or

C.and

D.here

8.You can use my car, _____ you promise to be back before lunch.

A.as for as

B.as much as

C.as good as

D.as long as

9.Mary listened carefully _____ she might dicover exactly what John wanted.

A.so as that

B.in order that

C.in case

D.provided

10.A:What will you be doing in the summer?

B:_____ English in a high school.

A.To teach

B.Teaching

C.Will be teaching

D.Will teach

11.Is this the first time you _____ Beijing ?

A.have visited

B.would visit

C.visited

D.have been visiting

12.Great as Einstein was, many of this assumptions _____ today and modified by contemporary scientists.

A.are to challenge

B.may be challenged

C.are challenging

D.have been challenged

13.You _____ be shocked at the news.

A.should well

B.must well

C.may well

D.can well

14.He _____ possibly be serious, and nobody takes it seriously.

A.shouldn't

B.can't

C.mustn't

D.shan't

15.He didn't permit me _____.

A.explaining

B.explained

C.explain

D.to explain

16.Many of them died _____ the disease.

A.in

B.for

C.of

D.among

17.The government has promised to do all _____ lies in its power to help.

A.which

B.that

C.()

D.the

18.The person _____ I complained is the manager.

A.who

B.to whom

C.whom

D.to who

19.He went to bed _____ he finished his work.

A.at the moment

B.the moment

C.in a moment

D.by the moment

20.The evidence is invalid _____ it was obtained through illegal means.

A.so that

B.that

C.since that

D.in that

Ⅱ.选择题(本大题共8小题，每小题2分，共16分)

Fill in the blanks with one of the following items:

21.is, are, being, people, peoples

The Chinese, like many other _______ in the Far East, _______ extremely hard-working. 22.is, are, was, were, itself, himself, themselves

Chicago Bulls _______ enjoying _______ at the celebration party for the fifth NBA championship.

23.prefer, prefers, is, are, was, were, will be, shall be

One-third of the students _______ willing to write course papers but ten percent of the teachers _______ in-class examinations.

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

a.She is one of these girls who _______ trouble running around.

b.This one of the many houses here which _______ destroyed in the earthquake.

Put the following words in appropriate groups:

25.green, greens, greenery, salads, salad, salad's

Her sister didn’t give her anything on her birthday but a small _______ Chinese _______ spoon.

26.The early; Early; The earlier; the soon; sooner; the sooner

_______ you start, _______ you'll get it done.

27.billiards, bronchitis, deer, dominoes, sheep, Vietnamese

a. Singular only:_______

b. Both singular and plural:_______

28.butter, desk, fish, laughter, people, thunder

a. Countable nouns:_______

b.Uncountabel nouns:_______

Ⅲ.填空(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)

Fill in the blanks with assertive, non-assertive or negative words:

29.It's strange that she should _______ repeat the mistake.

30.He refused to stay here _______ longer.

Fill in the blanks with proper forms of the given verb phrases:

31.It is very typical of you. You _______ (always lose) things.

32.She _______ (entitle to) a repayment of her damaged car.

33.We never imagined him _______ (stay) at home for a whole week.

Fill in the blanks with proper words:

34.This is our _______ important task so far.

35.I like Australia best _______ all the English speaking countries.

36.I made a comparison _______ the major English speaking countries.

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate coordinator or subordinator:

37.He never came _______ when he was in trouble.

38.I think it best _______ you should stay here.

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate relative pronoun:

39.They eat the finest food _______ is available.

40.That _______ was bitter to endure may be sweet to remember.

41.He feared lest people should think him impractical, _______ he was not.

Fill in the blanks with WH-words:

42.A:″I'm going to Beijing this weekend.″

B:″_______ for?″

43.A:″_______ come he's failed in the exam?″

B:″He's been absent from class for a whole month.″

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate form of the given words:

44.It is highly desirable that a new president _______ (appoint) for this university.

45.Rather than _______ (repair)it, he decided to sell the car.

46.She came much _______(early) than we expected.

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate preposition:

47.She could pass _______ a much younger woman.

48.Look _______ you and decide if you like your position.

Ⅳ.改错(本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分)

Correct errors in the following sentences:

49.She's got a parrot no the shoulder.

50.Have you heard this new idea of the boss?

51.He watched each gesture of her as if she was a stranger.

52.I saw that stupid boyfriend of Mary yesterday.

53.John F. Kennedy was President of United States in 1961.

54.A great deal of illness originates in mind.

55.The all of Paris welcomed the general.

56.I haven't seen him whole day.

Ⅴ.改写唏子(本大题共13小题，每小题2分，共26分)

Rewrite the following sentences as required:

57.Turn the singular nouns or noun phrases into plural forms wherever possible with other necessary changes:

The passer-by stopped and put his hand into his trouser pocket.

58.Write a counter-factual condition based on the given fact:

Alexandra the great died because of the attention from too many physicians.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/917423297.html,e modal verbs:

I just don't believe that the line has been engaged all this time. Maybe there's a fault on it.

60.Turn the clause into an infinitive phrase:

It's good idea that we do not permit smoking in this area.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/917423297.html,bine sentences using coordination and/or subordination:

You are in doubt about deductions on our tax return. Call the IRS collect.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/917423297.html,bine sentences using coordination and/or subordination:

We carved their names on the stone. Our purpose was to have future generations know what they had done.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/917423297.html,bine the sentences into one that contains a relative clause:

My boss is a very considerate person. His predecessor was not a considerate person at all. 64.Rewrite the following sentence using a disjunct:

It is more important that the government should always be responsive to the public opinions.

65.Improve the following sentence:

Excessive exposure to violence on TV is more harmful than expected to children.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/917423297.html,e cleaving for place adjunct:

Jack revealed Tom's scandal at the party.

67.Rewrite the following sentence using whatever cohesive device is appropriate:

A:Is John trying to enter Harvard Law School?

B:No, I don't think John is trying to enter Harvard Law School. He hates lawyers.

68.Rewrite the following sentence using whatever cohesive device is appropriate:

A:Can I have these apples, Mum?

B:You just had a big apple.

69.Rewrite the following sentence using whatever cohesive device is appropriate:

I learned to pack light early in life. I had to pack light early in life.

Ⅵ.名词解释(本大题2小题，每小题2分，共4分)

Define the following terms with examples:

70.Peredictive meaning of modal auxiliaries

71.Define ″ellipsis″with two examples.

Ⅶ.简答题(本大题共3小题，每小题2分，共6分)

Answer the following questions with the help of examples:

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

73.What are non-finite verbs?

74.What role does ″there″play in the existential sentence from a communicative point of view?

全国2002年4月高等教育自学考试

英语语法试题参考答案

课程代码：00831

Ⅰ.单项选择题(每小题1分，共20分)

1.C

2.B

3.d

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.B 10.B

11.A 12.D 13.C 14.B 15.D

16.C 17.B 18.B 19.B 20.D

Ⅱ.选择题(每小题2分，共16分)

21.people; are

22.Chicago bulls (were) enjoying (themselves) at the celebration party for the fifth NBA championship

23.One-third of the students (were) willing to write course papers but ten percent of the

teachers(prefer)in-class examinations.

24.a) She is one of these girls who (have) trouble running around.

b) This is one of the many houses here which(were) destroyed in the earthquake.

25.Her sister didn't give her anything on her birthday but a small green Chinese.

salad spoon.

26. The earlier you start, the sooner you'll get it done.

27.a)billiards, bronchitis, dominoes;

b) deer, sheep, Vietnamese

28.a)desk, fish, people

v)butter, laughter, thunder

Ⅲ.填空(每小题1分，共20分)

29.ever 30.any 31.are always losing

32.is entitled to 33.staying 34.most

35.among 36.between 37.except

38.that 39.that(用which应看作错误) 40.which

41.which 42.What 43.How

44.be appointed 45.repair 46.earlier

47.for 48.about/around/round

Ⅳ.改错(每小题1分，共8分)

49.She's got a parrot on her shoulder.

50.Have you heard this new idea of the boss's.

51.He watched each gesture of hers as if she was a stranger.

52.I saw that stupid boyfriend of Mary's yesterday.

53.John F.Kennedy was president of the United States in 1961.

54.A great deal of illness originates in the mind.

55.All/The whole of Paris welcomed the general.

56.I haven't seen him all/the whole day.

Ⅴ.改写句子(每题2分，共26分)

57.The passers-by stopped and put their hands into their trouser pockets.

58.If it had not been for too many physicians, Alexandra the great wouldn't have died.

59.The line can't have been engaged all the time. There could/may/might be a fault on it.

60.It's a good idea not to permit smoking in this area.

61.when/if(you are) in doubt about deductions on our tax return, call the IRS collect.

62.We carved their names on the stone so that /in order that future generations should/might know what they had done.

63.My boss is a very considerate person, which his predecessor was not at all.

64.More importantly, the government should always be responsive to the public opinions.

65.Excessive exposure to violence on TV is more harmful to children than expected.

66.It is/was at the party that Jack revealed Tom’s scandal.

67.B:No, I don't think so. He hates lawyers.

68.B:You just had a big one.

69.I learned to pack light early in life. I had to.

Ⅵ.名词解释(每小题2分，共4分)

70.The predictive meaning of modal auxiliaries is concerned with the speaker's assumption or

assessment of probability and in most cases indicates the speaker's confidence(or lack of confidence) in the truth of this statement, e.g:It might be warmer there now. It must be John.. 71.The basic principle of ellipsis is leaving out something understood and hence produces incomplete sentences with such a structure as to presuppose preceding item. Ellipsis, somehow like substitutions, sets up cohesion on the basis of structural recoverability with reference to the linguistic context. Here are three types of ellipsis:

a) Nominal: Why give me two cups of coffee? I only asked for one.

b) Verbal: A: have you seen him before?

B: Yes, I have (seen him before).

c) Clausal: A: Will it rain tomorrow?

B: Perhaps(it will rain tomorrow).

Ⅶ.简答题(每小题2分，共6分)

72.Simple present is used to refer to the past in situations such as (1) newspaper headlines,(2)photographic captions,(3)stage directions, and (4) utterances with verbs of communication

73.The non-finite verbs are so called because they are not marked for tense or for subjectverb concord.

74.A sentence that starts with a subject of indefinite reference is not very common(e.g.a grocery is across the street.)so we may postpone the new information for end-focus by starting the sentence with ″there″.

全国2003年4月高等教育自学考试

英语语法试题

课程代码：00831

一、单项选择题(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)

Choose the best answer from the choices given:

1. A:“I hope you will be ready to leave on time. ”

B:“Don't worry. I'll be ready by the time the taxi ( ). ”

A. arriving

B. arrives

C. will arrive

D. will have arrived

2. When I reached the peak, the sun ( ).

A. shone

B. shines

C. has shone

D. was shining

3. The task force is supposed ( ).

A. to be getting reinforced

B. that to be getting reinforced

C. to being got reinforced

D. that been got reinforced

4. A new hypothesis ( ) before it can be put into practice.

A. must be tested

B. be tested

C. can be tested

D. to be tested

5. I don't think she meant ( ) you.

A. hurt

B. to hurt

C. hurting

D. be hurt

6. I keep fit ( ) playing tennis every day.

A. by

B. on

C. for

D. in

7. ___arrived ___ she started complaining. ( )

A. Hardly had he… when

B. Hardly he had... when

C. He hardly ...than

D. Hardly had be... than

8. A:“( ) did she see the doctor?”

B:“She saw the doctor twice a month. ”

A. How

B. How many times

C. How long

D. How often

9. __gone to sleep __ the telephone rang once more.

A. No sooner he had... than

B. No sooner had he... when

C. No sooner had he... than

D. No sooner he had... when

10. A:“What will you be doing in the summer?”

B:“”( ) English in a high school.

A. To learn

B. Learning

C. Will be learning

D. Will learn

11. Is this the first time you ( ) Tokyo?

A. have visited

B. would visit

C. visited

D. have been visiting

12. The information was later admitted ( ) from unreliable sources.

A. to be retrieved

B. to have been retrieved

C. that it has been retrieved

D. that it was retrieved

13. For a child to give up his less mature idea for a more sophisticated one, it requires that the child ( ) psychologically ready for the new idea.

A. is

B. be

C. were

D. would be

14. John used to get up early,( )?

A. used he

B. did he

C. didn't he

D. would be

15. Where are you going to have the TV set ( )?

A. repair

B. repairing

C. repaired

D. to repair

16. Although Mary was very successful in sales,her boss passed her by ( ) a promotion.

A. for

B. in

C. with

D. through

17. Any boy ( ) wants to succeeed must work hard.

A. whom

B. who

C. which

D. that

18. My brother is a good businessman, ( ) I am not.

A. who

B. whom

C. which

D. that

19. ( ) that the voters approve the funds，we will have a new park in our town.

A. Giving

B. Given

C. Supposing

D. Supposed

20. ___ I worked hard at school, I ___ this kind of work now. ( )

A. Had... wouldn't have done

B. Had.. wouldn't be doing

C. If... wouldn't do

D. If... wouldn't be doing

Ⅱ. 多项选择填空题(本大题共8小题，每小题2分，共16分)

Fill in the blanks with one of the items given below:

21. bank, bunch, congregation, pack, series

A. a _____ of musicians

B. a___ of lectures

22. board, bunch, choir, packet, party

a ______ of guests

B. a______ of keys

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

Some money _____ carried to the spot and all the food and everything else _____ ready for the picnic.

24. seem, seems, me, I, mine

Your politics _____ to be entirely different from _____.

25. less, less of, than, as, like

Mr. Smith is _____ a politician ______ Mr. Lee.

26. more of, many of, much of, than, as, like

John is as _____ a fool _____ Bill.

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

A. That she is still alive ______ sheer luck.

B. Neither his oral statement nor what he wrote _____ true.

28. have, has, had, will have, shall have

A. She is the only one of her family who ______ trouble making up the mind.

B. This is the only family in the community who ____ different opinions while making up the mind.

Ⅲ. 填空题(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)

Fill in the blanks with a question tag:

29. Turn on the light,_____________?

30. Let's go to the park this afternoon, _____________?

Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the words given:

31. It is recommended that a lawyer _____________(be) present when you begin to negotiate the terms in the contract.

32. It is only typical of you. You _____________(always lose) things.

33. If you favour _____________(work) on night shift, you may sign up here.

34. He felt very _____________(depress) when he heard the story.

35. Several strikers who _____________(imprison) for demonstration were set free yesterday.

36. Mary negotiates _____________ (skillfully) than her boss.

37. We had _____________ (fun) than we did last time.

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate preposition:

38. He is expected to arrive _____________ Christmas.

39. The boys were all lying _____________ the floor.

40. When money is _____________ short supply many businesses fail.

41. Father doesn't want to let us go, but I know I can get _____________him.

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate relative pronoun:

42. He laughs best _____________ laughs last.

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

44. Dr. Fordham still talks like the man _____________ he was ten years ago.

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate coordinator or subordinator:

45. _____________ he does is often at variance with what he says.

46. _____________you go, I go too.

Fill in the blanks with an assertive, non-assertive or negative word:

47. We have interviewed several applicants, but _____________ is really qualified for the job.

48. I've _____________ in all my life seen such a big animal.

Ⅳ. 改错题(本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分)

Correct errors in the following sentences:

49. His books are wonderful. I've read any one of them.

50. I've got five brothers, and every of them is quite different from the others.

51. None of my parents are interested in my idea.

52. The old woman had to stop and rest each two or three steps.

53. She is too polite person to refuse.

54. It was so warm day that I could hardly work.

55. How much of job would it be to rebuild the garage?

56. Between ourselves, I think she's a bit of fool.

Ⅴ. 改写句子(本大题共13小题，每小题2分，共26分)

Rewrite the following sentences as required:

57. Turn the following statement into a tag question:

We all had a wonderful time at the party last night.

58. Turn the following sentence into the passive voice:

According to them,only two tribes used to speak the ancient language of Aramaic.

59. Use modal auxiliary:

They were obliged to finance from short-term loans as the debts fell due.

60. Use-ed participle as a complement:

He felt that his spirit was lifted after hearing the news.

61. Combine sentences using subordination:

John decided to renew the lease on his New York apartment. He was growing tried of city life. 62. Combine sentences using coordination and subordination:

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

63. Combine the sentences into one that contains a relative clause:

She was afraid people would consider he conceited. She was actually not conceited at all.

64. Write a counter-factual conditional based on the given facts:

You lived far away. That's why we didn’t visit you frequently.

65. Use discontinuity:

Excessive exposure to violence on TV is more harmful than expected to children.

66. Use fronting:

He plunged into the tumultuous water just to show off to the girls.

67. Use whatever cohesive device is appropriate:

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

68. Use whatever cohesive device is appropriate:

To guard against lost luggage, buy brightly coloured luggage or wrap bags with a belt so other passengers will not mistake your luggage with their own luggage.

69. Use whatever cohesive device is appropriate:

A:John is going to marry Susan once he gets consent from her parents.

B:In that case,John shouldn't be quarrelling with her parents all the time.

Ⅵ. 名词解释(本大题共2小题，每小题2分，共4分)

Define the following terms with examples:

70. non-epistemic modal auxiliary

71. Define “ellipsis”with two examples.

Ⅶ. 简答题(本大题共3小题，每小题2分，共6分)

Answer the following questions with the help of examples:

72. List 2 situations in which simple present is used to refer to the past.

73. What kind of grammatical functions can the-ed participle perform?(Give at least two kinds)

74. Provide examples to illustrate the major types of postponem

全国2004年4月高等教育自学考试

Ⅰ.单项选择题（本大题共21小题，每小题1分，共21分。）

Choose the best answer from the choices given and put the letter in the brackets:

1.A: Did you hear what she said? （）

B: Well, I heard her say something, but I _____. so I did not catch her words exactly.

A. would not listen

B. was not listening

C. had not listened

D. shouldn’t listen

2. The discoveries made on the Mars were more than they _____. （）

A. expected

B. would expect

C. should expect

D. had expected

3. Consequently, he _______to the grand reception.（）

A. got invited

B. gets invited

C. invited

D. was to be invited

4. ________ today, he would be in for Easter by Sunday.（）

A. Would he set off

B. Was he setting off

C. Were he to set off

D. If he sets off

5. Instead of _____ for help, we decided to work it out by ourselves.（）

A. to ask

B. ask

C. asking

D. asked

6. The new bike is a great deal ______ the old one.（）

A. as good as

B. good as

C. the better than

D. better than

7. You will receive a confirmation letter ______ us in a week.（）

A. from

B. to

C. in

D. with

8. Whenever the professor explained something, she kept smiling and nodding her head from time to time ________understanding every word of his lecture.（）

A. as if

B. like

C. just like

D. as though she

9. I’ll leave him a note ______ he’ll know where we are.（）

A. for

B. in that

C. in order

D. so that

10.If I tell them I’m prepared to give evidence, they’ll get such a scare _______ they’ll drop the whole thing.（）

A. so that

B. that

C. and

D. so

11. You ________things. You should be more careful.（）

A. always lose

B. have been losing

C. were always losing

D. are always losing

12. Every time he came to me, he ______ tell me he was busy.（）

A. would

B. is going to

C. will

D. is to

13. I expect all the mails ______ promptly.（）

A. being delivered

B. to be delivered

C. having been delievered

D. to have been delivered

14. John used to rise early, ______? （）

A. used he

B. did he

C. didn’t he

D. could he

15. I had hoped that Rosemary ________ a lawyer, but she was not good at law.（）

A. will become

B. become

C. would become

D. becomes

16. The apples are ______ fast in such hot weather.（）

A. got rotting

B. getting rotting

C. got rotten

D. getting rotten

17. It was an agreement _________ the details could not be altered.（）

A. whose

B. which

C. its

D. of which

18. The agency _________ we bought our tickets is bankrupt.

A. from which

B. which

C. where

D. from whom

19. We all seemed afraid to say what was in our minds, ________ it might start trouble.（）

A. in order that

B. so that

C. for fear that

D. in that

20. _______ he was, he knew what was the right thing to do.（）

A. A child as

B. A child that

C. Only child as

D. Child that

21. ________ allow the vegetables to go bad, he sold them at half price.（）

A. Not

B. Unless

C. Would not

D. Rather than

Ⅱ.多项选择填空题(本大题共8小题，每小题2分，共16分。)

Fill in the blanks with one of the items given below:

22. bar, block, ear, grain, lump

A. a _______of wheat

B. a _______of sugar

23. 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.

24.few, a few, none, little, a little

A. He’s studying the work of _________known American novelist.

B. His ideas are so difficult that ________ people can really understand them.

25. leather, leather’s, leathery, hugeness, huge, hugely

He has in his office a ________ comfortable ___________chair.

26. porcelain, porcelain’s, porcelains, fracture, fragment, fragile

Please send me these ________Chinese _________vases by special delivery.

27. is, are was, were, will be, are going to be, have, has, had

While the conditions of the poor ________brought to his attention, he discovered, much to his chagrin, that the abstract __________not the solution, as this had occurred time and again.

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

A. That she is till alive ________sheer luck.

B. Neither his oral statement nor what he wrote ________true.

29. Put the following words in appropriate groups:

butter, committee, family, government, lightning, music

A. Mass nouns: ________________________

B. Collective nouns: ____________________

Ⅲ.填空题（本大题共16小题，每小题1分，共16分。）

30.Fill in the blank with a WH-word:

With _________efficiency the government is handling the problem!

31. Fill in the blank with a WH-word:

____________strange friends you have!

32. Fill in the blank with a WH-word:

A: “There’ll be a lecture this afternoon. don’t you know?

B: “No. By _____________and about what?

33. Write in proper verb form:

Experiments in the photography of moving objects ___________(conduct) in both united States and Europe well before 1900.

34. Write in proper verb form:

Some of the proposals have been adopted but others ___________(reject) as they are not feasible.

35. Write in proper verb form:

The young people were encouraged ____________(defy) authorities.

36.Put a proper preposition in the blank:

There is a mosquito ___________the wall.

37. Put a proper preposition in the blank:

Her house stands ___________ a cinema and a supermarket.

38.Fill in the blank with an appropriate coordinator or subordinator:

He lay there ___________he was dead.

39.Fill in the blank with an appropriate relative pronoun:

He met a lady_________ he was sure would be his new teacher.

40.Fill in the blank with a question tag:

Everyone is interested in going there, ___________?

41. Fill in the blank with a question tag:

Let’s not go to the same restaurant for dinner this time, _____________?

42.Fill in the blank with a pronoun:

A: “Would you like tea or coffee?”

B: “I don’t mind. ____________will do.”

43. Fill in the blank with a determiner:

Do you mind if I put ____________music on?

44.Fill in the blank with an appropriate relative pronoun:

I came here in 1950,since ______________I have been engaged in this work.

45. Fill in the blank with a question tag:

He hardly comes to the class recently, ______________?

Ⅳ.改错题（本大题共11小题，每小题1分，共11分。）

Correct errors in the following sentences:

46.Only one passenger was reported to have escaped killed in the plane crash.

47.Rather than asking for help from his friends, he resolved to sell his business.

48.This machine is more superior to that one.

49.The minister’s speech cut at what he’d said before.

50.We entered for a contract with a Japanese firm.

51.The moment when he got home, he turned on the radio.

52.It was a game without rules, which the sole aim seemed to have been to drive the ball rhrough the opponent’s goal.

53.The children usually start walking at around one year old.

54.She had a child holding on to every hand.

55.You’ll understand my warning any day.

56.She’s lost nearly each friend she had.

Ⅴ.改写句子（本大题共13小题，每小题2分，共26分。）

Rewrite the following sentences as required:

57.Turning the following sentence into a negative imperative:

Someone turn on the light, please.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/917423297.html,ing subjunctive mood:

She has little knowledge about the painting. But she talked in a way that made people believe the contrary.

59. Using subjunctive mood:

A neighbour acted quickly and thus stopped the fire from spreading to the other floors.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/917423297.html,ing subjunctive mood:

I wish to own a house of my own.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/917423297.html,bine sentences using coordination and/or subordination:

She introduced me to her husband. I had met her husband in Paris.

62. Combine sentences using coordination and/or subordination:

The tests do not measure genuine intellectual ability. Colleges use the tests to screen applicants for admission.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/917423297.html,bine the sentences into one that contains a relative clause:

He is a kind man. He is always ready to help others. He never asks for other’s help.

64.Write a counter-factual conditional based on the given facts:

You’re hungry now because you didn’t have breakfast.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/917423297.html,ing inversion:

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

https://www.360docs.net/doc/917423297.html,ing extraposition:

To see all the high school kids standing on one foot outside school property and puffing away furtively and defiantly on their cigarettes breaks my heart.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/917423297.html,ing whatever cohesive device as appropriate:

A: He promised to come here on time.

B: Yes, I know that he promised to come here on time.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/917423297.html,ing whatever cohesive device as appropriate:

To guard against losing luggage, buy brightly coloured luggage or wrap bags with a belt so other passengers will not mistake your luggage with their own luggage.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/917423297.html,ing whatever cohesive device as appropriate:

I inherited those skills from my father. Those skills have been put to the test.

Ⅵ.名词解释（本大题共3小题，每小题2分，共6分。）

Define the following terms with examples:

70.putative should

71.subject complement

72.anaphoric reference

Ⅶ.简答题（本大题共2小题，每小题2分，共4分）

Answer the following questions with the help of examples:

73.How is aspect related to time?

74.What is given information and what is new information?

全国2005年4月高等教育自学考试

英语语法试题

一、单项选择题(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)