《英语1》第5次作业

1. I answered the letter （immediately）. [1分]

A.at once

B.briefly

C.quickly

D.swiftly

2. The police are （looking into） the mysterious disappearance of a two-year-old girl from home in Florida. [1分]

A.finding out

B.handling

C.studying

D.investigating

3. When their coach came in, all the players stopped watching, whispering and ______. [1分]

ughed

B.to laugh

C.would laugh

ughing

4. The classroom was almost empty ______a desk or two. [1分]

A.besides

B.except for

C.except

D.in addition to

5. Identify the errors in the following sentence:By reading the directions carefully, some mistakes in the examination cold have been avoided. [1分]

A.By reading

B.carefully

C.in the examination

D.cold have been avoided

6. They （occasionally） stop by to see us. [1分]

A.often

B.seldom

ually

D.once in a while

7. Scientists didn’t know much about lung cancer______. [1分]

A.before

B.until recently

C.long before

D.in the past few years

8. Identify the errors in the following sentence:He was singing an Anti-Japanese song, as if remembered those unforgettable days.[1分]

A.was singing

B.Anti-Japanese

C.remembered

D.unforgettable

9. Identify the errors in the following sentence:The foreign tourist said that he was lucky because that was the second time that he visited there. [1分]

A.he was

B.that

C.the second time

D.visited

10. Japanese differs ______ Chinese in many respects. [1分]

A.from

B.on

C.at

D.in

11. He has no other interests ______ he is fond of collecting stamps. [1分]

A.beside

B.besides

C.except that

D.except for

12. “You’re a liar!” she （exclaimed）. [1分]

A.wept

B.cried out

C.sighed

D.insisted

13. Identify the errors in the following sentence:John said his mother would buy him a five-speeds racing bicycle for his sixteenth birthday. [1分]

A.would buy him

B.five-speeds

C.for

D.sixteenth birthday

14. The executive art editor planned to be secretly married _____ his beloved girl who had been in love for three years. [1分]

A.with

B.of

C.at

D.to

15. Identify the errors in the following sentence:It was very late to save the drowning boy as he had gone down for the third time.[1分]

A.very late

B.drowning boy

C.gone down

D.third time

16. The movie star ______with your sister, didn’t he? [1分]

A.was used to dance

ed to dancing

ed to dance

D.was used to dancing

17. Identify the errors in the following sentence:I can’t help to think it would be fun to play such an exciting game with them.[1分]

A.to think

B.would be