2018年本科插班生考试试题《英语语法》A卷
韩山师范学院2018年本科插班生考试试卷
英语专业英语语法试卷（A卷）
题号一二三四五总分评卷人
得分
一、Choose the correct answer（每题1分，共40分）得分评卷人
Direction: Complete the following sentences and then
blacken the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET.
1. This is one of the issues that deserve _____.
A. being mentioned
B. mentioning
C. to mention
D. for mention
2. The audience ______ excited on seeing _______ favorite star glide onto the stage.
A. were…their
B. were…its
C. was…their
D. was…one’s
3. Many a student ______ the importance of learning a foreign language.
A. have realized
B. has realized
C . have been realized D. has been realized
4. All of us would have enjoyed the party much more if there ___ quite such a crowd of people there.
A. weren’t
B. hasn’t been
C. hadn’t been
D. wouldn’t been
5. ____ recommendation has so far been made by the technicians.
A. Several such
B. No such a
C. Such no
D. No such
6. He was not ___ to admit his mistakes in public.
A. man enough
B. enough man
C. a man enough
D. enough a man
7. This action is ____ as I expected.
A. enough of a success
B. more of a success
C. as much of a success
D. as much success
8. The students expected there ______more reviewing classes before the final exams.
A. is
B. being
C. have been
D. to be
9. Air is to us ____water to fish.
A. like
B. as
C. what
D. that
10. Revolution means ____the productive forces.
A. to liberate
B. liberated
C. liberate
D. liberating
11. I suppose you are not going today, ____?
A. are you
B. do you
C. aren’t you
D. don’t you
12. ____illness, he retired.
A. Thanks to
B. According to
C. Owing to
D. For the sake of
13. Many a time ____ them not to do so.
A. we have warned
B. do we have warned
C. have we warned
D. warned we have
14. He wasn't asked to take on the chairmanship of the society,____ insufficiently popular with all members.
A. being considered
B. considering
C. to be considered
D. having considered
15. Mr. Johnson is ____to our party.
A. more than pleased to come
B. pleased more than to come
C. more pleased than to come
D. more pleasing than to come
16. It is imperative that students ___ their term papers on time.
A. hand in
B. would hand in
C. have to hand in
D. handed in
17. Which of the italicized parts functions as a subject?
A. We never doubt that her brother is honest.
B. The problem is not who will go but who will stay.
C. It is clear that the crime was done deliberately.
D. You must give it back to whoever it belongs to.
18. Which of the following sentences is grammatically INCORRECT?
A. Politics are the art or science of government.
B. Ten miles seems like a long walk to me.
C. Mumps is a kind of infectious disease.
D. All the furniture has arrived undamaged.
19. If you explained the situation to your lawyer, he ______ able to advise you much better than I can.
A. will be
B. was
C. would be
D. were
20.What’s the chance of __ a general election this year?
A. there being
B. there to be
C. there be
D. there going to be
21. “The lecturer was a tall thin man with white hair." "Then it _____ Dr. Field because he is short and fat. It ____ Dr. Jones ; he is thin."
A can't be...must be
B couldn't have been...might have been
C must be...can't be
D can't have been...must have been
22. On no account ____ever leave the baby at home alone.
A should you
B you should
C shall you
D you shall
23. Tim ____since he lost his job three weeks ago.
A. had been unemployed
B. was unemployed
C. has been unemployed
D. has unemployed
24 .I'm very much obliged to you __________ the information.
A. on
B. for
C. with
D. of
25. In the preface __________ the book, the old scholar attaches great importance to practicalness.
A. to
B. for
C. about
D. of
26. Even if his letter ______tomorrow, it ______too late to do anything.
A. will arrive...is
B. should arrive...were
C. arrives...will be
D. arrives...would be
27. If you have really been studying English for so long , it’s about time you ___ able to write letters in English.
A. should be
B. were
C. must be
D. are
28. There is no doubt ___ the company has made the right decision on the sales project.
A. why
B. that
C. whether
D. when
29.The trade unions in this industry are ______any reduction in wages.
A. objecting against
B. opposed to
C. reacted to
D. resisting against
30. In the sentence “It’s no use waiting for her.”The italicized phrase is ____
A. the object
B. an adverbial
C. a complement
D. the subject
31. After a long delay, She ___ replying to my e-mail.
A. got away with
B. got back at
C. got by
D. got round to
32. Nancy was surprised that they have ______. They seemed to be a happy couple.
A. split up
B. broken down
C. fallen through
D. knocked out
33. There was a teapot fashioned like a china duck, out of _____open mouth the
tea was supposed to come.
A. which
B. its
C. that
D. whose
34. Just as the soil is a part of the earth, ______ the atmosphere.
A. as it is
B. so is
C. the same as
D. and so is
35. The experiment requires more money than ___.
A. have been put in
B. being put in
C. has been put in
D. to be put in
36. Which of the following contains an adverbial clause of cause ?
A. I got a job as soon as I left university.
B. As there was no answer, I wrote again.
C. You must do the exercises as I show you.
D. wealthy as he is, Mike is not a happy man.
37. The brilliance of his satire was ______ make even his victims laugh.
A. so as to
B. such as to
C. so that
D. such that
38. ____, he always tries his best to complete it on time.
A. However the task is hard
B. However hard the task is
C. Though hard the task is
D. Though hard is the task
39. Fool ___ Jane is , she could not have done such a thing.
A. who
B. as
C. that
D. like
40. Professor Johnson is said _____ some significant advance in his research in the past year.
A. having made
B. making
C. to have made
D. to make
二、Correct the errors in the following sentences.（每
题1分，共20分）
Directions: Identify the one that would not be acceptable in standard written English. Mark out the incorrect one and correct it. And then write down your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.
1. Although all the world were against me, I should still hold to my
A B C
opinion.
D
2. Hardly had he reached the gangplank than he saw her.
A B C D
3. The scholars met once a year to exchange experiences.
A B C D
4. The Greek believed in the power of men to control his own destines.
A B C D
5．The athlete, together with his coach and several relatives, are traveling to the Olympic Games.
A B C D
6. The mother flatly rejected my suggestion that she met her daughter the
A B C D
next week.
7. As tired I was , I continued my experiment.
A B C D
8. They need much more volunteers than we think.
A B C D
9.Not only does he like reading stories, but also can he even write some.
A B C D
10.Only if I get a job I will have enough money to get the camera.
A B C D
https://www.360docs.net/doc/d618231626.html,w and order mean different things to people with different political
A B C
opinions.
D
12.There are a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time for study and a time
A B C D
for resignation or action.
13.He has much more problems than he used to.
A B C D
14.Mr. Blake has had few opportunity to travel.
A B C D
15.The customs officer examined all these luggage at the airport.
A B C D
16.There was nothing to do but to escape.
A B C D
17.Dick’s behavior is more courteous than Bob.
A B C D
18.Because the weather is so bad outside, why don’t you stay with us overnight?
A B C D
19.The situation in that country turned out to be so seriously that it seems
A B C
as if a war might break out at any time.
D
20.Since his blood pressure is much higher than it should be , his doctor
A B C
insists that he does not smoke.
D
三、Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.（每空1分，共20分）
1. I wish I __1__ a bird. ( be )
2. Many a person in these circumstances __2___ hoped for a long break. ( have )
3. He was in low spirits and considered ___3___ away. ( go )
4.The peasant boy swore __4___ revenge on his father ’s murderer. ( take )
5. If only we __5__ a phone! I ’m tired of queuing outside the public phone box. ( have )
6. I resented ___6___ unjustly accused and asked him __7____ . ( be , apologize )
7. If the train _8___ on time , it will be here in ten minutes. ( be )
8. Give me time and I ___9___ a solution. ( find )
9. If he __10___ that , he must be a fool. ( say )
10. It is absolutely essential that all the facts ____11___ first. ( examine )
11. Sheila is the __12__ (adopt) daughter of a well-known banker.
12. I ’m sure he is keeping something back. I ’d rather he _13____ me the truth.
( tell )
13. The ___14____ package had no stamps on it. (return )
14. Far _15____ it from me to call him a thief. ( be )
15. Somebody __16___ to speak to me. ( wait )
16. Suppose you __17___ where your next meal was coming from? ( not know )
17. The match is __18___ . It ’s a __19___ match. ( light )
18. He looks as though he never _20___ a square meal , but in fact his wife feeds
him very well. ( get )
四、Fill in the blanks with proper prep., adv., determiner, coordinator or subordinator.（每空1分，
共10分）
1. This medicine is on sale everywhere. You can get it at ____ chemist ’s.
2. There were two Germans in his class. _____ major in economics.
3. Don ’t ask me to explain ____ you really don ’t understand.
4. His speech , ____ bored everyone , went on and on.
5. The president got down from the plate and shook hands with _____ one
waiting at the airport..
6. He was always attentive ____ my ideas.
7. Jack feels homesick ____ his own country.
8.It was _____ he was ill that he didn’t go with us.
9.Neither has Pauline wanted to rent a house , _____ has her husband.
10.You’re the only person ____ can help me.
五、Rewrite the following sentences according to the
requirements. （每题1分，共10分）
( active voice—passive voice)
1.They will have to adopt a different attitude.
2.They use milk for making butter and cheese.
(combine sentences using subordination.)
3.He came out of the Conference Room. Reporters surrounded him.
( combine sentences using a relative clause)
4. She was dancing with a student. He had a slight limp.
( direct sentence—indirect sentence)
5. He said, “ It must be pretty late. I really must go.”
6. “ Must I go to school tomorrow ?” Jack asked.
( Turn the following sentences into existential there )
7. A car was ready for us.
8.My front door had a bolt but I never used it.
( Emphasize the italicized part by using introductory “it” )
9.John gave Mary a handbag at Christmas.
10.The book took a long time to come out because it raised so many difficult
questions .