英语语法2017年10月真题试题及答案解析（00831）

grammatical principle

determiner

When shall is used with a subject other than the first person, what does it usually indicate? Give an example.

Using extraposition:

That his invention will make people’s life more convenient is certain.

Using inversion:

Churchill was not only a statesman but also a writer.

Reinforcing the negation:

No voters approved of the education bill proposed by the senator.

Using transferred negation:

I think that the witness didn’t tell the truth.

Using a relative clause:

She is an expert I know well. She can give you some suggestions.

Using coordination:

There are many modem communication methods available today. The traditional business letters remain an important means of sending printed messages.

Using subordination:

Work hard and you will pass the grammar test in the end.

Using a relative clause:

When I was in Shanghai, I visited the house. Sun Yat-sen is said to have lived there for several years.

Using a complex preposition:

Jane went to the concert last Sunday, and her best friend went along.

Using a disjunct:

I will say frankly that what he did to you is immoral but what you did to him is illegal.

Using a modal auxiliary:

You had better finish your homework by tonight.

Using a non-finite verb form:

A lot is known about Van Gogh’s life and his feelings because of the hundreds of letters, which were written by him to his brother Theo and others.

Using a non-finite verb form:

People who are sentenced to life in prison from now on will have to pay for their keep if the proposed new law goes into effect.

Using passive voice:

His daughter looked forward to his retirement.

Using passive voice:

We should bear in mind that he did all this out of his patriotism.

With a tag:

You must have seen the film last week, ________?

With a subordinator:

People find it curious ________ those without homes would rather sleep sitting up on benches or huddle in doorways than go to shelters.

With a tag:

John told me that there wasn’t anyone in the office at that time,_________?

With a tag:

I don’t think he is telling the truth, ________?

With a subordinator:

Despite such a marked difference in attitudes toward what one consumes, there is no doubt _______ people in the West have come to regard the cuisine of China as something special.

With a coordinator:

He heard someone knock at the door violently ________he looked out of the window only to find that his house was surrounded by a large crowd of policemen.

With a relative pronoun:

This is the desktop with ______ we have had so much trouble ever since it was bought.

With a relative pronoun:

Mr. Johnson finished running the 26-mile-plus marathon, ______ is a marvelous achievement for a man of 60.

With a relative pronoun:

Many people believe that to succeed, all _______ is needed is persistence and determination.

With a relative pronoun:

The boy in jeans _______ is playing basketball alone is my neighbor’s son.

With a preposition:

“Chicken” is a slang word referring ________ someone who is not very brave.

With a preposition:

Active participation _______the classroom is not only accepted but also expected of the students in many courses.

With a preposition:

The kindergarten teacher is always very careful to divide everything fairly _______all the children in her class.

With a preposition:

The destruction of natural environment is a loss for mankind that no amount of money can makeup _________.

With a modal auxiliary:

Frank’s cell phone is lying on the coffee table. He ______have left it here last night.

With an article:

Jobs are hard to find nowadays, but in ________case of Mr. Smith, that is not the problem at all.

With a modal auxiliary:

Mary ________have received my letter; otherwise she would have replied before now.

With an article:

As a student majoring in music, he knew clearly that no matter how hard he tried, he would never be _______ Mozart.

With a determiner:

The manager asked his secretary to have ______ the files ready before the meeting started.

With a determiner:

The student spent the ___________ day writing the composition assigned by his teacher.

until, above, up to; will be, is, were

Giant squid is extremely large, _______ 14 meters long. If it ______swimming next to you in the ocean, you’d probably want to get out of the water as soon as possible.

although, because, so that; organize, recognize, recognition

Commodity-type businesses do not have the flexibility to raise prices ___________ their sales are based on low prices, not on a factor like name_________.

modern periodic chemical, chemical modern periodic, modern chemical periodic; know, knew known

Dmitri Mendeleev is considered the “father” of the ___________ table. He wrote out the names, atomic masses and other properties of each ___________ elements on separate cards. Then, he ordered them according to their atomic mass.

awared, had awared, were aware; to, with, for

Even before Newton set down his theories on tides, people ___________ that lunar phases corresponded ___________ the rise and fall of the ocean tides.

multiply, multiplied multiplying; specialize, specialized, specializing

We live in a world where knowledge is accumulated by ___________ and at the same time becomes more and more _________.

he, him, them; all, whole, part

As a stage manager, you have assistants, so use_________, but always do so politely. At the same time, don’t expect them to do ___________ the menial tasks, either.

has been, has, have; kind of problems, kind of problem, kinds of problems

Telecommuting-substituting the computer for the trip to the job- ___________ hailed as a solution to all ___________ related to office work.

be, was, were; what, that, those

In Europe, the proportion of people living in cities __________ always smaller than __________ of the work force working in factories.

including, to include, includes; to, with, at

In Britain, clubbing is different from pubbing and ___________ going to a pub, or a place of music, or a bar, or any other places to gather ____________ friends.

for which, which for that which; market, marketing, markets

Thomas Moore owned a farm about 20 miles outside the city of Washington, ____________ the village of George town was the ___________ center.

No-one needs reminding that there’s _______ free lunch.

No sooner _______ to address the housing crisis than Brexit landed on our doorstep.

Under no circumstances _______ leave your children unsupervised.

No staff members were injured but one prisoner remained _______ today with a suspected broken jaw.

Mrs. Barket said she had avoided _______ with risk by refusing to open most of the letters.

Neither police nor the defense lawyer _______ said what the exact relationship is between the two men.

Ms. Petriuk is taking a French class, but says she rarely _______ help her girls with their homework anyway.

Mike said that he is sorry for the way _______ he reacted that night and has publicly apologized to John.

It is said that there is ________ bridge in that village.

It is desirable that dying patients _______ maximum relief of pain and suffering.

If she _______ to write a real book one day, I will absolutely be the first to read it.

In both cases the force of the blow was _______ make the victims unconscious.

It could be another four years before we see the show. _______, it’s one of the most exciting TV shows we’ve heard about.

If it ________ the way it is, we will seek considerable compensation.

I work with several master’s and Ph.D. students, almost all of ________ are women, during the course of my research at a large state university.

I regret ________ you that we have not reached tangible results during this week.

I loved every inch of that woman and loved everything __________ came with her.

I don’t think they are guilty of war crimes, _______?

How _______ you cook without healthy ingredients?

He was seen frantically gesturing for a phone, but he could not make himself________.