英语语法2009年7月真题试题及答案解析（00831）

Why can some non-progressive verbs be used in the progressive form?

Under what circumstances do we use singular verb with a collective noun denoting animate beings as subject?

Using an appropriate cohesive device:

I inherited some skills from my mother. Those skills have been put to the rest.

Using discontinuity:

The days when he could boss me around are gone.

Using extraposition:

To drive without a license is illegal.

Using fronting:

He threatened to take his revenge on his father’s murderer, and he will take the revenge.

Using a non-finite clause as subject:

It is difficult to study English well within 2 years.

Combining two sentences using a contrast-adjunct:

We live in poverty. Our neighbours have money to burn.

Combining two sentences using a preference-adjunct:

He did not ask for help. He decided to work it out on his own.

Combining two sentences using a condition-adjunct:

The weather keeps fine. I see no reason why the village fete should not be a success.

Using a relative clause:

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, has 11 satellites.

Using a question tag:

I don’t suppose that he is serious.

Reinforcing the negation:

These goods are not satisfactory.

Using a non-finite verb form:

Please advise me which I should choose.

We have received your estimate for the alterations you propose but have decided that it would be too high.

That human beings live in great numbers, the rivers are very likely to become polluted.

The girl who came late danced prettily well.

Why doesn’t she buy us a drink? It isn’t as although she had no money.

They can choose their own jobs, that I can not.

Marge walked away from the discussion; otherwise, she might say something she would regret later.

His illness may well be thanks to malnutrition.

When heated, the metal expands, and if been cooled, it will contract.

—Why have you set your alarm clock to go off at 5:30?

—Because I will get up then. I’ve got a lot to do.

Although best known for her prose works, Maya Angelou was also published several collections of poetry.

Yesterday he got so drunk, but he could find the front door.

We have got enough time to read such many novels.

In 1941 America assumed_______ (role) as a world power.

—Haven’t we met before?

—I _______ (not think).

To eat to live and to live to eat_______ (constitute) two different attitudes toward life.

The project_______ (which) they have been working for two years is a total failure.

The authority to call an emergency meeting_______ (rest) the president.

This coach doesn’t go to Beijing. You will have to change_______ (Nanjing).

Is your mother any_______ (relaxed) after an hour’s rest?

This is by far_______ (good school) in the region.

I’m sorry, she’s not here. She_______ (leave) already.

I don’t mind working late at night, but I can’t stand_______ (get) up early in the morning.

Would you speak louder so as to make yourself_______ (hear)?

I _______ (finish) the novel last night, but I was just too tired.

Two bags which_______ (go) to Rome were at this moment being loaded aboard a flight to Milwaukee.

I’m afraid you_______ (have) to be responsible for everything you do after you’ re eighteen.

Would you mind going to the_______ (chemist) for me?

John_______ (resemble) his father more and more as he grows older.

_______ (fast) you are running!

She would work twelve hours a day all _______ (years) when she was at Cambridge.

No one will fail to marvel at the_______ (snow) of the Himalayas.

That may be your lost car, _______ (it)?

is, are, to be, which, that, what

_______ he said and thought _______ none of your concern.

when, what, who, any, either, other

I don’t know _______ I should choose. _______ way I’ll lose a good manager.

even though, as though, although, understand, understood, understanding

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

which, what, told, he told, was told, which was told

There was one thing _______ me _______ I don’t believe.

is, was, were, has, will have, would have

_______ it to rain tomorrow, the opening ceremony _______ to be postponed.

arranges, is arranged, has arranged, forget, have forgotten, have been forgotten

The list _______ alphabetically and nothing seems to _________.

a, a, the, the, any, all

Singleton is _______ quiet village near Chichester. The village has _______ population of a few hundred people.

has made, have made, makes, are, it’s, they’re

The family _______ up their minds that _______ going to travel.

Although his many examples were all right, the remainder_____ not quite exact.

Are you going to buy _____ rice?

The painter and the sculptor ____to hold an exhibition in the downtown gallery.

Emily is motivated to study_____ she knows that a good education can improve her life.

That all the students should wear school uniforms _____much stressed by the headmaster.

His beloved son died in a car accident two years ago,_____cast a shadow over the rest of his life.

Although he studied very hard, he failed in the entrance exams to college, _____was really a pity.

Paris is one of the places_____.

When it comes to mathematics, I’m _____ John.

The school library was named_____the donor who offered ten million yuan for its construction.

The most impressive furniture in his office is a _______ chair.

I’ll never forget _______ my present boss for the first time.

The smaller the computer is, _______.

Every employee _______ do his best for the development of the company, if he wants to be promoted.

So many students _______, the test had to be put off.

It is recommended that the students _______ the oral interpretation test until they have had enough preparation.

If he _______ hard in the past ten years, he wouldn’t have achieved so much in the medical field.

A lower birth rate can _______ if the government can promote more even income distribution.

Even when you are at _______ end, you should not lose your head and make wrong judgment.

It’s reported that by the end of this year the output of steel in the factory _______ by 20% or so.