语法练习错题.doc

语法练习错题
1. ---- In this day and age, women can have children and jobs as well.
---- I can’t agree more. It’s great to have the two _____.
A. linked B. related C. connected D. combined
2. Smell the flowers before you go to sleep, and you just ______ sweet dreams.
A. keep up with B. put up with C. end up with D. catch up with
3. Your house is always so neat--- how do you ______ it with three children?
A. manage B. serve C. adapt D. construct
4. Joining the firm as a clerk, he got rapid promotion, and _____ as a manager.
A. ended up B. dropped out C. came back D. started off
5. He telephoned the travel agency to ______ three air tickets to London.
A. order B. arrange C. take D. book
6. Jenny was looking for a seat when, luckily, a man ______ and left.
A. took up B. got up C. shut up D. set up
7. The workers ______ the glasses and marked on each box “ This Side Up”.
A. carried B. delivered C. pressed D. packed
8. Thousands of foreigners were ______ to the Shanghai World Expo the day before it opened.
A. attended B. attained C. attracted D. attached
9. The experiment has _______ the possibility of the existence of any life on that planet, but it does not mean there is no life on other planets.
A. found out B. pointed out C. ruled out D. carried out
10. My mother opened drawer to _______ the knives and spoons.
A. put away B. put up C. put on D. put together
11. Had she _________ her promise, she would have made it to Yale University.
A. looked up to B. lived up to C. kept up with D. come up with
12. Thousands of people ______ to watch yesterday’s match against Ireland.
A. turned on B. turned in C. turned out D. turned out
13. The new movie ______ to be one of the biggest money-makers of all time.
A. promises B. agrees C. pretends D. declines
14. After that, he knew he could _____ any emergency by doing what he could to the best of his ability.
A. get away with B. get on with C. get through D. get across
15. His heart ______ fast when the teacher asked him a difficult question.
A. beat B. hit C. jumped D. ran
16. They are ________ of different presses. Now they are having a meeting in one of the _______ office.
A. editor-in-chiefs, editors-in-chief’s B. editors-in-chief, editor-in-chief’s
C. editors-in-chief’s, editor’s-in-chief’s D. editors-in-chief, editors-in-chief’s
17. My family raise a lot of ______ on the farm, including eight ______.
A. cattle, cows B. cows, cattle C. cattles, cows D. cow, cattles
18. My sister has been offered a job in a _______ factory.
A. shoes B. shoses C. shoe D. shoe’s
19. LiMing’s handwriting is what ______ can match in our class.
A. no one’s B. on one else C. on one’s else’s D. no one else’s
20. Take care that the children are playing _____ on the ______, as the tide is about to rise.
A. sand, sand B. sands, sands C. sand, sands D. sands, sand
21. Food and ______ are necessities for us all, let alone those in the disaster-struck areas.
A. cloth B. clothe C. clothes D. clothing
22. He seems to be ________. Perhaps he has passed the driving test.
A. in nice spirits B. in nice spirit C. in high spirits D. in high spirit
23. Ten years passed before I met her again. I found she has ______.
A. a little white hair B. some white hair C. a few white hair D. a few white hairs
24. At the sight of the snake, she was shocked to drop the ______ on the ground.
A. cup of coffee B. coffee’s cup C. cup for coffee D. coffee cup
25. Well, how many _____ these eggs he has just bought at the supermarket?
A. dozen B. scores C. dozen of D. scores of
26. I admired Song Qingling very much, for she always has _____ of the people in mind and opened her heart for many simple people.
A. goods B. the good C. goodness D. the goodness
27. ______ has come ____ some visitors will come for a visit to out school next week.
A. A word; that B. Word; that C. Words; whether D. Word; where
28. The girl has no ____ at all. She is still trying to please her boyfriend, even though he is so cold.
A. character B. reputation C. dignity D. figure
29. If you want to see a doctor, you should make an appointment with him ahead of time. This is a common _____ in the USA.
A. rule B. sense C. practice D. habit
30. Because of the heavy rain, the sport meeting has been put off until further ________.
A. message B. information C. notice D. news
31. In many Chinese families, it is the father who has the final ______ in the children’s education and activities.
A. decision B. say C. consensus D. assessment
32. How did you like the _______ of the interpreter at the Chinese FM press conference of 6-party talks on TV?
A. performance B. symptoms C. signals D. words
33. ---- How can I use this MP5?
---- Well, just refer to the _______.
A. directions B. explanations C. expressions D. introductions
34. My ____ of tomorrow’s activity is going out for a picnic with my classmates.
A. opinion B. thought C. mind D. idea
35. At the school opening ceremony our headmaster required us students to raise out competitive __________ in modern society.
A. spirit B. intention C. awareness D. ambition
36. Faced with disaster, the country spared no effort to fight against it, but it made little ______.
A. contribution B. work C. sense D. difference
37. Customers will receive a free CD as a _____ with any order over 200 yuan in this store.
A. payment B. bonus C. cash D. benefit
38. You could get into a ______ where you have to make a decision immediately.
A. situation B. condition C. place D. state
39. The church tower which ______ will be open to tourists soon. The work is almost finished.
A. has restored B. has been restored C. is restoring D. is being restored
40. Every year a flood of farmers arrive in Shenzhen for the money-making jobs they _____ before leaving their hometowns.
A. promised B. were promised C. have promised D. have been promised
41. ----- Guess what, we have got out visas for a short-term visit to the UK this summer.
----- How nice! You _____ a different culture then.
A. will be experiencing B. have experienced
C. have been experiencing D. will have experienced
42. ---- We have spent too much money recently.
---- Well, it isn’t surprising. Our friend and relatives ______ around all the time.
A. are coming B. had come C. were coming D. have been coming
43. I walked through the market, where people ____ all kinds of fruits and vegetables. I studied the prices carefully and bought what I needed.
A. sell B. were selling C. had sold D. have sold
44. For many years, people _______ electric cars. However, making them has been more difficult than predicted.
A. has dreamed of B. have dreamed of C. dreamed of D. dream of
45. You have failed to do what you _____ to and I’m afraid the teacher will blame you.
A. will expect B. will be expected C. expected D. were expected
46. The discovery of gold in Australia led thousands to believe that a fortune _____.
A. is made B. would make C. was to be made D. had made
47. ---- Peter, where did you guys go for the summer vocation?
---- We ______ busy with our work for months, so we went to the beach to relax outselves.
A. were B. have been C. had been D. will be
48. I have to see the doctor because I __________ a lot recently.
A. have been coughing B. had coughed C. coughed D. cough
49. It is reported that many a new house _______ at present in the disaster area.
A. are being built B. were being built C. was being built D. is being built
50. Barbara is easy to recognize as she’s the only one of the women who _____ evening dress.
A. wear B. wears C. has worn D. have worn
51. Linda, make sure the tables ______ before the guests arrive.
A. be set B. set C. are set D. are setting
52. Excuse me I _______ I was blocking your way.
A. didn’t realize B. don’t realize C. haven’t realized D. wasn’t realizing
53. Joseph ________ to evening classes since last month, but he still can’t say “What’s your name?’ in Russian.
A. has been going B. went C. goes D. has gone
54. I ______ all the cooking for my family, but recently I’ve been too busy to do it.
A. will do B. do C. am doing D. had done
55. --- I’m sorry, but I don’t quite follow you. Did you say you wanted to return on September 20?
--- Sorry, I _____ myself clear. We want to return on October 20.
A. hadn’t made B. wouldn’t make C. don’t make D. haven’t made
56. The palace caught fire three times in the last century, and little of the original building _______ now.
A. remains B. is remained C. is remaining D. has been remained
57. The students are ________ young people between the age of sixteen and twenty.
A. most B. almost C. mostly D. almost
58. ---- Can I help you?
---- Well, I’m afraid the box is _______ heavy for you, but thank you all the same.
A. so B. much C. very D. too
59. Canada is larger than _______ country in Asia.
A. any B. any other C. other D. another
60. ---- Mum, I think I’m ______ to get back to school.
---- Not really. My dear, you’d better stay at home for another day or two.
A. so well B. so good C. well enough D. good enough
61. John plays football _______, if not better than, David.
A. as well B. as well as C. well enough D. good enough
62. We all write ______, even when there’s not much to say.
A. now and then B. by and by C. so well D. so well as
63. If we work with a strong will, we can overcome any difficulty, __________ great it is.
A. what B. how C. however D. whatever
64. _______ to take this adventure course will certainly learn a lot of useful skills.
A. Brave enough students B. Enough brave students
C. Students brave enough D. Students enough brave
65. The school was moved out of downtown as the number of students has grown too _______.
A. small B. few C. large D. many
66. I’ll spend half of my holiday practicing English and _____half learning drawing.
A. another B. the other C. other’s D. other
67. The island is ____________ attractive in spring and autumn because of the pleasant weather in both seasons.
A. partly B. merely C. nearly D. equally
68. Mistakes don’t just happen; they occur for a reason. Find out the reason, and then making the mistake becomes _________.
A. favourable B. precious C. essential D. worthwhile
69. If I find someone who looks like the suspect, my _____ reaction will be to tell the police.
A. physical B. immediate C. sensitive D. sudden
70. I have been convinced that the print media are usually more _______ and more reliable than television.
A. accurate B. ridiculous C. urgent D. shallow