专业英语语法.doc

《专业英语》语法练习

1. 名词
1.He was eager to make some extra money, since during these years he could hardly live on his_______.   
a．   little wage    b. few wage    c. wage    d. wages
2.Most of the houses in the village were burnt to ______ during the war.
a.       an ash   b. the ash    c. ash    d. ashes
3.The students at colleges or universities are making ______ for the coming New Year.
a.       many preparations    b. much preparation    c. preparations    d. preparation
4.Painting in _____ is one of their spare-time activities.
a.       oil    b. an oil    c. oils    d. the oil
5.In the view of the foreign experts, there wasn’t ____ oil here.
a.       much    b. lots of    c. a great deal of    d. many
6.The large houses are being painted, but ______.
a.  of great expense      b. at a great expense  c. in a lot of expenses d. by high expense
7.The room was small and contained far too ______.
a.much new furniture    c. much new furnitrgot both of the ______.
a. rooms number    b. room number   c. room’s numbers    d. room numbers
9.Computers can do ______ work in a short time, but a man can not do ______ by himself.
  a great many…many       c. much…a great deal
  b. a great deal of…much    d. many…a great many
10.She didn’t know _____ he had been given.
a.       how many information     c. how many informations
b.      the number of information  d. how much information
13.After ten years, all these youngsters became_____.
a.       growns-ups                     c. growns-up
b.      grown-up                       d. grown-ups
14.The police investigated those _____ about the accident.
a.        stander-by                 c. standers-by
b.        stander-bys                d. standers-bys
15.The Nazi kept those ______ in their concentration camp.
a.prisoner-of-wars               c. prisoners-of-war
b.prisoners-of-wars               d. prisoner-of-war
16.The manager was greatly appreciate that _____ made by Linda lately.
a.      new reel    b. news reel    c. new-reels    d. news reels
17.Mary’s dress is similar in appearance to her ______.
  a. elder sister    b. elder sister’s    c. elder sisters    d. elder sisters dress
18.All the people at the conference are ______.
   a. mathematic teachers   c. mathematics teacher
b.mathematics teachers  d. mathematic’s teachers
19.Professor Mackay told us that ______ of lead are its softness and its resistance.
a.        some property         c. properties
b.        some properties        d. property
20.Physics _____ with matter and motion.
a.        deal    b. deals    c. dealing    d. are
21.He has written several books, but his last works _____ well known among his friends.
a.        have    b. have been    c. is    d. are
22.After he checked up my ______ heart, the doctor advised him to rest for a few days.
a.        father-in-law’s     c. father’s-in-law
b.        father-in-law       d. father’s-in-law’s
23.He told me _____ would come to his birthday party.
a.        many Jack friends     c. many Jack’s friend
b.        Jack’s many friends    d. many friends of Jack’s
24.I had my hair cut at the _____ around the corner.
a.barber    b. barbers    c. barber’s    d. barbers’
25.Yesterday evening we had a lovely evening at ______.
a.        Peter and Helen’s        c. Peter and Helen
b.        Peter and Helens         d. Peter’s and Helen’s
26.______ receives only a small portion of the total amount of the sun’s energy.
a.        The earth’s surface         c. The surface of earth
b.        The surface earth           d. The earth surface
27.Numerous materials are available to ______.
a.        today of designers            c. today’s of designers
b.        today’s designers             d. today designers
28.Why did you speak to Peter that way? Don’t you know he is an old friend of ______?
a.        my brother    b. my brothers    c. my brother’s     d. my brother’s friend
29.______ is a well-informed man. He can tell you anything you want to know.
a.        This John’s old friend          c. That’s Jahn’s old friend
b.        This old friend of John          d. This old friend of John’s
30.______ is too much for a little boy to carry.
a.A bike’s weight         c. The weight of a bike
b.The weights of a bike    d. Bile’s weight
31.Generally there are ______ television programs for children on Saturday.
a.        little    b. much    c. a large number of    d. a large amount of
32.When they got to the lecture-room, there were ______ left.
a.        only few seats    b. a very few seats    c. only a few seats  d. so a few seats
33.______ travels faster when the zip code is indicated on the envelope.
a.        A little mail    b. A piece of mail    c. A mail    d. A small mail
34.The Department purchased ______ to improve the working conditions there.
a.        a new equipment      c. new equipments
b.        a new piece of equipment    d. new pieces of equipments
35.The boy tried hard but there has been ______ in his work.
a.        little improvement    c. many improvements
b.        a little improvement   d. few improvements
36.Today’s modern TV cameras require ______ light as compared with the earlier models.
a.        only a few    b. only few    c. only a little    d. only little
37.No country can afford to neglect ______.
a.        an education    b. educations    c. education    d. the education
38.Please write the answers to the questions at the end of ______.
a.        eighth chapter    b. chapter eight    c. eight chapter    d. chapter the eight
39.______ is only surpassed by that of monkeys’ and apes’.
a.        The intelligent dog           c. The intelligence of dogs
b.        The dogs whose intelligence   d. The dogs being intelligent
40.All ______ must take the graduate Management Admission Test.
a.        business student   b. business’s students   c. business students   d. business’s student
41.______ anywhere in the United States costs less than a dollar when you dial it yourself.
a.        Three minutes call    c. A three-minutes call
b.        Three-minute call     d. A three-minute call
42.The ______ about nuclear energy revolves around the waste problem.
a.        public’s chief concern    c. chief public concern
b.        public chief concern      d. chief concern of public’s
43.______ the first and largest ethnic group to work on the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
a.  Chinese were    b. The Chinese was    c. Chinese was    d. The Chinese were
44.______ can get a better view of the game than the participants.
a.        Looker-on    b. Lookers-on    c. Looker-ons    c. Lookers-ons
45.A group of spectators was dispersed by the police who ______ at the scene of the accidents within minutes.
a.        were    b. have been    c. was    d. has been
46.Our livestock ______ not as numerous as they used to be.
a.        is    b. are    c. be    d. been
47.One of the most surprising things is that ______ may come from petroleum.
a.        much of tomorrow food        c. many of tomorrow’s food
b.        much of the food of tomorrow   d. much of tomorrow’s food
48.Scott is an orphan but he received ______.
a.        very good education              c. a very good education
b.        very good educations             d. many good educations
49.After several day’s hardworking, we have made ______ on the design.
a.        much improvement                 c. many improvement

b.        several improvements               d. some improvement
50.The boy was very happy that his mother bought him a new pair of shoes at a ______ yesterday.
a.        shoes shop    b. shoe shop    c. shoes’s shop    d. shoe’s
51.Eggs, though nourishing, have ______ of fat content.
a.        large number    b. a large number    c. a high amount    d. the high amount
52.He has done some ______ on that subject from various angles over the past ten years.
a.        research    b. a research    c. researches    d. the researches
53.Recently, he has lost all his ______.
a.        wage and saving at card        c. wages and saving at card
b.        wages and savings at card       d. wages and savings at cards
54.The country’s wealth comes chiefly from its many ______.
a.        herd of cattle    b. heard of cattles    c. herds of cattle    d. herds of cattles
55.In Britain the are all painted red.
a.        letter boxes    b. letters box    c. letters boxes    d. letters’s box
56.Ten years had passed. I found she had ______.
a.        a little white hair         c. a few white hair
b.        some white hair          d. much white hair
57.All his ______ far from satisfaction
a.        conduct is    b. conduct are    c. conducts is    d. conducts will be
58.Although the town had been attacked by the storm several times, ______ was done.
a.        a few damages    b. few damages    c. little damage    d. a little damage
59.He was ______ what to do.
a.        at his wit end    b. at his wits end    c. at his wit’s end    d. at his wits’s end
60.Would you like to have a cup of tea and ______ with me?
a two toasts    b. two pieces of toast   c. two piece of toasts    d. tow pieces of toasts
61.Accurate ______ covering the fact are not obtainable.
a.        datum    b. datums    c. data     d. datas
62.On Monday morning some teachers exchanged a few ______.
a.        how-are-yous              c. how-are-you’s
b.        of how-are-you’s           d. of how are you
63.Albert said he met the girl ______
a.        at his uncle’s Smith room       c. at his uncle Smith’s room
b.        at Smith’s his uncle’s room      d. at the room of his uncle’s Smith’s
64.It is four months since I last saw Keats ______.
a.        at Mrt Smith’s ,the book seller      c. at my aunt’s, a book seller
b.        at my aunt’s, Mrs Palmer’s         d. at Mrs Palmer’s, the book seller’s
65.This room is ______.
a.        the editor’s-in-chief’s office           c. the editor-in-chief’s office
b.        the editor-in-chief office              d. the editor’s-in-chief office
66.My old classmate, Comrade Sun ,works at ______.
a.        a teacher college          c. a teacher’s college
b.        a teachers’s college        d. a college of a teacher’s
67.The policemen put the criminal ______.
a.        in a iron    b. into a iron    c. in irons    d. into a pair of iron
68.Our teacher gave me ______.
a.        an advice    b. the advice    c. many advice    d. much advice
69.My mother cut the cloth with ______ scissors.
a.        a     b. two    c. a couple of    d. a pair of
70.My house is within ______ from the railway station.
  a. a stone’s throw    b. a throw of a stone    c. stone’s throw    d. the stone’s throw

附：介词练习
1.  She is such an irritating woman, I don’t know how you can ______ her.
a. put up    b. stand up to    c. stand with    d. put up with
2.  To get my traveler’s check I had to ______ a special check to the bank for the total amount.
a. make for    b. make out    c. make off    d. make up
3.  Little boys are easily ______.
a. taken in    b. taken away    c. taken out    d. taken over
4.  The company is going to hand ______ the free samples tomorrow.
a. up    b. out    c. on    d. down
5.  It was purely ______ chance that the mistake was discovered.
a. in     b. for    c. by    d. from
6.  The magician picked several persons ______ from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance.
a. by accident    b. on occasion    c. on average    d. at random
7.  I left for the office earlier than usual this morning ______ traffic jam.
a. in case of    b. in line with    c. for the sake of    d. at the risk of
8.  Some areas, _______ their severe weather conditions, are hardly populated.
a. but for    b. in spite of    c. due to    d. with regard to
9.  Visitors are asked to comply ______ the regulations.
a. at    b. in    c. with    d. on
10.     He _____ so much work that he couldn’t really do it efficiently.
a. put on    b. took on    c. brought on    d. turned on
11.     In order to save time, I ______ my shopping to once a week.
a. cut off    b. cut out    c. cut up    d. cut down
12.     The idea has ______ that science cannot be wrong.
a. piled up    b. picked up    c. grown up    d. put up
13.     he did everything he could to prevent if from ______ into fighting.
a. breaking off    b. breaking up    c. breaking out    d. breaking of
14.     The construction of the new building will cost ______ 1,000,000 dollars, and it’s not easy to get so much money.
a. at last    b. at most    c. at least    d. at large
15.     The thief ran away as fast as he could ______ the policeman.
a. in sight    b. within the sight of    c. within sight    d. at the sight of
16.     For too long, European can makers have fought to ______ old ways and old privileges.
a. hang on to    b. have access to    c. refer to    d. see to
17.     Whoever ______ a full night’s sleep will be more than rewarded in heightened productivity, creativity and focus.
a. invests at     b. invests in    c. invests by    d. invests with
18.     Prior ___ his departure, he wrote a letter to his mother.
a. of    b. from    c. to    d. in
19.     The company is very famous ______ the high quality of its products.
a. in    b. for    c. by    d. with
20.     Once he was given a chance to improve his position in the firm, he seized it ______ both hands and is now on his way to the top.
a. on    b. at    c. in    d. with
21.     These misfortunes almost deprived him ______ his future career.
a. with    b. of    c. from     d. beyond
22.     I don’t ______ the expense; I want the party to be a real success.
a. care for    b. care about    c. be in care of    d. take care of
23.     We must get the roof mended before the wet weather sets ______.
a. about    b. on    c. up    d. in
24.     The car pulled ______ beside me and the driver asked me to way to the Great Wall.
a. down    b. off    c. up    d. out
25.     After the war many warships were laid ______ as they were not needed any longer.
a. up    b. aside     c. down    d. over
26.     When the rebellion died ______ things quickly returned to normal.
a. out    b. away    c. down     d. through
27.     I’ll pick you ______ at your college gate and take you straight to the station.
a. on    b. off    c. out     d. up
28.     Will you please see ______ our luggage when I am away?
a. to    b. in    c. with    d. for
29.     ______ they reached the small village before dusk.
a. Towards the end    b. By the end    c. In the end    d. At the end
30.     Mary has left the book on the table ______ purpose so that you can read it.
a. with    b. on    c. in    d. out of
31.     That noise is getting louder because the engineers are ______ the engine to see if the plane is ready to fly.
a. doing with    b. running up    c. turning in    d. trying for