1 Exercises in Grammar (TEM4)
(1)
1. 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
2. You are ________ an optimist, aren‟t you?
A. a little of B. a bit of C. a lot of D. enough
3. Birds of ________ flock together.
A. a feather B. feather C. the feather D. same feathers
4. “What do you want from the grocery store, Karen?”
“Oh, I just need some toothpaste and _________.”
A. a little bit of other things B. a couple of other things
C. a few of some other things D. more other things
5. If there was ________ thing Julia could not do without, it was coffee.
A. a B. no C. one D. the
6. I went back there ________ times after that first meeting.
A. half a dozen B. some dozens C. three dozens D. several dozen of
7. He‟s lived in London and Manchester, but he doesn‟t like _______ city very much.
A. neither B. either C. any D. both
8. _______ friends often speak highly of him.
A. His few B. His a few C. A few his D. Few his
9. Tom contributed fifty dollars, but he wished he could contribute ______.
A. one other fifty dollars B. the other fifty more C. more fifty dollars D. another fifty
10. Of _______ two children, one lives in _______ town and the other in _______ countryside.
A. / … a … the B. the … / … the C. the … the …the D. / … / … /
11. “Are you going to the football game?” “No. the ticket is ______ expensive for me.”
A. very much B. so much C. far too D. a lot of
(2)
1. _________ does he know that the police are about to arrest him.
A. Few B. Only C. Seldom D. Little
2. Then _________ of testing and repairing troubles in the spacecraft.
A. came many months B. many months had come C. many months came D. has come many months
3. Only when in danger ________ human beings.
A. will attack most snakes B. snakes will most attack
C. will most snakes attack D. most snakes will attack
4. ________ found these days.
A. Rare are new species of animals B. Rarely are new species of animals
C. Rare new species of animals are D. Rarely new species of animals are
5. On a small round marble table in the center of her boudoir stands _________ vase.
A. little exquisite antique brown Chinese porcelain B. an exquisite little antique brown Chinese porcelain
C. an antique little exquisite brown Chinese porcelain D. a Chinese antique little exquisite brown porcelain
(3)
1. Susan stood motionlessly at the end of the diving board, hands at her side, heels slightly raised, every muscle 2 _________ action.
A. anticipating B. to anticipate C. anticipated D. having anticipated
2. A new technique ________, the yields as a whole increased by 20 per cent.
A. working out B. having worked out C. having been worked out D. to have been worked out
3. His health falling, ________ in 1782.
A. so Henry Lee went on leave from the army B. the army gave Henry Lee leave
C. when the army gave Henry Lee leave D. Henry Lee went on leave from the army
4. He had me whipped, with all the town ________.
A. looking on B. look on C. looked on D. to look on
5. All flights _________ because of the storm, they decided to take the train.
A. having canceled B. having been canceled C. were canceled D. have been canceled
6. With a great weight ________ his mind, he went to bed.
A. to have taken off B. taking off C. taken off D. having taken off
7. He knew that with him ________, she could and would succeed.
A. help B. to help C. to be helped D. having helped
8. The speeding car had missed the turn and now lay on its back, wheels ________ in the air.
A. having spun B. spun C. were spun D. spinning
9. The accountant sat quietly in the office, _________, waiting for the telephone to ring.
A. whose eyes close B. eyes closed C. of whom eyes D. his eyes were closed
(4)
1. Everyone wants to see the flower show, ________?
A. dose he B. doesn‟t everyone C. doesn‟t it D. don‟t they
2. I suppose that you must have visited the museum, _________?
A. don‟t I B. mustn‟t you C. have you D. haven‟t you
3. Our teacher must have stayed up last night, __________?
A. mustn‟t he B. didn‟t he C. needn‟t he D. hasn‟t he
4. We don‟t believe that she will pass the final exam, __________?
A. don‟t we B. won‟t she C. do we D. will she
(5)
1. We have all the best apparatus with which ________ motion in the way already scribed.
A. to measure B. measuring C. to be measured D. is measured
2. In other words, we made elements combine in _______ as to produce new materials which are not elements.
A. a way B. such way C. many ways D. such a way
3. ________ no mistake, you must recheck the results got from the experiment.
A. There is B. For there to be C. There being D. With being
4. It is fascinating for ________ so any flower beds on the campus.
A. there being B. there to being C. there be D. there to be
5. Would you like _______ a meeting to discuss the question?
A. there to be B. there is C. there being D. there are
6. They are said ________ out a simple method for producing plastics.
A. to have found B. to find C. will find D. to be finding
7. I expect to ________ the book by the end of the year.
A. be finishing B. have finished C. finish D. be finished
8. They thought it desirable ________ in all schools.
