状语从句练习
1. We are watching TV ______ we caught sight of a friend of ours .
A. as soon as B. while C. when D. once
2. The price of diamond rings has risen sharply _______ the price of gold
rings has gone down.
A. when B. as C. while D. otherwise
3. It is a long time since I last saw you . This sentence means _______
A. I had seen you for a long time B. I have seen you for a long time
C. I haven’t seen you for a long time D. I saw you again before long
4. _______ reason you may give , you ought not to have left homework
unfinished.
A. What B. No matter C. However D. Whatever
5. It seemed only several minutes _______ he finished this painting .
A. after B. before C. when D. until
6. I’ll lend you my car _______ you return it intact.
A. so far as B. as long as C. unless D. until
7. The secretary made a note of it _______ she should forget.
A. in order that B. in case C. So that D. ever when
8. No matter ______ says no to us , we will return to our motherland.
A. whoever B. who C. what D. whatever
9. It was _______ that they planned to have a picnic.
A. such fine weather B. so fine a weather C. such a fine weather as D. such
a fine weather
10. Smith has made _______ that we are all surprised . A. such much progress B. so fine a progress
C. such a great progress as D. so much progress
11. We are going to have a barbecue _______ it rains .
A. if not B. when C. except that D. unless
12. He wouldn’t give up smoking _______ his doctor told him it was a matter of
life and death.
A. except B. after C. until D. in case
13. I sent the letter early that morning _______ she got it that afternoon.
A. in order that B. so that C. for purpose that D. in order for
14. ______ did it , I didn’t.
A. Who B. Whoever C. No matter whom D. No matter when
15. _______I know , the computer can never take the place of the human brain.
A. As for B. As long as C. So far for D. So /As far as
16. I paid only 5 pounds for the book , _______I expected it would cost.
A. not as many as B. not so much as C. cheaper than D. not so expensive
17. _______ you have got used to it , you’ll like it .
A. While B. On the condition C. Once D. Unless
18. We’ll carry the work through , cost _______ it may .
A. what B. when C. where D. how
19. Persist to the end , _______ you are the only one left.
A. even if /though C. but V. however D. in spite of
20. He always talks _______ he had been to outer space.
A. like B. as if /though C. because of D. as
21. You’d better come back earlier _______ it is getting colder. A. as B. and C. but D. or
22. He was walking along the sands _______ he saw a big foot-print in the sand .
A. while B. when D. as D. after
23. _______ he was sleeping , they stole his clothes.
A. While B. When C. As D. Which
24. Jack was very tired _______ he played tennis all afternoon .
A. if B. as soon as C. because D. before
25. ______ he finished his work , he left hurriedly.
A. As soon as B. As if C. Unless D. In order that
26. You’ll surly make progress _______ you work with a strong will.
A. unless B. until C. as long as D. as well as
27. _______, I am sure that he is honest.
A. No matter people say
B. What people say
C. Whatever people say
D. It doesn’t matter people say
28. It won’t be long _______ you regret what you’ve done.
A. after B. before C. since D. then
29. I’ll leave him a note _______ he’ll know where we are.
A. so that B. so as C. in order D. for
30. It is often said that an American starts a speech with a joke , _______ a
Japanese has an apology to make.
A. which B. what C. while D. that
31. Eat less food _______ you want to put on weight . A. if B. unless C. until D. as soon as
32. Guilin is the most beautiful place _______ people all over the world want
to visit.
A. where B. which C. what D. that
33. —Did you remember to give her the book she asked for?
--_______I saw her , I remembered.
A. While B. Suddenly C. Right D. The moment
34. I shall be surprised if he does this the same way _______ I do .
A. as B. like C. which D. what
35. Robert is good at languages , _______ we all know .
A. because B. for C. as D. since
36. It looks _______. It’s going to rain.
A. that B. as C. as if D. that
37. _______ he is , he will be thinking of you .
A. Wherever B. Where C. Whether D. What
38. _______ the film may be , I have no time to see it .
A. Although exciting B. No matter exciting C. Even if excited D. However
exciting
39. She was looking for her bicycle key _______ she thought she might have put
it.
A. wherever B. whenever C. at which D. no matter where
40. One feels it hard to fit in with a new culture _______ he has been accustomed
to his won culture.
A. the moment B. which C. now that D. as
41. It was _______ he was ill that he didn’t go to school.
