英语语法期末试题A卷

英语语法期末试题A卷

2012级一下英语语法期末试题A卷

I. Multiple choice (30%)

Directions: There are 30 sentences or groups of sentence in

this section. Beneath each there are 4 items marked A, B, C and

D. Choose the item that correctly completes the sentence or

groups of sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the

ANSWER SHEET I.

1. The underlined NP in “In economics by bourgeoisie is

meant the class of modern capitalists” is _____,

and that in “Joe has been found a liar” is _____.

A. Subject; Object

B. Object; Object

C. Subject; Complement

D. Complement; Complement

2. Which of the following is NOT a derivative?

A. employee

B. deadline

C. spoonful

D. Londoner

3. “Freedom is to the Americans what face is to the Chinese”

is a _____.

A. simple sentence

B. compound sentence

C. complex sentence

D. compound-complex sentence

4. There are still professional watermen in the Tideway and

still Phelpses on the river, but the

former ____ a dying breed and the latter ____ amateur competitors.

A. is, is

B. is, are

C. are, is

D. are, are

5. In “his first two post-modern short novels which are

notorious”, the which-clause modifies __.

A. novels

B. short novels

C. post-modern short novels

D. his first two post-modern short novels

6. The English for “中国南海舰队” and “中华全国妇女联合会” are ____ and ____ respectively.

A. South China Sea Fleet; All-China Women’s Federation

B. China South Sea Fleet; China-All Women’s Federation

C. South Sea China’s Fleet; Women’s China-All Federation

D. China’s South Sea Fleet; Women’s All-China Federation

7. Which of the following italicized adverbials indicates

CONCESSION?

A. Mary was behaving as though she hadn’t grown up.

B. Be she right or wrong, she will have my unswerving

support.

C. Born in better times, he would have done credit to the

profession of letters.

D. The last bus having gone, we had to walk home.

8. Old Major spoke with ____ which inspired all the other

animals on the farm.

A. enthusiasm

B. an enthusiasm

C. the enthusiasm D. his enthusiasm

9. In “Whatever the reaso n, they go to the supermarket to

be with people” the underlined word is a (an)

____.

A. pronoun

B. determiner

C. conjunction

D. adverb

10. This is ____ order: to monitor those ____ around the

residence.

A. commander’s-in-chief; passers-by

B. comman der’s-in-chief; passer-bys

C. commander-in-chief’s; passers-by

D. commander-in-chief’s; passer-bys

11. In the room ____ with three legs and a few broken chairs.

A. could only be found a table

B. could only a table be found

C. a table could only be found

D. only could be a table found

12. Which of the following is a paraphrase of “It is reported

that he was driving carelessly”?

A. He was reported to drive carelessly.

B. He is reported to have driven carelessly.

C. He was reported to be driving carelessly.

D. He is reported to have been driving carelessly.

13. I have ____ trouble with ____ car borrowed from ____ girl

who plays ____ piano the best in our

neighborhood.

A. a; the; a; /

B. /; a; the; the C. /; the; the; the

D. a; the; the; the

14. —“Good heavens! We must hurry. We ____ late.”

—“Gosh! Who ___ my cheese? Some of it is gone.”

A. will be; ate

B. are to be; is eating

C. are about to be; has eaten

D. are going to be; has eaten

15. Which of the following phrasal verbs consists of “V +

Prep”?

A. Susanne turned on the heating.

B. I can’t figure out why he said that.

C. In the valley we came across a group of Mexicans.

D. The new President must bring about a change in the

health care system.

16. The Western world’s love a ffair with chocolate is well-documented: _____ for the first time without

requesting more.

A. few people having tasted it

B. few having been known to taste it

C. few people have been known to taste it

D. few people have been known to have tasted it

17. It was recommended that passengers _____smoke during

the flight.

A. need not

B. not

C. could not

D. would not

18. I went there in 1984, and that was the only occasion when

I ________ the journey in exactly two days. A. must take

B. must have made

C. was able to make

D. could make

19. Which of the following italicized clauses is

UNGRAMMATICAL?

A. At this point the two trajectories converge again as has

described above.

B. This is a simple assignment statement as is found in almost

all programming languages.

C. If, as seems likely, the roads ever diverge, the Kurds will

pursue their separate destiny.

D. Only take these clothes as are really necessary.

20. According to a recent poll, owning and living in a

freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of

a majority of young adults, _____.

A. like that of earlier generations

B. as that for earlier generations

C. just as earlier generations did

D. as it was of earlier generations

21. Elite education is not the same _____ universal _____;

meanwhile, the socio-historical role of

the elite is different from _____ of the masses.