现代英语语法模拟试题

现代英语语法模拟试题

一、单项选择题(本大题共21小题，每小题1分，共21分)

Choose the best answer from the choices given and put the letters A,B,C or D in the brackets.

1．The general sent out word that no one in the bunker ______ to bed until further orders.（ ）

A．will go B．would go C．was about to go D．was to go

2．He ______ violin when I want to sleep.（ ）

A．always plays B．play always C．is always playing D．always is playing

3．James has just arrived, but I didn’t know he ______ until yesterday.

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A．will come B．was coming C．had been coming D．comes 4．I only called the police when I ______ everything else.（ ）A．tried B．was trying C．had tried D．had been trying

5．Mother wished I ______ you what she ______.（ ）

A．didn’t tell; said B．didn’t tell; has said C．didn’t tell; had said D．hadn’t told; said

6．Jean Wagner’s most enduring contribution to the study of Afro-American poetry is his insistence that it ______ in a religious, as well as worldly, frame of reference.（ ）

A．is to be analyzed B．were analyzed C．be analyzed D．should have been analyzed

7．The teacher said that Jane ____ work harder the following semester.

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A．have to B. had better C．had better to D．would rather to

8．The twins had been away for such a long time that many people in the village thought they_____（ ）

A．ought to have died B．should have died C．must have died D．could have died

9．“I ______ go out today. If I do, I ______ in a storm.” I said to myself when I heard the weatherman say there would be a heavy rain that day.

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A．had better not to; might have been caught B．had better; may be caught

C．would not; might have been caught D．had better not; may be caught

10．I hope that it is possible to achieve this objective by calling on the smokers _____ good judgment and show concern for others rather than by regulation.（ ）

A．to be using B．to have been using C．use D．to use 11．When ___B___ to tell the difference between British and American English, the linguist made a long and ______ speech.（ ）A．asked; tired B．asked; tiring C．asking; tiring D．be asked; tired

12．The money would have to be raised by ______ taxation.（ ）A．far B．farther C．farthest D．further

13．Their plane arrived ______ San Francisco this morning.（ ）A．from B．at C．to D．on

14．The delegation ______ Russia will visit London this afternoon.

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A．in B．from C．at D．for

15．Her mother can’t speak English ______ French, but is good at Japanese.（ ）

A．yet B．or C．neither D．while

16．He became a successful actor ______ his father never was.（ ）A．who B．whom C．that D．when

17．The manager fulminated against his secretary, ______ surprised me.（ ）

A．who B．whom C．that D．which

18．He graduated from college ______ his parents divorced.（ ）A．which B．before C．while D．that

19．She sat ______ the table in the restaurant.（ ）

A．in B．with C．from D．at

20．Young ________ he was, he managed to make a living on his own.（ ）

A．although B．since C．though D．thus

21．________ you had been here, we wouldn’t have had so much trouble then.（ ）

A．when B．if C．as D．since