Exercises_Grammar_handout1
Exercise 1
1.Evidence came up ____ specific sounds are recognized by babies as young as six
months old.
A. what
B. that
C. which
D. whose
2.The millions of calculations involved, _____ by hand, would have lost all
practical value by the time they were finished.
A. had they been don
B. they had been done
C. having been done
D. they were done
3.America will never again have as a nation the spirit of adventure as it ___ before
the West was settled.
A. could
B. did
C. would
D. was
4.It’s no good ____ him. He is always indifferent towards others’ matters.
A. to turn to
B. turning to
C. turn to
D. turned to
5.Although ____ Spanish, he attended the course.
A. he was knowing
B. he is knowing
C. having a knowledge of
D. knows
6.My pain _____ apparent the moment I walked into the room，for the first man I
met asked sympathetically：“Are you feeling al l right？”
A. must be
B. must have been
C. had been
D. had to be
7. ____ he ’s already heard the news.
A. Chances are
B. Chance is
C. Opportunities are
D. Opportunity is
8. ____ man can now create radioactive elements, there is nothing he can do to reduce their radioactivity.
A. As
B. Whether
C. While
D. Now that
9. ____ of the burden of ice, the balloon climbed up and drifted to the South.
A. To be free
B. To free
C. Freeing
D. Freed
10. ____ the claim about German economic might, it is somewhat surprising how relatively small the German economy actually is.
A. To give
B. Given
C. Giving
D. Having given
11.____, a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man whose command of language is poor.
A. Other things being equal
B. Were other things equal
C. To be equal to other things
D. Other things to be equal
12.____, he does not love her.
A. As he likes her very much
B. Though much he likes her
C. Much although he likes her
D. Much though he likes her
13. A good many houses ____ knocked down by the earthquake.
A. was
B. were
C. is
D. are
14. After ____ seemed an endless wait, it was her too run to step into the doctor’s office.
A. it
B. that
C. what
D. which
15. The board deemed it’s urgent that these files ____ right away.
A. had to be printed
B. should have been printed
C. must be printed
D. should be printed
16. It is only when you nearly lose someone ____ fully conscious of how much
you value him.
A. do you become
B. then you become
C. that you become
D. have you become
17. While driving along the treacherous road, ____.
A. my right rear tire blew out
B. my right rear tire had a blowout
C. I had a blowout on my right rear tire
D. I had my right rear tire blowout
18.This organization brought Western artists together in the hope of making more of
an impact on the art community ____ any of them could individually and to
promote Western art by women.
A. rather than
B. rather
C. than
D. other than
19.The bank is reported in the local newspaper ____ in broad daylight yesterday.
A. to be robbed
B. robbed
C. to have been robbed
D. having been robbed
20. Mr. Milton prefers to resign ____ part in such dishonest business deals.
A. than take
B. than to take
C. rather than take
D. rather than to take
Exercise 2
1. ____ before we depart the day after tomorrow, we should have a wonderful dinner party.
A. Had they arrived
B. Would they arrive
C. Were they arriving
D. Were they to arrive
2. No one would have time to read or listen to an account of everything ____
going on in the world.
A. it is
B. as is
C. there is
D. what is
3. Bit by bit , a child makes the necessary changes to make his language ____.
A. as other people
B. as other people’s
C. like other people
D. like other people’s
4. Clothing made of plastic fibres has certain advantages over ____ made of natural fibres like cotton, wool, or silk.
A. one
B. the one
C. that
D. what
5. The treasury issued an order stating that ____ land purchased from the government
had to be paid for in gold and silver.
A. henceforth
B. moreover
C. whereby
D. however
6. The students expected there ____more reviewing classes before the final exams.
A. is
B. being
C. have been
D. to be
7. I understand ____ preparation that staff must put in under pressure to meet the
deadline.
A. more than the enormous amount of
B. better than most the enormous number of
C. better than most the enormous amount of
D. fewer than the number of
8. I’m sure your suggestion will ____ the problem.
A. contribute to solving
B. be contributed to solve
C. contribute to solve
D. be contributed to solving
9. In 1840, both Lucretian Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton resented ____ proper
seating at the World’s Antislavery convention in London because of their sex
A. refusing
B. to be refused
C. being refused
D. having refused
10. You should have put the milk into the icebox, I expect it ____ undrinkable by
now.
A. became
B. had become
C. has become
D. becomes
11. Some companies have introduced flexible working time with less emphasis on
pressure ____.
A. than more on efficiency
B. and more on efficiency
C. and more efficiency
D. than efficiency
12. It is predicated that existing reserves of fossil fuel____ by 2045.
A. have been run out
B. are going to be run out
C. will have run out
D. have run out
13. The lecture said “It’s time you ____ the literature review.”
A. began
B. should begin
C. begin
D. are beginning
14. ____ way you do it，the answer is always the same.
A. However
B. Whichever
C. Whoever
D. Why ever
15. The shop has sold many refrigerators of this kind and the rest on sale today.
A. is
B. has been
C. have been
D. are
16. The owner and captain refused to leave ship which was sinking.
A. his
B. a
C. their
D. /
17. The petrol station lies within ____ of Victoria’s farm.
A. fifteen-minute-drive
B. fifteen minutes’ drive
C. fifteen minute’s drive
D. fifteen minutes drive
18. This CD costs me the one I bought the other day.
A. as much as three times
B. as much money as three times
C. three times as much as
D. three times as expensive as
19. ____ for a long time, the fields are all dried up.
A. There has been no rain
B. Having no rain
C. There having been no rain
D. There being no rain
20. ___ me most was that the young boy who had lost both arms in an accident could
handle a pen with his feet.
A. That amazed
B. It amazed C Which amazed D. What amazed
Exercise 3
1. Advertising media like direct mail, radio, television and newspapers____ to
A. have been used
B. will be used
C. is being used
D. has been used
2. We will b
A. is working
C. will be working
3. An estimated 20 percent of the U.S. population has no bank account, more than half
of this group don’t have credit card ___ can not get bank loans.
A. or
B. so
C. and
D. yet
4. Bread and butter _____ is favored by most westerners.
A. are
B. were
C. is
D. was
5. Physics is the present day equivalent of ____ used to be called natural philosophy,
from ____ most of present day science
A. which, what
B. that, which
C. what, which
D. what,
6.The man sitting opposite me smiled dreamily, as if something pleasant in the
A. to remember
B.
C. having been remembered
D. remembering
7.I ____ him the Christmas gift by mail because he came home during the Christmas
A. ought to have sent
B. couldn’t have sent
C. must have sent
D. needn’t have
8. It turned out that the children were not for the
A. to blame
B. to be
C. to be blaming
D. to have been
9. It ____ to see so many children in that mountainous area cannot even afford elementary
A. pains her
B. makes her
C. is paining
D. is
10. She put an extra blanket over the baby for fear that
A. he catches cold
B. he should catch cold
C. he caught cold
D. he be catching
11. You business interfering with my
A. have none
B. have
C. have none of the
D. have nothing
12. native to North America, corn has now spread all over the
A. In spite of
B. That it is
C. It was
D. Although
13. Hurricanes are severe cyclones with winds over seventy
five miles an hour ____ originate over tropical ocean
A. which
B. who
C. where
D.how
14.____ is announced in the papers, our country has launched a large
scale movement against smuggling and fraudulent activities in foreign currency exchange deal
A. What
B. As
C. Which
D.
15.
If you have never planted anything, you won’t be able to know the pleasure of watching the thi ng you have planted
A. grow
B. to
C. growing
D. to be growing
16. in the past, at the moment it is a favorite choice for wedding
A. Unpopular has as white been
B. White has been as
C. Unpopular has been as white
D. Unpopular as white has been
17.Although she wrote a lot of short stories and poems when she was very young, she was
twenty
A. her first real success did not come until
B. her real first success came until
C. since her first real success did not come
D. not until her first real success
18. As the train will not leave until one hour later, we a bite at the snack
A. may well
B. just as well
C. might as well
D. as
19.Victor took a bus and headed for home, if his wife would have him
A. not to know
B. not known
C. not knowing
D. not having
20.The government official can hardly find sufficient grounds his arguments in favor of t
he revision of the tax law.
A. on which to base
B. which to be based on
C. to base on which
D. on which to be