第十七章易错选择题
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. He never _________ of
visiting the Great Wall.
A. tiring B. tire C. tires D. tired
2. Most Sundays _________ we go to help Uncle Wang.
A. morning B. mornings C. the morning D. of
mornings
3. He looked half dead, his eyes _________.
A. closed tight B. closing tight C. closed tightly
D. shut tightly
4. The food __________ good and _________ well.
A. tastes, sells B. is tasted, is sold
C. taste, sell D. smell, sold
5. There will be visionphones _______ the end of this
cent |
ury.
A. by B. at C. for D. on
6. I have some _________ in working out the problem.
A. difficulty B. difficulties C. troubles D.
difficult
7. There is a wire pole along the road _________
meter.
A. about fifty B. every fiftieth C. each fifty
D. every 50
8. Southerners _________ rice.
A. lives on B. feeds on C. lives on D. feed
on
9. There is not enough light and _________ in this
picture.
A. dark B. darkness C. blackness D.
shade
10. They picked leaves from the trees and _________.
A. fed them to some little white worm B. fed some little
white worm on them
C. fed some little white worm with them D. A and Cc
11. She doesn't like __________ a red flower in her
hair.
A. to put on B. to wear C. to dress D. be
dressed in
12. —Have you finished your repot yet?
—No, I'll finish it in ________ ten minutes.
A. another B. other C. more D. less
13. She said that she would do _______ she could __________
her daughter laugh.
A. what, make B. that, make C. what, to make
D. that, to make
14. Tom's mother kept telling him that he should work
harder, but _________ didn't help.
A. he B. which C. that D. it
15. My watch doesn't work well. I _________ it _________
next day.
A. will have, repair B. have, repaired
C. will get, repaired D. shall have, to be repaired
16. He has decided to live abroad, so he will ________ stay
here.
A. not more B. mot longer C. no longer D. no
more
17. We have no secrets _________ each other.
A. in B. between C. to D. from
18. Peter is ________ with all his classmates.
A. a friend B. friend C. the friend D.
friends
19. This hand book is _________ for us to learn our
lessons.
A. great value B. great valuable C. of very
value D. of great value
20. The lady bought a new dress _________ $500.
A. for B. by C. with D. about
21. The Great Wall is one of the places of interest
_________ often visited in China.
A. where we B. that is C. which are D.
where have
22. When the passengers came back from their holiday their
suitcases were _________ by the customs officers.
A. guarded B. tested C. corrected D.
examined
23. In the dark street, there wasn't a single person
__________ she could turn for help.
A. to whom B. who C. from whom D. that
24. It was in the hall __________, we used to have meetings
_________ the meeting was held.
A. that, where B. where, that C. that, that
D. where, where
25. —You're bought a car.
—___________.
A. So have I B. So I have C. So did I
D. So I did
26. You don't believe that I can work out the problem,
_________?
A. do you B. don't you C. Can I D.
can't I
27. The boy cried ___________ the glass broken.
A. because B. as C. for D. with
28. The man ____________ a strange hat is a funny
actor.
A. dressing B. in C. on D. with
29. They _________ Tom, our monitor.
A. made B. elected C. chose D. helped
30. The film made all the students ________ to tears.
A. moved B. moving C. move D. to move
31. —Where is Mike?
—He has gone away __________ the weekend.
A. on B. for C. in D. at
32. _________ a boy, he used to help his father on the farm.
A. Being B. As C. He was D. His being
33. ________ no need for us to discuss the problem again
since it has been settled.
A. It has B. There has C. It is D.
There is
34. His failure made his father think him a ___________
boy.
A. disappoint B. disappointed C. disappointing
D. disappointment
35. This is the best way I can think of __________ the
problem.
A. solve B. to solve C. solving D.
solved
36. The days we look forward to _______ at last.
A. coming B. came C. comes D. be coming
37. I found her eyes ________ upon me sharply.
A. fix B. fixing C. fixed D. to fix
38. I'll tell you _______ he told me last week.
A. all which B. all that C. that all D.
all
39. It's no good ________ like that.
A. to talk B. talking C. talked D. talk
40. —Haven't you heard the news?
—What news?
—Some of the workers are ________ while others are
_________.
A. on the march, on strike B. on march, on strike
C. on the march, on the strike D. on the strike, on march
41. What a wonder! They've finished ________ 30% of the task
within one week.
A. no more than B. no less than C. not more than
D. much less than
42. All the members thought that the plan should be changed,
but he still ________ his own idea.
A. insist on B. insist C. stick to D. kept
43. My idea ________ to be true.
A. turned out B. turned on C. turned off D.
turned up
44. A. few people were killed in the fire, but ________ were
saved.
A. most B. the most C. most of them D. most of
whom
45. The sick ________ cured.
A. has been B. has C. have been D. have
46. He was made _______ for the lost book, which was bought
from the library last week.
A. paid B. to pay C. pay D. paying
47. I hear that John is going to Paris next month,
_________?
A. doesn't he B. don't I C. do I D. isn't he
48. He's just _________ time ________ the basketball
match.
A. in, with B. on, by C. in, for D. on, to
49. The old man slept so _________ that we couldn't wake him
up.
A. lazy B. tired C. well D. good
50. The little boy was frightened when he heard the _________ of a
motorbike.
A. sound B. voice C. cry D. shout
51. It ________ nearly two weeks _________ I had received
his letter.
A. is, that B. was, that C. is, since D. was,
since
52. It is five years since my dear aunt __________
here.
A. left B. has left C. is left D. had left
53. Nobody in _________ right senses would play such a silly
joke.
A. their B. his C. her D. one's
54. —May I speak to Lucy?
—This is ________ speaking.
A. her B. she C. she's D. hers
55. I forgot Tom's address. But I found his telephone number
in the _________.
A. phone books B. book of phone C. phone's book
D. phone book
56. He said that he watched TV every ________ day.
A. another B. three C. the second D. other
57. We are going to be on our holidays _________.
A. in three days' time B. after 3 days C. three days
later D. in three day's time
58. Look at these clouds, ________.
A. It'll rain B. It's going to rain C. It'll be
raining D. It is to rain
59. Nobody knows what _______ happen next.
A. is to B. is going C. is about to D. are to
60. China should do _________ best to be a strong and modern
country.
A. his B. its C. her D. our
61. You'd better __________ his opinion before making a
decision.
A. look for B. search for C. find out D. work
out
62. —Could you tell me who invented _________
telephone?
—_________ Scotch scientist named _________ Alexander Graham
Bell.
A. /, A, / B. a, The, / C. the, A, / D. /, A,
an
63. Did you break _________ windows?
A. the both B. both of C. both the D. either
of
64. Let's put ________ of these pictures on the wall.
A. some one B. someone C. some ones
D. everyone
65. —I'd like to go hunting with you, but I have a meeting
________.
—If you don't go, __________.
A. to attend, so do I B. attending, so will I
C. attend, neither will I D. to attend, nor will I
66. What will be the results _________ the students in our
class?
A. of B. for C. to D. with
67. —Hurry up, you _________ on the phone.
—Oh, I' coming. Thank you.
A. are wanted B. are being wanted C. want D.
are wanting
68. I, _________ your friend, will try my best to help you
out.
A. who is B. that is C. who am D. who are
69. I asked him to __________ me a few minutes so that we
could talk over the matter.
A. spend B. save C. share D. spare
70. There they got married and ________ their young.
A. fed B. felt C. raised D. rose
71. He tried not to _________ mixed up in politics.
A. make B. take C. have D. get
72. —Would you like a cup of coffee?
—Yes, I _________.
A. would B. would like C. would like to D.
like
73. —Shall I tell Ann how to improve her painting?
—Yes, but _________ of suggestions may discourage her.
A. a list too long B. a too long list C. too long a
list D. a list of too long
74. Would you please do me __________ favor to pass me the
book?
A. a B. an C. the D. /
75. My dictionary __________. I have looked for it
everywhere, but still _______ it.
A. has lost, don't find B. is missing, didn't find
C. has lost, haven't found D. is missing, haven't found
76. It's _________ impossible to make such a long journey in
such an old car.
A. rather B. very C. fairly D. quite
77. A soldier ran all the ________ from Marathon to
Athens.
A. road B. way C. path C. route
78. It was __________ exciting news that all of us couldn't
help _________.
A. so a, crying B. such, crying C. so, to cry
D. such an, crying
79. If we want to win the race, we shall have to
_________.
A. go along B. go into C. go there D. go all
out
80. Words are the bricks _________ we build sentences to
express our ideas.
A. through which B. from which C. which D. of
which
81. Why can't I give the answer to the physics problem as
_________ as you?
A. quickly B. fastly C. swift D. soonly
82. Go back _______ you came from, please.
A. where B. in where C. to where D. that
83. I agree with most of what you said, but I don't agree
with ________.
A. everything B. anything C. something D.
nothing
84. I love to go to the seaside in summer. It _________ good
to lie in the sun or swim in the cool sea.
A. does B. feels C. gets D. makes
85. Let's discuss only such questions _________ worry
every one of us.
A. as B. why C. which D. that
86. you may keep that pencil if you like. I've got plenty of
________.
A. ones B. the others C. others D. some
others
87. —Why can't I swim in the lake, Daddy?
—You'll be ________. The water is freezing cold.
A. sorry B. afraid C. anxious D. unpleasant
88. When a pencil is partly in a glass of water, it looks as
if it ________.
A. breaks B. ahs broken C. were broken D. had
been broken
89. —You were brave enough to raise objections at the
meeting.
—Well, now I regret _________ that.
A. to do B. to be doing C. to have done D.
having done
90. I don't think Jim saw me; he ________ into a
space.
A. just stared B. was just staring C. has just stared
D. had just stared
91. —There were already five people in the car, but the
driver managed to take me as well.
—It __________ a comfortable journey.
A. can't be B. shouldn't be C. mustn't have been
D. couldn't have been
92. —Your phone number again? I ___________ quite catch
it.
—It's 95684420.
A. didn't B. couldn't' C. don't D. can't
93. Such things are not common for me, _________ they are
unusual.
A. instead B. but C. so D. as a result
94. At that time slaves were _________ of not as human
beings, but as animals.
A. regarded B. sold C. bought D. thought
95. Her wish is _________ a doctor.
A. becoming B. become C. to become D. being
come
96. His talk made me _________ in the modern music.
A. interesting B. to interest C. interested D.
interest
97. She was afraid ________ the yard because she was afraid
__________ by the big dog lying at the gate.
A. to enter, to be bitten B. of entering, of being bitten
C. of entering, to be bitten D. to enter, of being bitten
98. We keep in touch with each other ________ letters and
telephones.
A. by B. in form of C. in forms of D. in the
form of
99. When I came back, I found my bicycle __________.
A. had gone B. has gone C. was gone D. is gone
100. Perhaps the fire was ___________ by a cigarette end
someone dropped.
A. begun B. made C. put D. started
101. ___________ pop music drives me out of my mind.
A. The most B. Most C. Mostly D. Most of