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语法1-7课练习题

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练习1 句子结构
Identify the clause elements in the following sentences:
1. These criminals might have been guilty of murder.
A. Predicate verb:
B. Complement :
2. The boy scouts teach their members an “Outdoor Code” before they camp.
A. Direct Object:
B. Indirect Object:

Combine each group of sentences into a single sentence, using coordination, subordination or both:
3. The men of the disbanded royal bodyguard were a potentially dangerous element.
The men were suddenly turned loose onto the street of a capital.
The capital was seething with unrest.
The men were unemployed.
The men were perhaps disgruntled at their abrupt dismi
ssal.
4. He was nearing the top.
His eyes were already glowing with triumph.
He was climbing faster and faster.
He climbed recklessly fast.
He suddenly slipped and fell.
He tumbled to the ground.
He lay motionless there,
He was a crumpled pile of arms and legs.
5. The story is written in pain language.
It consists of three parts.
It has an interesting plot.
The plot centers round an old aristocratic family.
The family lived in 17th –century France.
Keys:
1. A. might have been B. guilty of murder
2. A. an “Outdoor Code” B. their members
3. The men of the disbanded royal bodyguard, suddenly turned loose onto the street of a capital seething with unrest, unemployed and perhaps disgruntled at their abrupt dismissal, were a potentially dangerous element.
4. Nearing the top, He climbed recklessly faster and faster, his eyes were already glowing with triumph, but suddenly he slipped and fell, tumbling to the ground and lying motionless there, a crumpled pile of arms and legs.
5. The story, written in pain language, consists of three parts with an interesting plot centering round an old aristocratic family living in 17th –century France.

练习2 主谓一致
Choose an acceptable verb form from the two given in brackets according to the standard of formal writing:
1. Their earnings (comes come) to 500 dollars a week.
2. Where (is, are) the shears?
3. Tiding (has, have) come that the British warship was sunk.
4. Your suspenders (is, are) not here.
5. Mr. Stevenson’s morals (is, are) above criticism.
6. The archives (is, are) not open to the public.
7. The remains of a Roman settlement (was, were) found beneath the brewery.
8. It seems the cattle on the sides of the dykes (was, were) the only living creatures in these desolate surroundings.
9. The football team (is, are) being organized.
10. The football team (is, are) having baths and (is, are) then coming here for tea.
11. Can you see that huge flock of birds in the distance? (It, They) (Is, are) coming this way.
12. The public (was, were) convinced of his innocence.
Keys:
1. come
2. are
3. has/ have
4. are
5. are
6. are
7. was/ were
8. were
9. is
10. are, are
11. It/ They, is/ are
12. were

练习3 主谓一致（2）
Choose an acceptable verb form from the two given in bracket according to the standard of formal writing:
1. Law and order (mean, means) different things to people with different political opinions.
2. Not only one, but all, of us (is, are) hoping to be there.
3. Cold cereal and milk (is, are) Dad’s favorite pick-me-up (提神食品).
4. His friend and fellow author (was, were) cool to the idea of collaborating on a cookbook.
5. The Stars and Stripes (is, are) their national emblem.
6. John, rather than his roommates, (is, are) to blame.
7. Who was responsible for these accidents (is, are) not yet clear.
8. Watering the flowers and looking after the children (is, are) all I have to do every day.
9. It’s me that (am, is) responsible for the organization.
10. There (is, are) more than one member who (has, have) protested against the proposal.
11. There (comes, come) the three noisy children from next door.
12. Three pints (is, are) not enough to get him drunk.
13. A total of 50,000 new bicycles (was, were) registered in the year.
14. Fifty-eight percent of the 4,350-mile road (is, are) paved. Thirty-four percent more (is, are) comfortably passable. But eight percent (is, are) impassable.
15. Three-fourths of the surface of the earth (is, are) sea.
16. All of the fruit (looks, look) ripe.
17. Few of my family really (understands, understand) me.
18. Lots of the stuff (is, are) going to waste.
19. A substantial portion of reports (is, are) missing.
20. Twenty-five from thirty-one (leaves, leave) six.
21. Six sevens (is, are) forty-two.
22. The majority (is, are) not always in the right.
23. Neither of the girls (is, are) over eighteen.
24. There (is, are) lots of space between the hedge and the verandah.
25. More than one student (has, have) failed the exam.

Keys:
1. means
2. are
3. is
4. was
5. is
6. is
7. is
8. are
9. is
10. is, has
11. come
12. is
13. were
14. i s, is, is
15. is
16. looks
17. understand
18. is
19. is
20. leaves
21. are
22. are
23. is/are
24. is
25. has


练习4 名词和名词词组
Fill in a suitable noun to complete each of the following sentences:
1. Very few people attended the lecture .The speaker was disappointed at the poor___.
2. She usually depends on her husband’s judgment. He enjoys her ___.
3. Drinking water must be pure. Chemicals are added to maintain its___.
4. He knocked on the kitchen door. He had been told to deliver the groceries at the rear___.
5. Although the newspaper described the crisis, many people underestimated the ___of the world situation.
Rewrite the following sentences, putting as many words as possible in the plural with other necessary alterations:
6. The runner-up was given a pound note.
7. The cheese could not be sold, as a mouse had left a tooth mark on it.
8. The child is playing on the sand of the beach.
9. He is the manager of this business.
10. He has done me a personal kindness.
Correct errors, if any, in the following sentences:
11. The letter contained an important information.
12. The congregation was not numerous that night, but they seemed to be listening attentively to my lecture.
13. Poultries are dear in the city.
14. Foreign ships are not allowed to fish in our territorial water.
15. The Middle Ages was a time of feudal rivalries.
16. In the garden she took a lot of photography.
Multiple choice:
17. Hainan Province has____.
A. too much summer B. too many summers
C. long summer D. much summer
18. He was not ___to admit his mistakes in public.
A. man enough B. enough man
C. a man enough D. enough a man
19. He was ____to tell the truth.
A. too much of a coward B. too much coward
C. a coward enough D. enough of coward
20. The effort and expense needed for this project bore____.
A. no relations B. some relations
C. no relation D. a relation
21. There is ____on the menu today.
A. a lamb B. lamb
C. the lamb D. something of a lamb
22. This will please____.
A. the eyes B. eyes
C. the eye D. people’s eyes
23. He is ___.
A. something of a poet B. anything of a poet
C. something of the poet D. anything of the poet
Insert an appropriate unit noun:
24. a ____ of lightning
25. a ____ of jewelry
26. a ____ of sand
27. a ____ of employees
28. a ____ of paintings
29. a ____ of ship
30. a ____ of grapes
31. a ____ of gum
32. a ____ of corn
33. a ____ of chocolate
34. a ____ of people
35. a ____ of judges
36. a ____ of trees
37. a ____ of books
Keys:
1. attendance
2. dependence
3. purity
4. entrance
5. seriousness
6. The runners-up were given pound notes.
7. The cheese could not be sold, as a mice had left a tooth marks on it.
8. Children are playing on the sands of the beach.
9. He is the manager of these businesses.
10. He has done me several personal kindnesses.
11. The letter contained an important piece of information.
12. The congregation were not numerous that night, but they seemed to be listening attentively to my lecture.
13. Poultry are dear in the city.
14. Foreign ships are not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.
15. The Middle Ages were a time of feudal rivalries.
16. In the garden she took a lot of photos.
17. A
18. A
19. A
20. C
21. B
22. C
23. A
24. a flash of lightning
25. a piece of jewelry
26. a grain of sand
27. a staff of employees
28. a collection of paintings
29. a fleet of ship
30. a bunch of grapes
31. a piece of gum
32. a ear of corn
33. a bar of chocolate
34. a crowd/swarm of people
35. a bench of judges
36. a grove of trees
37. a library of books

练习5 名词属格
Paraphrase the following, paying attention to the meanings expressed by the relation between the genitive noun and its head noun:
1. a bird’s nest
2. the committee’s report
3. the victim’s courage
4. 20 the critics’ hostile reception of the play
Paraphrase the following sentences, paying special attention to the italicized parts, and then translate each into Chinese:
5. Children’s education presents a big problem.
6. As a reward for his unfailing service, the servant was remembered in his master’s will.
Rewrite the following sentences, using a genitive noun or a double genitive; where either genitive construction is impossible, use an of-phrase:
7. Last night I read a novel written by Jane Austen.
8. Those new shoes, I mean yours, look very smart.
9. Bill paid no attention to the fact that other people criticized him.
10. The book was bought at the bookshop run by John Wiley.
Improve the following sentences where necessary:
11. He was not driving Charles’s car but someone elses’.
12. This weeks’ news is somewhat more hopeful than the last two week’s.
13. The wives of the baseball’s players often see the games.
14. My brother was interested in the long poems of Milton’s.
Keys:
1. the bird made the nest
2. the committee made a report
3. the victim had courage /the victim was courageous
4. the critics received the play in a hostile manner
5. How to educate children presents a big problem.
教育孩子成了大问题。
6. As he had served unfailingly, the servant was remembered in the master’s will as a reward.
由于仆人忠实可靠地服务，主人在遗嘱中提出遗赠作为报酬。
7. a novel of Jane Austen’s
8. those new shoes of yours
9. other people’s criticism of him
10. at John Wiley’s, the bookseller’s
11. Charles’ car but someone else’s
12. this week’s news … than the last two weeks’
13. the baseball players’ wives …
14. …Milton’s long poems.

练习6 限定词（1）
Choose an appropriate determiner to fill in each of the blanks:
1. On account of the typhoon……..shipment will arrive this week.
A. neither B. all C. both D. these
2. He wrote……essays on Victorian novels in this class.
A. the next B. the most C. the other D. the more
3. We had…….rainfalls last summer.
A. too much B. little C. a little D. only several
4. …….care would have prevented the accident.
A. Much B. Little C.A little D.A few
5. The students spent………their time working in the fields.
A. both B. most C. more D. half
Fill in a suitable noun in its appropriate form to collocate with the preceding determiner:
6. There is a stairway at either……..of the corridor.
7. He is a man of few ……..
8. She fainted at the least ……of blood.
9. Every such …….of corruption will be prosecuted.
10. His first …… was a best-seller, but the second and third ……were rather boring.
Choose an appropriate combination of determiners to fill in each blank:
11. I saw …..boys at the cinema.
A. the both B. many a C. both the D. the several
12………friends usually speak highly of him.
A. His some B. His many C. Many his D. Some his
13…….alloy may be used to replace copper.
A. Such a B. Some such C. Such some D. Several such
14…….dictionary is enough for me.
A. Such one B. One such C. Such a one D. One such a
15…….evenings he did enjoy himself immensely.
A. The first few B. The few first
C. The first some D. Some the first
Correct errors, if any, in the following sentences:
16. Both sentences are not correct English.
17. I don’t like this kind of apples.
18. The third sister of his is such a spitfire.
19. I can’t for all the life remember.
20. He thought that his was more efficient than all methods.
Translate the following into English, using appropriate determiner:
21. 开凿隧道需要大量劳动力（labor）。
22. 少说空话（empty talk）多干实事(practical work)。
23. 杰克（Jack）做的工作最多，犯的错误也最多。
24. 安娜（Anna）因为没有足够的钱财而烦恼丛生。
25. 我兄弟花了一千美元买了一辆旧汽车，但我买到同样货色却几乎花了两倍价钱。
Fill in the blanks with appropriate determiners or corresponding indefinite pronouns semantically related to quantity:
26. A：Should we get some tomatoes?
B: Yes, but not as ___ as that.
27. He seldom uses ___ paper to start a fire.
28. Quite a ___ girl students major in English.
29. When the ship was sunk, all the sailors were drowned, ___ one of them.
30. The president got down from the plane and shook hands with ___ one waiting at the waiting the airport.

Keys:
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. D
6. end
7. words
8. sign
9. case
10. novel
11. C
12. B
13. B
14. B
15. A
16. Neither sentence is correct English.
17. …this kind of apple/ these kind(s) of apples.
18. That third sister of his…
19. I can’t for the life of me remember.
20. …than other methods.
21. To dig a tunnel will need a great amount of labor.
22. There must be less empty talk but more practical work.
23. Jack’s done the most work and made the most mistakes.
24. Anna has enough worries because she hasn’t got enough money.
25. My brother spent $1000 for a second-hand car, but I spent almost twice the amount for the same stuff.
26. many
27. any
28. few
29. every
30. each


练习7 限定词（2）

Fill in each blank with an appropriate article
1. For many people, ___childhood was a happy time.
2. She is wearing ______beautiful dress her mother bought her.
3. At home, Miles Davis will play ____piano every night.
4. You can fool some of _____people all ____time, and all ___people some of ______time, but you can not fool all ____people all ___time.
5. In______cold climate, we wear clothes made of __wool or__ ___fur. In____warm weather, we wear ____suits or___ dresses made of___ lighter material.
Insert an appropriate article in each blank
There was（1）___knock on(2)_____door. I opened it and found(3)____small dark man in(4)_____check(格子花纹)overcoat and(5)__soft hat. He said he was (6)____employee of(7)___gas company and had come to read (8)___meter. But I had (9) ___suspicion that he was not speaking (10) ___truth because (11) ___meter readers usually wear a peaked cap. However ,I took him to (12)___meter, which is in (13)___dark corner under (14)___stairs .I asked if he had (15)___torch ;he said he disliked torches and always read (16)___meters by(17)___light of(18)___match .I remarked that if there was(19)___leak in(20)__gas pipe , there might be (21)___explosion while he was reading(22)____meter .He said ,“As(23)____matter of(24)___fact there was(25)___explosion in (26)___last house I visited ;and Mr. Smith ,(27)___owned of（28）___house ,was burnt in(29)___face. Mr. Smith was holding (30)___lighted match at (31)____time of (32)___explosion .” To prevent (33)___possible repetition of this accident ,I lent him (34)___torch .He switched on (35)___torch ,read (36)__meter and wrote (37)___reading down on (38)___back of (39)____envelope .I said in (40)___surprise that (41)___meter readers usually put (42)___readings down in (43)___book .He said that he had had (44)___book but that it had been burnt in (45)__fire in (46)___ Mr Smiths house .By this time I had come to (47)___conclusion that he was not (48)___genuine meter reader ;and (49)____moment he left (50)____house I rang (51)____police.
Decide which one is correct by crossing out the wrong one:
1. Both France and Germany are members of NATO/the NATO(北大西洋公约)。
2. He is been a newsreader for BBC/the BBC for 10 years.
3. Times/The Times is a British daily newspaper.
4. The issue was debated in Parliament (议会)/the Parliament.
5. There is John Spence/a John Spence waiting to see you in the office.
6. White House /The White House is refusing to comment British surnames.
7. I would like to go to university /the university where I once studied law.
8. If you are in a hurry, take a taxi/ the taxi.
9. Film /The film is a form of mass entertainment.
10. My granddaughter is studying law/the law at Shanghai University.
Insert an appropriate article or any other determiner in each blank:
Sam had worked 30 years for (1)_____same company and now he had to retire. As (2)_____sign of gratitude, (3)______company held (4)______dinner in (5)____honor.“Sam,” announced (6)_____boss, “It is (7)_____great honor to present(8)_____gift to you on behalf of (9)_____company.” Sam walked down to (10)____front of the table and accepted (11)_____ gift with (12)_____pride. It was (13) _____gold watch and on it was written “To faithful Sam for 30 years of service.” Sam wept. “I am at (14) _____loss for words.” At home, (15) ____wife looked at (16) gold watch critically. “For this you worked 30 years? (17)____cheap gold-plate watch?” “It’s (18) ____ thought, dear.” Answered Sam. “(19)_____important thing is that I am not working any more.” (20)____wife held (21)_____gold watch to (22)_____ear and said, “Neither is (23) _____watch.”
Translate the following into English using the words in brackets, and paying special attention to the correct use of articles.
1. 在书写英语时，每个词之后要留一个间隔。（Space）
2. 吃饭时不要多说话。(at table)
3. 在书的卷头有一副插画。（front）
4. 他住在近处。（hand）
5. 谢谢你，你帮了我一个忙。
Correct errors, if any, in the following sentences:
1. He expected his orders to be carried out on spot.
2. Before the land reform more than 70% of China’s arable land was in possession of the landlords.
3. The children have taken fancy to their nurses
4. Every time I was in a trouble, my husband would not lend the hand.
5. We will have to leave America at a short notice.

Keys:
1.0
2. the
3. the
4. the, the , the , the , the ,the,
5. a ,0 ,0 ,0 , 0 , 0 , 0 / a
1. a 2.the 3.a 4.a 5.a 6.an 7.the 8.the
9. a 10.the 11.0 12.the 13.a 14.the 15.a 16.0
17. the 18.a 19.a 20.a/the 21.an 22.the 23.a 24.0
25. an 26.the 27.the 28.the 29.the 30.a 31.the 32.the 33.a 34.a 35. the 36.the 37.the 38.the 39.an 40.0 41.0 42.0 43.a 44.a 45.the 46.0 47.the 48.a 49.the 50.the 51.the
1. NATO
2. the BBC
3. The Times
4. Parliament
5. a John Spence
6. The White House
7. the university
8. a taxi
9. The film
10. law
(1) the (2) a (3) the (4) a (5) his (6) the (7) my (8)a (9) the (10) the (11) the (12) a (13) a (14) a (15) Sam’s (16) the (17) A (18) the (19) The (20) His (21) the
(22) her (23) your
1. In writing English, after each word we leave a space.
2. Don’t talk too much at table.
3. There is a picture in the front of the book.
4. He lives close at hand.
5. Thank you. You have done me a kindness.
1. on the spot
2. in the possession of
3. take a fancy to
4. in trouble, lend a hand
5. at short notice

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