Midterm Examination
English Grammar April 2005
Name___________
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Part I multiple choice (25%, 0.5 point each)
1. I agree ____ ____ this trip.
A. to be send; for B. to be sent; on
C. on being sent; for D. on being sent; on
2. Far ____ it from me to call him a liar.
A. is B. will be C. to be D. be
3. Were a serious crisis ____, the government would have to act swiftly.
A. arising B. rising C. to arise D. to rise
4. If your main parachute ____ fail to open, your second one ____ open automatically.
A. should; will B. will; should
C. /; will D. is to; should
5. We ____ in May, but we broke up in the preparation for the wedding.
A. were married B. were to be married
C. were to have been married D. will be married
6. Rather than ____ the risk of losing everything they accepted his term.
A. to run B. run C. running D. having run
7. He rarely left the house except ____ the church service, ____ he?
A. to attend; did B. attend; did C. to attend; didn’t D. attend; didn’t
8. He asked to borrow 10,000 yuan from me. He tried to give me ____ that he was reliable, but I still didn’t understand him ____ so much money.
A. believing; needing B. to believe; to need
C. to believe; needing D. believing; to need
9. He ____ to study mathematics.
A. is B. had better C. lets me D. makes me
10. He signed a ____ agreement to pay back the loan in one year.
A. bound B. bounded C. bounden D. binding
11. The book got me ____ for a long time.
A. to think B. thinking C. think D. thought
12. Once or twice I found myself ____ my own value.
A. doubt B. to doubt C. doubting D. doubted
13. I won’ t have anything ____ against him ____ his back.
A. saying; behind B. to say; in C. say; in D. said; behind
14. He has dealt ____ ____ me.
A. fair and square; with B. fair and square; to
C. fairly and squarely; to D. fairly and square; with
15. She is eligible ____ an increase in salary and the increase should be exempt ____ taxation.
A. to; with B. for; from C. to; from D. for; with
16. She is bearing up ____ great pressure.
A. against B. below C. upon D. under
17. Who has let an outsider ___ our secret.
A. in on B. on in C. on D. in
18. There is no point ____ by car if we can’t park near the restaurant.
A. to go B. that we go C. in going D. to going
19. ____ view of the interest it has aroused, the exhibition will remain ____ view for one more week.
A. In; by C. By; on D. With; in D. In; on
20. We usually go to Italy for our summer holiday, but we thought we would go to France this year, ____ a change.
A. in case of B. by means of C. by way of D. for lack of
21. ____ income tax, rates, and the cost of repairs to the house, Mr. Corder has saved very little this year.
A. Along with B. What with C. Except for D. Thanks to
22. I like the new dress. It ____ me.
A. becomes B. is become C. has been become D. is to become
23. There were many birds in the ____ sky.
A. morning cloudy gray B. cloudy gray morning
C. gray cloudy morning D. morning gray cloudy
24. We are not content with your answer. The question ____ hasn’t been answer.
A. present B. proper C. appropriate D. alike
25. He was ____ drunk last night.
A. deadly B. death C. dead D. deathly
26. He got up, waked across the room, and with a sharp quick movement flung the door ____.
A. wide open B. widely open C. open wide D. open widely
27. It was ____ that day.
A. much too cold B. too much cold
C. very much cold D. much very cold
28. Mr. Brown is ____ to our party.
A. more pleased than to come B. more than pleased to come
C. more pleased to come than D. more than pleasing to come
29. This is ____ opportunity to be lost.
A. too good B. too a good C. too good an D. a too good
30. A: ____
B: So did I.
A. I saw her last Sunday at the party. B. I saw her at the party last Sunday.
C. At the party I saw her last Sunday. D. At the party last Sunday I saw her.
31. When you deprive plants ____ water and light they will dry up and die.
A. of B. from C. in D. to
32. Mr. Lee is an engineer ____ profession.
A. with B. at C. on D. by
33. If you ____ see Mr. Allen, give him my regards.
A. will B. would C. shall D. should
34. They hurried there ____ the meeting cancelled. In fact, they ____ at all.
A. only finding; mustn’t have gone B. only to find; needn’t have gone
C. only to find; mustn’t have gone D. only finding; needn’t have gone
35. We couldn’t enter the palace. The guard ____ let us in.
A. wouldn’t B. shouldn’t C. shan’t D. won’t
36. “The lecturer was a tall thin man with white hair.”
“Then it ____ Dr. Fell because he is short and fat. It ____ Dr. Jones; he is tall and thin.”
A. can’t be; must be B. may not have been; might have been
C. may not be; might be D. can’t have been; must have been
37. I’ll help him lest he ____ fail.
A. should B. would C. might D. could
38. My grandfather ____ live in the country than in the town.
A. prefers to B. likes to C. had better D. would rather
39. Dr. Johnson, many students want to see you. ____ they wait here or outside?
A. Shall B. Will C. Do D. Can
40. ____, it needs to move at about 29 thousand kilometers an hour.
A. A satellite leaves the earth B. For a satellite to leave the earth
C. Of a satellite to leave the earth D. For a satellite leaving the earth
41. The second book was ____ by August, 1952, but two years later, the end was still nowhere in sight.
A. completed B. to be completed
C. to have been completed D. to complete
42. Will you really have her ____ in three days?
A. drive B. to drive C. driving D. driven
43. Power stations employ ____ water to produce electricity.
A. falling B. fallen C. to fall D. having fallen
44. The millions of calculations involved, had they been done by hand, ____ all practical value by the time they were finished.
A. could have lost B. might have lost
C. would have lost D. ought to have lost
45. If you had been more careful, we ____ much better results now.
A. would be getting B. would have got
C. got D. had got
46. ____ talk, one would take him for a fool.
A. On hearing him B. To hear him
C. By hearing him D. With hearing him
47. I can’t see ____ without my glasses. Please come ____.
A. clearly; close B. clear; closely
C. clear; close D. clearly; closely
48. He can’t endure ____ the violence on TV. He believes that they shouldn’t allow ____ violence on TV.
A. watching; to show B. watching; showing
C. to watch; to show D. to watch; showing
49. ____ a comfortable place to stay, he went out to look for a restaurant to have a nice dinner.
A. Finding B. To find C. Having found D. When finding
50. He felt ashamed ____ so little, so he tried to make up for it.
A. to have done B. to do
C. of doing D. of having done
Part II Blank Filling (25%, 0.5 point each)
A. Fill in each blank with a proper form from the following, using each form only once.
can could may might perhaps possible possibly
may have may have had might be might have
(Sue was expecting Peter to take the afternoon off in order to do some urgent work on the house. But he hasn’t arrived. Sue and her sister are discussing what may have happened to him.)
Sue: I wonder where Peter’s got to. He said he’d be here in time for lunch. I’m rather worried.
Liz: Don’t worry! He (1) _______ still come.
Sue: I doubt it. It’s past 2 o’clock. But I do think he (2)______ rung me up!
Liz: He (3)______ done, and we didn’t hear the phone! Or (4) _______ his boss couldn’t give him time off, after all!
Sue: Yes, that’s (5)______, I suppose.
Liz: Or the car’s broken down again on the way home, (6)_______!
Sue: Yes, he said that he thought it (7)________ well do so if he drove too fast!
Liz: Oh, dear! If he’s stuck on that lonely stretch of country road he won’t be home until midnight! You (8)_______ wait an hour for another car to pass!
Sue: Or he (9)_______ an accident! Do you think I should phone the police?
Liz: Gracious, no! Don’t fuss! He (10)_______ be on his way right now! (Ten minutes later, the phone rings.)
Peter: Sorry, Sue, but I can’t get away from the office. An urgent piece of work. I shall be pretty late, I expect. It (11)______ 8 or 9 before I get home. I hope you weren’t starting to worry!
Sue: Gracious, no! Of course not!
B. Fill in each blank with a proper word to make comparison:
Dear Jim,
We’ve moved into the old house at last! The repairs took longer and were more expensive (12)_______ we had expected, but living in the old house is just (13)_____ much fun (14)_______ we had hoped it would be!
The cleaning wasn’t quite (15)______ bad (16)_______ we were anticipating, but of course, (17) ______more we cleaned, (18)______ less we enjoyed it! But we knew that the sooner we started, the (19) ______we’d have it all finished.
The actual removal went quite smoothly. Fortunately the removal men weren’t (20)_____careless (21)______ we had feared, so we had fewer breakages (22)_______ expected. The grandfather clock stood up to it all very well!
How are things with you and the family? Is life in New York still (23)_____ hectic (24)_______ ever?
Sorry I haven’t written earlier, but as we say, “Better late (25)____ than never!”
Peter
C. Fill in each blank with a proper preposition
26. At first they didn’t see _______his deception.
27. I won’t ever do it again. I swear. Please don’t tell______ (告发)me!
28. Mrs. Robert got ______ her illness very quickly.
29. The nurses must see ______ the comfort of their patients.
30. Mrs. Jackson dotes ______ (溺爱)her husband.
31. He provided _______ (赡养)her in his will.
32. The man inculcated all his children ______ the spirit of patriotism.
33. Ralph broke himself ____ smoking.
34. He compared the girl _____ a flower.
35. We arm ourselves _______ possible danger.
36. A greengrocer deals _______ vegetable.
37. Civilization consists _______ having a constructive attitude.
38. Rising from the seat, he drank _____ the health of his parents.
39. They were acquitted _____ blame for the mistake.
40. Cecil reckoned ______(指望) inheriting a few thousand when his uncle died.
D. Fill in each blank with a proper question tag.
41. I don’t think you’ve done it, __________?
42. One can’t be too modest, __________?
43. I suppose you know the meaning of the word, __________?
44. Somebody tried to gatecrash, __________?
45. If he did more work he’d be very good, __________?
46. Harry wouldn’t have become a teacher if it hadn’t been for the holiday, __________?
47. We’ve saved nothing this year, __________?
48. Don’t forget to phone me, __________?
49. Margaret scarcely seems to care, __________?
50. Let’s go, __________?
Part III error correction (20%, 1 point each)
1. The house has been made a mess since the children came home from their summer break.
2. I have no objection to be kept waiting.
3. He anticipated to be invited to the party but he was let down.
4. Don’t disturb him. He will be hearing the news. He must feel like being alone now.
5. Why don’t you get your wife explaining it to you? It is better than complaining.
6. The policeman couldn’t swear to see the accused man at the scene of the crime.
7. As he failed in the preliminary, he was disqualified for taking part in the final.
8. The falling snow was frozen hard and the raging wind destroyed a great deal of property.
9. Sitting in the dentist’s chair, an idea suddenly occurred to me.
10. Track was lost of the plane about an hour out from Guangzhou Airport.
11. The argument was scientifically absurd.
12. The purpose of the investigation became only clear when the district attorney asked the company to open its books.
13. I like both light music and classical musical. But I think light music is a more interesting of the two.
14. Rich mineral deposits were possessed by China.
15. The book is said to be translated into 30 languages up till now.
16. An old man entered the inn and asked for accommodation being made for him.
17. Other things to be the same, copper heats up faster than iron.
18. George did work more than anyone else.
19. There are more intelligent monkeys than that one.
20. “Look at it! It’s splendid.” “But there is nothing to see!”
Part VI. Sentence Transformation (30 points, 1.5 points each)
Rewrite the following sentences according to the given requirement.
1. He may be in his office now. (use “yesterday”)
2. He was not inclined to leave. (use “noun + infinitive”)
3. The police believed their informant to be reliable. ( use “that” clause)
4. I regret that I told you that John stole it. (use “–ing participle”)
5. She is stupid not to follow your advice. (use “It is…”)
6. I am sure of his success. (use “that clause”)
7. There was clear scientific evidence, but people still refused to believe that cigarette smoking was dangerous. (use “in spite of”)
8. Though he had an immense fortune, he died a most unhappy man. (use “for all”)
9. The proposal that we should take better care of child health was rejected. (use “concerning”)
10. I have never drunk any alcohol. ( begin the sentence with “Never…”)
11. We left the park just as it was beginning to rain. (use “No sooner…than…”)
12. Is this ignorance or malice? (begin the sentence with “What…”)
13. Lend him your car! (use “not”)
14. Let’s invite Mary to the party. (use “not”)
15. It’s such a pity that I don’t know his address! (use “If only”)
16. If I knew the answer, I would certainly tell you. (use “If I had known…”)
17. He ordered the books to be sent at once. (use “BE-Subjunctive”)
18. The ambassador will stay there if necessary. (use “BE-Subjunctive”)
19. If it was to rain, the game would be put off. (use “WERE-Subjunctive”)
20. Dinner was over. The family scattered to their various haunts. (combine the two using “Absolute construction”)
Part Two Blank Filling
A.
1)may 2)might have 3)may have 4)possibly 5)possible 6)perhaps 7)might 8)can 9)may have had 10)could 11)might be
B.
12)than 13)as 14)as 15)so 16)as 17)the 18)the 19)sooner 20)as 21)as 22)than 23)as 24)as 25)than
C.
26)through 27)on 28) over 29)to 30)on 31)for 32)with 33)of 34)to 35)against 36)in 37)in 38)to 39)of 40)on
D.
41)have you 42)can one / can you 43)don’t you 44)didn’t they 45)wouldn’t he 46)would he 47)have we 48)will you 49)does she 50)shall we
Part Three Sentence Transformation:
21. He may have been in his office yesterday
22. He has no inclination to leave.
23. The police believed that their informant was reliable.
24. I regret telling you that John stole it.
25. It is stupid of her not to follow your advice.
26. I am sure that he will succeed.
27. In spite of clear scientific evidence, people still refused to believe that cigarette smoking was dangerous.
28. For all his immense fortune, he died a most unhappy man.
29. The proposal concerning better care of child health was rejected.
30. Never have I drunk any alcohol.
31. No sooner had we left the park than it began to rain.
32. What is this, ignorance or malice?
33. Don’t lend him your car!
34. Let’s not invite Mary to the party.
35. If only I knew his address!
36. If I had known the answer, I certainly would have told you.
37. He ordered that the books be sent at once.
38. The ambassador will stay there if need be
39. If it were to rain, the game would be put off.
40. Dinner over, the family scattered to their various haunts.
Part I
1. B
2. D
3. C
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. C
9. A
10. D
11. B
12. C
13. D
14. A
15. B
16. D
17. A
18. C
19. D
20. C
21. B
22. A
23. B
24. B
25. C
26. A
27. A
28. B
29. C
30. B
31. A
32. D
33. D
34. B
35. D
36. D
37. A
38. D
39. A
40. B
41. C
42. C
43. A
44. C
45. A
46. B
47. A
48. B
49. C
50. D
