语法词汇练习试卷5

一、1.Vocabulary and Structure

0. I did not learn to drive______I was thirty-three years old and bought my own car.

A．not until
B．until
C．not till
D．till

1. It was not until 1969______the American astronaut succeeded in landing on the moon.

A．which
B．then
C．when
D．that

2. Not until quite recently______any idea what a spaceship was like.

A．did I have
B．that I had
C．when did I have
D．didn"t I have

3. Not until all the fish died in the river______how serious the pollution was.

A．the villagers did realize
B．the villagers realize
C．did the villagers realize
D．didn"t the villagers realize

4. ______I was fifteen that I set my foot in Ireland.

A．It was not until
B．Not until
C．Although
D．Even if

5. Not until Saturday afternoon______arrange for me to see Mr. Simpson.

A．he did
B．that he
C．he could
D．could he

6. ______started mowing the lawn when it began raining.

A．No sooner I had
B．No sooner had I
C．Hardly I had
D．Hardly had I

7. Scarcely______to sleep when the telephone rang once more.

A．had I gone
B．I had gone
C．did I go
D．I went

8. Hardly had the sun started to shine______it was clouded over again.

A．then
B．when
C．than
D．so

9. ______the door when the dog came running into the house.

A．Scarcely did I open
B．Hardly did I open
C．Scarcely had I opened
D．No sooner had I opened

10. Hardly had the play started______a power cut.

A．when there was
B．when was there
C．than there was
D．than was there

11. ______his speech than a young woman stood up to ask a question.

A．Scarcely the chairman finished
B．No sooner had the chairman finished
C．Scarcely did the chairman finish
D．No sooner did the chairman finish

12. No sooner had the rain stopped______the spectators began to return to the field.

A．then
B．when
C．so
D．than

13. ______opened the book when I heard steps outside the room.

A．I hardly
B．Hardly I had
C．Hardly had I
D．Hardly did I

14. He has never been to London before,______he knows everything about the people and the customs there.

A．and
B．but
C．for
D．so