英语语法2017年4月真题试题（00831）

英语语法2017年4月真题试题及答案解析（00831）

英语语法2017年4月真题试题及答案解析（00831），本试卷共100分。

一、单项选择题

(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)Choose the best answer from the choices given and put the letter in the brackets.

1.Cleaning and maintaining my house used to feel arduous and I often left tasks _______.

A.unfinishing
B.to finish
C.unfinished
D.finish

2.I’ve always found laughable the idea _____ Obama is not an ideologue.

A.that
B.which
C.of
D.of which

3.Mike is putting on weight. He _____quite fat.

A.is
B.will going to be
C.has been
D.is going to be

4._____ used to be said that Turkey was virtually the master of the Black Sea.

A.That
B.It
C.What
D.They

5._____ Brexit fears, UK travellers have continued to come to Dubai in large numbers.

A.In spite with
B.On spite of
C.In evident spite of
D.In spite of

6._____ he wasn’t ready in time, we had to carry out the plan without him.

A.Although
B.As
C.Despite
D.Because of

7._____ splendid news that there will be a digital version of the Oxford Latin Dictionary!

A.What a
B.What
C.How
D.How a

8._____ the kids tried, they never managed to see how to play the video game.

A.So much
B.How much
C.Much as
D.As much as

9.A group of fishermen played a game of cards on the ______ of Marina beach.

A.sand
B.sandes
C.sands
D.sandy

10.Among the refugees and migrants who are coming into Europe, one out of ten______ still in childhood.

A.were
B.are
C.was
D.is

11.Art has always been _____ of raising consciousness and sending a message.

A.means
B.a means
C.a mean
D.some mean

12.As for the place ____ she was buried, it will always remain in the hearts of those who cherish it.

A.that
B.at which
C.which
D.with which

13.In the mind of many foreign travellers, the Alps _____ still idyllic.

A.was
B.be
C.is
D.are

14.Don’t you think _____ necessary to learn the text by heart?

A.that
B.this
C./
D.it

15.Even though she is ______ than me, we were more like friends growing up.

A.older
B.elder
C.elderer
D.more old

16.Faced with this, I may as well _____ according to my conscience and beliefs.

A.vote
B.to vote
C.voting
D.voted

17.Fidel Castro, the Cuban leader, is said to _____ multiple assassination attempts.

A.be survived
B.have survived
C.have been survived
D.survive

18.He_______ swim, but the harbour walls are so high that he needs help getting out.

A.will
B.may
C.can
D.shall

19.He added that they _____ day and night for nearly a week to get the car going again.

A.had been working
B.have worked
C.have been working
D.worked

20.He asks good questions and that shows that he ____ about the next step in solving a problem.

A.is always thinking
B.always think
C.always thinking
D.always thought

二、多项填空题

(本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分)Fill in the blanks with one of the items given.

11.retail, retailed, retails; at, with, forThis GPS locater will be available in Britain this year and _________ for ￡200_______ a ￡10 a month subscription fee.

12.solve, solved, solving; all, either;wholeThe past is filled with incredible mysteries. The clues to _______them are________ around, hidden in plain sight.

13.that, those, some;/, a, theThe dangers I run are nothing compared with_______ of our soldiers at_________ front.

14.feel, felt, be felt; infects, effects, affectsThe caffeine boost can ___________ one hour following input, but significant __________ can last for eight hours.

15.to, of, in; on, with, atNever will I overindulge the requests_______ my flesh; rather I will cherish my body ___________ cleanliness and moderation.

16.that, in that, such that; taught, be taught, teachThe two halves of human brain behave independently, ___________ each half can___________ opposite solutions to simple problems.

17.was, were, be; until, after, beforeThe captain, together with the crew, __________ not to abandon the ship ___________ all the passengers were aboard the lifeboat.

18.coming, comes, come, which, that, whatOut of it ___________ two of the most important qualities ___________ this book will go in search of: humanity and warmth.

19.judge, judged, be judged; distinguish, distinct, disruptiveIn a perfect world, we’d all __________ on the sweetness of our souls. But in our less than perfect world, the woman who looks pretty has a ________advantage and, usually, the last word.

110.architectural, architective, architected; on, in, atThere’s no way of representing __________ structures directly using the technologies we have __________ our disposal.

三、填空题

(本大题共20小题，每空1分，共20分)请在每小题的空格中填上正确答案。错填、不填均无分。 Fill in the blanks with an item as required.

21.With a determiner:The man was so thirsty that he ate the ___________ watermelon by himself.

22.With a determiner:The teacher asked his students to turn in ____________ their term papers before Friday.

23.With an article:The bank clerk works hard every day and is looking forward to owning __________Benz.

24.With an article:Can you imagine ____________ world with no wars, no hunger, no pain?

25.With a modal auxiliary:If I ___________ repair the computer, I wouldn’t have wasted my money having the IT engineer do the job.

26.With a modal auxiliary:You needn’t have interrupted the class to tell me that; you_____ have come to me afterwards.

27.With a preposition:Most of us take our skin for granted until it is burned ___________ repair.

28.With a preposition:This subway train doesn’t go to the People’s Square. You will have to change _________ the South Railway Station.

29.With a preposition:The school is trying its best to create an atmosphere conducive ____________ learning.

210.With a preposition:When she encounters another miserable person from the same country, she has a real outlet___________ unhappy feelings.

211.With a relative pronoun:The girl in the red dress ____________ is talking to the teacher is Tom’s sister.

212.With a relative pronoun:Just as Jerry got level with the top of the broken trunk, the limb on ___________ he was standing cracked ominously under his feet.

213.With a relative pronoun:With the police’s persistent efforts, all ____________ had been stolen was returned to its rightful owner.

214.With a relative pronoun:In the past, people had to take a ferryboat to Chongming Island, but now they can drive to it,___________ is a great saving of time.

215.With a coordinator:Go straight on, walking two blocks __________you cannot miss it.

216.With a subordinator:In some situations the pursuit of knowledge may become harmful ____________ it is combined with wisdom.

217.With a subordinator:With curiosity comes an “investigative spirit”; the learning is not so much the acquisition of information _________it is an investigation.

218.With a tag:Beginners have to learn from their mistakes,_________?

219.With a tag:I don’t think he will arrive here on time, _________?

220.With a tag:The students must be studying hard, ___________?

四、改句子

(本大题共15小题，每小题2分，共30分)Rewrite the following sentences as required.

31.Using passive voice:The boss made Jim work overtime.

32.Using passive voice:They expect the Senate debate to continue into next week.

33.Using a modal auxiliary:It’s not even barely possible that he had the guts to defy the club rule.

34.Using a non-finite verb form:I believe that he is honest.

35.Using a non-finite verb form:Mary is so tired that she can’t do anything tonight.

36.Using a complex preposition:Jim went to the museum last Sunday, and his mother went there together with him.

37.Using a disjunct:It is hoped that the report will go out to shareholders prior to October 12.

38.Using a relative clause:The proposal is that we should import more equipment from abroad. The proposal is to be discussed at the meeting.

39.Using a relative clause:We have erected barriers between the environment and ourselves. With every breath we take, we expose our lungs to the outside world, regardless of all the barriers.

310.Using coordination:I caught the Eurostar train from London to Paris for the weekend. Then I flew back from Paris to London with British Airways.

311.Using subordination:We have no information about this company. We still want to cooperate with it, for we have no other choices.

312.Using transferred negation:I think that her son didn’t finish his homework.

313.Reinforcing the negation:No student in the class wants to take part in the speech contest next week.

314.Using extraposition:To give a child whatever he or she wants is generally considered unwise.

315.Using inversion:He walked so fast that none of us was his equal.

五、简答题

(本大题共1小题，每小题4分，共4分)Answer the following questions.

41.What are the two major semantic categories of modal auxiliaries? Briefly explain them.

六、解释名词

Define the following terms with examples. (3%×2=6% )

51.double genitive

52.concord