全国2009年4月高等教育自学考试
英语语法试题
课程代码:00831

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 letters A, B, C or D in the brackets.

1.——Did you hear what she said? （　　）
——Well, I heard her say something, but I ______.So I don’t know exactly what she said.
A.would not listen
B.were not listening
C.had not listened
D.shouldn’t listen

2.When I got to the top of the mountain, the sun ______.（　　）
A.shone
B.shines
C.has shone
D.was shining

3.The building suddenly collapsed while it ______ down.（　　）
A.pulled
B.had been pulled
C.was being pulled
D.was pulled

4.Most of my saving ______ in stocks.（　　）
A.has been invested
B.is being invested
C.have invested
D.have been invested

5.The manager insisted that the chief engineer ______ testing the new model immediately.（　　）
A.start
B.starts
C.started
D.will start

6.Great as Newton was, many of his principles ______ and modified by contemporary scientists today.（　　）
A.are to challenge
B.may be challenged
C.are challenging
D.have been challenged

7.Mary ______ have been invited to the party, but she wasn’t.
A.must
B.should
C.can
D.would

8.Mr.Smith isn’t here yet.I think he ______ about the meeting.
A.should have forgot
B.ought to forget
C.must have forgot
D.may not forget

9.It was very kind of you to do the washing-up, but you really ______ it.
A.needn’t do
B.shouldn’t have done
C.didn’t have to do
D.mustn’t have done

10.I couldn’t help ______ when I saw that.（　　）
A.laugh
B.laughed
C.laughing
D.to laugh

11.I saw lying on his doormat a letter ______ to him from the U.S.A.（　　）
A.addressing
B.addressed
C.to address
D.being addressed

12.The key ______ the puzzle will be given in tomorrow’s paper.（　　）
A.of
B.for
C.to
D.about

13.The surgeon was expected to finish the operation ______ noon.（　　）
A.in
B.before
C.till
D.on

14.What was it ______ caused the forest fire? （　　）
A.who
B.that
C.this
D.whom

15.This is the school ______ I studied for six years.（　　）
A.which
B.where
C.when
D.whom

16.His sister, ______ you met at the airport yesterday, is a famous basketball player.（　　）
A.that
B.who
C.which
D.when

17.She would stay with her parents ______ .（　　）
A.for a couple of days once a month after she got married
B.once a month for a couple of days after she got married
C.after she got married for a couple of days once a month
D.once a month after she got married for a couple of days

18.All the applicants will be assessed ______ an interview.（　　）
A.by means of
B.through the way of
C.by the way of
D.by the method of

19.______ my bank lent me the money, I would have bought a new house.（　　）
A.Had
B.If
C.Be
D.Would

20.______ guilty, I’d rather be tried in Florida.（　　）
A.When
B.As
C.Since
D.If

二、选择填空题（本大题共8小题,每小题2分,共16分）
Fill in each of the blanks with one of the items given.

21.were, was, had, animal, animals
Small amounts of land ________ used for keeping ________.

22.has, have, its, their, theirs
The committee ________ reached ________ decision.

23.more, more of, most, as, like, than
Bill is ________ a fool ________ John.

24.qualified, a teacher; qualifying, teachers; qualify, teaching
Susan is ________ as ________as Mary.

25.be, is, was, are, were, will be, shall be
a.That the man kissed his love in the street on the Valentine Day ________a hot topic for tonight’s TV show.
b.Neither his voice nor his donation to the funding organization ________ forgotten in the days to come.

26.have, has, had, will have, shall have
a.She is the only one of the factory who ________ been laid up.
b.This is the only family in the community who ________ different opinions while making up the mind.

27.be, is, was, are, were, will be, shall be, has, have, had
a.She is one of the girls who ________ been to the Sentosa Beaches.
b.This is the only one of the houses which ________ newly built up in this area.

28.physics, gentry, binoculars, bronchitis, bacteria, stimulus
a.Singular only: ________________________
b.Plural only: ________________________

三、填空题（本大题共20小题,每小题1分,共20分）
Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.
A.Fill in the blank with assertive, non-assertive or negative words:

29.I think I’ve lost that green scarf of mine; I can’t find it ________.

30.——"I’d like some more cheese."
——"I’m sorry there’s ________ left."

31.I’m trying to persuade him to come but I’m getting ________.

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