2001年4月全国高等教育自学考试英语语法试题及参考答案

2001年4月全国高等教育自学考试

英语语法试题及参考答案

I. 单项选择题(本大题共20 小题，每题1 分，共20 分)

Choose the best answer from the choices given:

1. In the end , he __________. [ ]

a. got invited                                     b. gets invited

c. was invited                                    d. was to be invited

2. He wore dark glasses to avoid __________. [ ]

a. having been spotted                        b. to be spotted

c. spotted                                         d. being spotted

3. A new theory __________ before it can be put into practice. [ ]

a. must be tested                               b. be tested

c. can be tested                                 d. to be tested

4. Sooner than __________ for others, she started her own business. [ ]

a. working                                        b. worked

c. to work                                        d. work

5. I can’t afford as __________ car as this one. [ ]

a. expensive a                                    b. an expensive

c. a more expensive                           d. a most expensive

6. Do what I tell you --__________! [ ]

a. or else                                           b. or so

c. and that                                        d. and do

7. This is the house __________ windows were broken. [ ]

a. whose                                           b. which

c. its                                                d. of which

8. A hot shower, a cup of milk, a bag of potato chips, and then a good sleep __________ the luxury that he needed after the examination. [ ]

a. are                                                b. was

c. were                                             d. is

9. Every drop of tears, every moan out of pain and every cry for help then __________ like knife cutting deep into his heart. [ ]

a. was                                              b. are

c. were                                             d. is

10. I expect all the letters __________ promptly. [ ]

a. being typed                                    b. to be typed

c. having been typed                          d. to have been typed

11. The information was later admitted __________ from unreliable sources. [ ]

a. to be obtained                                b. to have been obtained

c. that it has been obtained                  d. that it was obtained

12. For a child to give up less mature idea for a more sophisticate one, it requires that the child_____________ psychologically ready for the new idea. [ ]

a. is                                                  b. be

c. were                                             d. would be

13. We still have a lot of problems __________. [ ]

a. unsolved                                       b. unsolving

c. unsolve                                         d. to be unsolved

14. He regretted __________ her the truth. [ ]

a. having told                                    b. to have told

c. had told                                        d. to tell

15. Domestic-made TV sets are not __________ imported ones at all. [ ]

a. more inferior than                          b. inferior to

c. inferior than                                  d. more inferior as

16. __________ by accident __________ by design, he arrived too late to help us.

[ ]

a. Not only. . . but also                       b. Neither. . . nor

c. Whether. . . or                               d. Both. . . and

17. __________ , he managed to remain among the top 5% of his class. [ ]

a. To work hard as he did                   b. Working hard as he did

c. Work hard as he did                       d. Worked hard as he did

18. They left the door open __________ to hear the baby. [ ]

a. so as for me                                  b. so that me

c. in order for me                              d. and for me

19. New machinery __________ arriving tomorrow. [ ]

a. will be                                           b. is

c. are                                               d. shall be

20. The family __________ able to come to a unanimous consent that the child must be operated on as quickly as possible. [ ]

a. were                                             b. is

c. are                                               d. was