每周一练
I. Multiple Choice
1. The ticket _____ one person to the show.
A. admits B. enters C. permits D. includes
2. If you know the answer_____ the question ______, please answer it a loud voice.
A. to; above all B. of ; in all C. of; after all D. to; at all
3. Who is it up _____ decide whether to go or not?
A. to to B. to C. for to D. to for
4. _____ nice, the food was sold out soon.
A. Tasted B. Tasting C. To taste D. Being tasted
5. No far from the club, there was a garden, ______ owner seated in the garden, playing chess with some friends.
A. whose B. its C. his D. which
6. --- I can’t find Mr. Brown. Where did you meet him this morning?
--- It was in the hotel ______ he stayed.
A. that B. which C. where D. when
7. As a teacher, I seldom give my students so difficult a problem ______ they can not work out.
A. that B. if C. in order that D. as
8. In China today women ______ 47% of the workforce and nearly three quarters of the mothers with children are in paid work.
A. build up B. make up C. add up D. keep up
9. ______, I don’t like him at all. But it’s strange that he should be so popular among the kids.
A. Personally to speak B. Personally speaking
C. Personally spoken D. Speaking personally
10. These two areas are similar ______ they both have a high rainfall during this season.
A. besides that B. in that C. except that D. so that
11. So difficult ______ it to live in an English speaking country that I determined to learn English well.
A. I have felt B. have I felt C. I did feel D. did I feel
12. ______the day ______, the weather got worse.
A. As; passing B. With; going by
C. With; has gone by D. As; has passed by
13. ______ that this one will meet our need.
A. In my opinion B. I believe C. I think in mind D. I seem
14. John plays football, _______, if not better than David.
A. as well B. as well as C. so well D. so well as
15. If a northerner lives in the south, he will probably feel that ______.
A. he doesn’t agree to the climate there B. the climate doesn’t agree with him
C. he can’t agree with the climate there D. the climate doesn’t agree to him
16. It was so easy and ______ so reasonable.
A. in a way B. in the way C. in this way D. by the way
17. You must ______ the traffic here.
A. watch over B. watch for C. watch out D. watch out for
18. His diligence give him certain advantages _____ other students in the class.
A. of B. on C. over D. above
19. --- I saw no more than one motor-car in that shop. Will you go and buy ______?
--- No, I’d rather find ____ in other shops.
A. one; one; B. it; it C. one; it D. it; one
20. The opening province which ______ thirteen countries and three coastal cities will quicken its paces of economic development.
A. consists of B. makes up C. is included D. is contained
21. More and more people are signing up for Yoga classes nowadays, _______ advantage of the health and relaxation benefits.
A. taking B. taken C. having taken D. having been taken
22. Society is a building, to the construction of ______ everyone brings a brick.
A. what B. that C. which D. where
23. --- I saw Dave in the lift this morning.
--- Really? He _______ around here for a long time.
A. won’t be seen B. wasn’t seen C. hasn’t been seen D. hadn’t been seen
24. Our school is very large. _____ ,the number of the students _____ 3500.
A. Together; is B. Altogether; are C. In all; are D. In total; is
25. ---Tom, you are caught late again.
--- Oh, ______.
A. not at all B. just my luck C. never mind D. that’s all right
II. Fill in the blank
1. He is too s______ to work out such a difficult problem.
2. Can you c______ the cost of his journey.
3. The children w_____ in the woods that day.
4. Our football c________ trains the team.
5. The wealth of society is c______ by the laboring people.
6. I t________ agree to your plan.
7. He is one of ______ _____ ______ (最有头脑的人) of our firm.
8. The managing director _______ _________ ____ ________ ____.
(亲自写信向我表示感谢)
9. Sam didn’t get the job, but he is not worried because ____ ______
________ ________ ________ (反正薪酬也不高)
10. Science is _______ ____ _____ __________ (总在前进)
III. Cloze
“Long time no see” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence
for an American friend’s email I laughed. I thought it was a perfect _1_of Chinglish.
Obviously, it is a word-by-word literal translation of the Chinese greeting with
a _2_ English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a
standard American _3_. I was too thrilled to believe her. Her words could not _4_
Me at all. So I did a _5_ on google.com. To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand
wed pages _6_ “Long time no see”. This sentence has been _7_ used in emails,
letters, newspapers, movies, books, or any other possible place. Though it is _8_
informal, it is part of the language that Americans use daily. _9_, if you type this
phrase in Microsoft Word, the _10_ will tell you that the grammar needs to be
corrected.
Nobody knows the _11_ of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that
it came from Charlie Chan’s movies. In 1930s, Hollywood moviemakes successfully
_12_ a world wide famous Chinese detective named “Charlie Chan” on wide
screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom _13_
quoting Confucius. “Long time no see” was his trademark. Soon after Charlie Chan,
“Long time no see” became a _14_ phrase in the real world _15_ the popularity of
these movies.
Some people _16_ America to a huge melting pot. All kinds of culture are _17_
in the pot together, and the _18_ the color and taste of each other. American Chinese,
though a minority ethnic group in the United States, is also _19_ some changes to
the stew! Language is usually the first thing to be _20_ in the mixed pot.
| 1. A. example | B. sign | C. word | D. change |
| 2. A. damaged | B. perfected | C. learned | D. ruined |
| 3. A. custom | B. greeting | C. habit | D. proverb |
| 4. A. persuade | B. encourage | C. convince | D. believe |
| 5. A. job | B. research | C. survey | D. search |
| 6. A. containing | B. printing | C. publishing | D. expressing |
| 7. A. widely | B. hardly | C. seldom | D. deeply |
| 8. A. lots of | B. plenty of | C. lots of | D. sort of |
| 9. A. Unfortunately | B. Luckily | C. Ironically | D. Suddenly |
| 10.A.hardware | B. software | C. operator | D. speaker |
| 11. A. use | B. origin | C. expression | D. meaning |
| 12. A. created | B. published | C. did | D. discovered |
| 13. A. by | B. in | C. with | D. of |
| 14. A. ordinary | B. rare | C. modern | D. popular |
| 15.A. in spite of | B. as to | C. thanks to | D. but for |
| 16. A. compare | B. add | C. join | D. owe |
| 17. A. joined | B. mixed | C. compiled | D. done |
| 18. A. improve | B. change | C. lower | D. promote |
| 19. A. owing | B. putting | C. taking | D. contributing |
| 20. A. influenced | B. mentioned | C. used | D. considered |
IV. Proof-reading
| A very young new officer was at a railway station. | |
| He Was on his way visit to his mother in another town. | 1．_______________ |
| And he wanted to telephone to her the time of his train, | 2．_______________ |
| so that she should meet him at the station in her car. | 3．_______________ |
| He looked in all his pocket, but found that he did not | 4．_______________ |
| have the right money for the phone. So he went out | |
| and looked round for anyone to help him. | 5．_______________ |
| At last he stopped an old soldier passed by，and | 6．_______________ |
| said, “Have you got any change for ten pence?” | |
| “Wait a moment，”the soldier says，“Let me have a look.” | 7．_______________ |
| “Don’t you know what to speak to an officer?”the | 8．_______________ |
| officer said angry.“Now start again. Have you got | 9．_______________ |
| any change for ten pence?”“No sir, ” the old soldier answered quickly. | 10．______________ |
I．单项填空
1～5 ADABA 6~10 CDBBB 11~ 15 DBBBB 16~20 ADCDA 21~25 ACDDB
II. 填空：
1.simple-minded 2. calculate 3. wandered 4. coach 5. created 6. totally
7. the best brains 8. wrote personally to thank me 9. it didn’t pay well anyway
10. always on the move
III．完形填空：
1～5 ADBCD 6~10 AADCB 11~ 15 BAADC 16~20 ABBDA
II．改错：
1．way删去，要么用on his way to visit his mother（改了两处），或者on his visit to his mother.
2．第二个to删去，telephone是及物动词，telephone sb.或telephone sb.sth.
3．should改为might或could，so that引导的目的状语从句中常用can／may.
4．pocket改为pockets，指“他所有的口袋”。
5．anyone改为someone，表示“找一个人帮忙”，anyone表示“任何人”。
6．passed前加who／that引导定语从句，或将passed改为passing.
7．says改为said，通篇描述过去的经历。
8．what改为how表方式，“怎么说话”。
9．angry改为angrily, 由副词作状语。
10．√