Choose the appropriate forms in brackets: P71 II

1.      The Browns (is, are) moving away on Saturday.  

2.      No one will fail to marvel at the (snow, snows) of the Himalayas.

3.      We visited Niagara (Fall, Falls) last summer.

4.      I hate to see you in such (a low spirit, low spirits)

5.      My special tanks (goes, go) to Professor Brown, who read the first draft of this book and gave me a lot of invaluable (advice, advices).

6.      He dug deep in his pocket only to produce two (pence, pennies).

7.      There has been an increasing number of (man, men) teachers in primary schools in the past few years.

8.      Your politics (seem, seems) to be at variance with mine.

9.      The Chinese (is, are) an industrious people.

10.  Turn left at the second (crossroad, crossroads).

Answer: 1. are, 2. snows, 3. Falls, 4. low spirits, 5. go, advice, 6. pennies, 7. men, 8.seem, 9. are, 10.crossroads

Correct errors in the following sentences: p97 II

1.      I can’t put up with such all rude remarks any more.

I can’t put up with all such rude remarks any more.

2.      Whole Chicago was excited at the news that the Bulls won the fifth NBA championship.

All Chicago/ The whole of Chicago was…

3.      Many his colleagues speak highly of him.

His many/Many of his colleagues

4.      There were people on all sides of the street.

On both sides/each side/either side of the street.

5.      The new stadium is the three time size of the old one.

Three times the size of the old one

6.      The kangaroos are becoming pests in Australia.

Kangaroos are becoming pests in Australia

7.      Such an advice will do more harm than good.

Such advice will do more harm than good

8.      I can’t put up with the friend of yours.

I can’t put up with that friend of yours.

9.      She was the first woman to swim across English Channel.

She was the first woman to swim across the English Channel.

10.  You may find him in the reference room of teachers.

You may find him in the teachers’ reference room.

Answer:

 

Choose the best answer: (p133)

1.     Two and two   make     four.

A.Made   B. make  C .will make  D.is making

2.     She   is eating    very little food every day because her doctor advises her to keep on a diet. But I’m sure she’ll soon relapse to her old habit of overeating.

Aeats    Bhas eaten   C.has been eating      D  is eating

3.     What    have    you  been doing      over the past two years?

did….do     do….do    are….doing   have….been doing

4.     The weather  was going to be   very cold as soon as the night fell.

\was going to be    was   was getting    was to be

5.     Considering it was the first time she   had made     a speech to the public, she did a wonderful job.

was to make    would make   had made   was making

6.     Bill  has had      several jobs since he  was      at Harvard.

has had … wasn’t   had…was    has had…was    had…wasn’t

7.     The food  smells      awful. Throw it away before the children eat it.

Smells    is smelling   smelt   has smelt

8.     He  had intended      to escape but his conscience prevented him from doing that.

had intended     has intended   had been intending   has been intending

9.     Look at these black clouds – there   is going to be     a storm.

will be     is going to be   is being   is to be

 If paper    hadn’t been     invented, we  would have      no books.

wasn’t … would have         hadn’t been …have

wasn’t …. would have had          hadn’t been…would have

Answer: 1. b   2. d   3.d   4.a   5.c   6. c   7. a   8.a   9. B    10.d

P134（下面两道题可看可不看）

III. Put the verbs in brackets into proper forms:

1.     It’s high time you   started     (start) to think about your chances of landing a good job after graduation.

2.     I’ll make sure that everything    is    (be) ready before I leave for holiday.

3.     You   have been     (be) in the bathroom for ages.  Haven’t       you nearly        finished(finish)?

4.     The doctor  is feeling      (feel) my pulse. He says it   feels     (feel) normal.

5.     I know it will need a lot of courage the first time one   makes     (make) a parachute jump.

6.     She felt as if she  had been      (be) in that house before.

7.     I  had wanted      (want) to send you a message by E-mail but my computer broke down.

8.     We’d rather you   kept     (keep) silent about the matter.

9.     Go away. You  are being      (be) a nuisance here. I  am trying      (try) to concentrate.

10.    We  are landing      (land). Fasten your seat belt.

Answer:

1. started    2. is    3. have been; Haven’t…finished    4. is feeling; feels    5. makes   
6. had been    7. had wanted    8. kept    9. are being; am trying    10. are landing

IV. Correct errors in the following sentences:

1.      How long have you bought this jacket you’re wearing?

How long is it since you bought this jacket you’re wearing?

2.      It’s ages since I didn’t see him.

It’s ages since I saw him.

3.      She went to bed by the time she had done all the housework.

She had done all the housework by the time she went to bed.

4.      If it is to rain tomorrow, we’ll have to change our schedule.

If it rains tomorrow, we will have to change our schedule.

5.      It’ll be the first time I have an interview for a job.

It’ll be the first time I have had an interview for a job.

6.      I have just now come back from the supermarket.

I came back from the supermarket just now.

7.      The vegetables look very appetizing. Have you cooked them yourself?

The vegetables look very appetizing. Did you cook them yourself.

8.      We’ve been having this awful weather for a whole week, haven’t we?

We’ve had this awful weather for a whole week, haven’t we?

9.      Have you seen him just now?

Did you see him just now?

10.  I have met him for the first time in 1990.

I met him for the first time in 1990.

Turn the following active-voice sentences into the passive if possible, using by-phrase if necessary: （p158）

1.      We should bear in mind that he did all this out of his patriotism.

It should be borne in mind that he did all this out of this patriotism.

2.      Who wrote War and Peace? Who was War and Peace written by?

3.      Did you send my package by EMS?

Was my package sent by EMS？

4.      A garbage man collected the garbage just now.

The garbage was collected just now

5.      No one has ever invited her to a party since then.

She has never been invited to a party since then.

6.      The police, not your parents, are going to punish you for drunken driving.

You are going to be punished for drunken driving by the police, not by your parents.

7.      Among the 375 passengers, only a baby survived the air-crash.

8.      He raised his hand as if to ask a question.

9.      How are you getting on with your new roommate?

10.  Why did you make such a terrible mess of my house?

Why was such a terrible mess made of my house?

11.  Don’t try to expect them to reward you with the money they promised.

Don’t try to expected to be rewarded with the money they promised.

12.  She enjoys their praising her children at school.

She enjoys her children being praised at schoold.

*每年都有2道主动变被动（共4分）

III. Fill in each blank with the proper subjunctive form of the verb in brackets:

1.     I recommend that favourable consideration    be    (be) given to his application for admission.

2.     If he  were      (be) here now, I don’t think you’d have the guts to flirt with his secretary.

3.     My father suggested that I   enter     (enter) Harvard rather than to start a business now.

4.     When I entered his office, he didn’t say a word, nor did he raise his head, as if I  were     (be) invisible.

5.     Far    be    (be) it from me to turn my back to her when she is in need of my help.

6.     He ran away lest they    catch    (catch) him.

7.     I wish I   were     (be) taller and stronger so that they wouldn’t dare to treat me by rough handling.

8.     It is desirable that everybody  mind      (mind) his or her own business.

9.     I propose that a woman member of the committee    be    (be) appointed for the chair.

10. It is very important that the textbooks  be    (be) available before school starts.P187 II

Rephrase the following sentences using modal auxiliaries(考试可能会考原题),

04/05年都考过此题

Example: Perhaps he is the right person for the job.

               He may be the right person for the job.

1.      I’m sure you have left your bag on the subway.

You must have left your bag on the subway.

2.      It is possible that the dean will accept your proposal if you put it in the right way.

The dean may accept your proposal if you put it in the right way.

3.      He was the last person to commit the embezzlement.

He can’t have committed the embezzlement.

4.      The Bulls were probably not well prepared for the third game of the 1997 NBA final.

The Bulls may not have been well prepared for the third game of th 1997 NBA final.

5.      It’s not even barely possible that he had the guts to defy the club rule.

He can’t have had the guts to defy the club rule.

6.      I have every reason to believe that your remarks were the last straw that constituted his ultimate indignity. Your remarks must have been the last straw that constituted his ultimate indignity.

7.      Don’t you think it is desirable that every man and woman contribute to the environmental protection?

Don’t you think that every man and woman should contribute to the environmental protection?

8.      It is reasonable to assume that the paparazzi directly caused Princess Diana to die.

The paparazzi must have directly caused Princess Diana to die.

9.      What an impressive paper! Actually, it was not necessary for you to write such a long essay. The professor only asked for four or five hundred words.

You needn’t have written such a long essay.

10.  They were obliged to sell their house in order to pay their debts.

They had to sell their house in order to pay their debtsl

1.       

Chapter 7 辅导材料上的练习 （P8）

I Choice

1.     They played hard but still  couldn’t     (couldn’t/can’t) win the game.

2.     He  was able to    (was able to / could) win the gold medal because he had been training hard.

3.     Look at the traffic jam. The road  may    (may/can) be blocked not far from here.

4.     Technically speaking, bank notes   can   (can/may) be counterfeited.

II. Choice:

1.     They   D   here yesterday.

A. can’t be    B. must be    C. mustn’t have been    D. can’t have been

2.       C   you have left your glasses at the office.

A. should     B. would     C. could       D. can

3.     You   B   go and apologize to her.

A. did      B. may just as well    C. can     D. coul

4.        B  there be life on Mars?

A. May     B. Can    C. Must     D. Should

5.     Where    B  he be found?

A. May     B. Can    C. Must     D. Should

6.     Next month my parents  B    married for 40 years.

A. will be     B. will have been    C. had been     D. were

7.     If you  A    so much, no wonder you’re fat.

A. will eat     B. eat     C. should eat     D. eats

8.     They   B   on the project for three days by now.

A. will have worked    B. will have been working   C. will work   D. work

9.     It’s strange that she C     her evening dress for such informal party.

A. wears    B. wore    C. should wear    D. would wear

10.    You   D   the parcel home. The shop have delivered it if you had asked.

A. didn’t need to carry   B. didn’t carry   C. mustn’t have carried   D. needn’t have carried

P211

I. Fill in each blank with the proper non-finite form of the verb brackets:

1.     Her friend never imagined her  staying    (stay) at home willingly and  taking    (take) care of a large family after she got married.

2.     The committee decided  to put    (put) him on probation for two weeks.

3.     I don’t think it wise  to encourage    (encourage) young people   to defy   (defy) authorities.

4.     They don't permit   smoking   (smoke) in public places.

5.     If you don’t feel like   working   (work) in my company, why   stay   (stay) here?

6.     They guarantee  to offer    (offer) free repair service within the first two years after you buy the car.

7.     approaching     (approach) the house, he saw  lying    (lie) on the doormat a letter      addressed (address) to him from Calvin, who had disappeared three years before.

8.     After the fourth divorce, he had practically noting  left    (leave)

9.     He tried  using    (use) a new microphone and was able to make himself  heard    (hear).

10.    If you favour      (work) on night shift, you may go and sign up at the superintendent’s office.

11.    I suggest  helping    (help) the poor fellow  to take    (take) the weight off his mind.

12.    Rather than   ask     (ask) for help from his rivals and   be     (be) teased by them, he resolved  to sell   (sell) his business.

13.    There’s not much point  arguing    (argue) any further

14.    Leave   go   (go) of my arm. You’re hurting me.

15.    I’ve heard the book  condemned    (condemn) many times.

16.    He pretended not  to be    (be) interested but his eyes betrayed him.

17.    It’s very dangerous  to bribe    (bribe) a police officer  to tell    (tell) lies.

18.    If you think you can still fool me into  believing    (believe) your promises, you are wrong.

19.    It seems that you are beginning  to understand    (understand) my point.

20.    We managed  to talk    (talk) him into  accepting    (accept) our terms. It doesn’t matter whether or not he regrets   doing   (do) that now.

II. Replace the finite clauses in italics by non-finite constructions:

1.      Don’t take his words seriously if he professes that he knows everything about your history.

Don’t take his word seriously if he professes to know everything about your history.

2.      I’m sure it’ll do you good if you admit that you made the mistake.

I’m sure it’ll do you good if you admit making the mistake.

3.      The two parties agreed that they would merge into a bigger and stronger party for the coming general election. The two parties agreed to merge into a bigger and stronger party for the coming general election.

4.      He swore that he would take revenge on his father’s murderer.

He swore to take revenge on his father’s murderer.

5.      I felt that my mind weight was lifted after he promised.

I felt my mind weight lifted after he promised.

6.      It’s a good idea that we give him a surprise party for his birthday.

It’s a good idea to give him a surprise party for his birthday.

7.      The president threatened that he would exercise a veto if the congress insisted that tobacco sales be cut down nationwide. The president threatened to exercise a veto if the congress insisted on cutting down the tobacco sale.

8.      I only wish I could achieve half your success.

I only wish to achieve half your success.

9.      Please advise me which I should choose.

Please advise me which to choose.

10.  This is the best book that has appeared this year.

This is the best book to appear this year.

Chapter 8 复习资料上的练习 (P9)

II. Choice:

1.     They can’t but   B   our terms.

A. to accept    B. accept    C. accepts    D. accepted

2.     Those people   A  than play.

A. would sooner work    B. would work    C. worked    D. will work

3.     They managed to  B    on their small income.

A. do    B. make do    C. make    D. made

4.     We hear her   D   the piano upstairs every evening.

A. to play    B. playing    C. played    D. play

5.     I noticed Peter  B    to Mary to her in the book store this morning.

A. talking    B. talk    C. talked    D. talks

6.       A   ask for help, she decided t work it out by herself.

A. Rather than    B. More than    C. Rather     D. No sooner than

7.     She doesn’t allow her husband   B   in the room.

A. smoking    B. to smoke    C. smoked    D. to have smoked

8.     He suggested her   C   for a position.

A. apply     B. to apply    C. applying    D. applied

9.     We tried to   C   vegetables but found it harder than imagined.

A. to grow    B. to have grown    C. growing    D. grew

10.    His technique  A    increasingly specialized.

A. was becoming    B. became    C. had become    D. become

11.    The food  B    rotten fast in such hot weather.

A. gets    B. is getting    C. has got    D. is got

12.    Though people all believed that he was guilty, he  C    .

A. got unpunished    B. was unpunished    C. went unpunished    D. had been unpunished

13.    As agriculture  A  increasingly mechanized, more and more farmers moved to the cities to look for jobs in factories.

A. Grew mechanized    B. were mechanized    C. mechanized    D. had been mechanized

14.    We left a lot of problems   A   during our last meeting.

A. to solve    B. solving    C. solved    D. to be solved

 P240 II. Fill in the blanks with the adjectives in brackets in correct order:

1.     There is a  large French    restaurant near the school. (French, large)

2.     Where did you get the  expensive ancient mahogany    furniture? (ancient, mahogany, expensive)

3.     I’d like to have these three   fragile China porcelain   vases sent by special delivery. (fragile, porcelain, Chinese)

4.     The most impressive furniture in his office is a  huge comfortable leather    chair. (huge, comfortable, leather)

5.     The old man did not leave anything to his niece but a   big red Russian salad   spoon. (Russian, salad, big, red)

III. Choose among the two alternatives the correct one that can complete each sentence:

1.     Joe is twenty and his brother is three years (elder/older).

2.     Larry is (more/the more) liberal-mined of the two executives.

3.     What is the (funnier/funniest) joke you have ever heard?

4.     Let me start with a (less/lesser) issue before I explain the problem of our major concern.

5.     As they went (father/further) in their investigation of the case, they had (more/ the more) evidence to prove their assumption of a political conspiracy.

6.     There are (more intelligent monkeys / monkeys more intelligent) than the mayor of the town.

7.     I can’t afford as (expensive a/an expensive) car as this one.

8.     This library has available (children’s books as many as / as many children’s books as) you want to borrow for your school.

9.     Don’t start riding the high horse. These people are not (more inferior than / inferior to ) you at all.

10.    The piano is a great deal (as good as / better than) the old one.

P273 II. Fill in each blank with an appropriate coordinator or subordinator:

1.         when    he worker stopped for lunch, people were allowed to enter the building.

2.        Mr. Clinton was a high school teacher for many years,  and    now he is teaching at the university.

3.        He carried the parcel all the way home,  which    was actually unnecessary.

4.         Although    the end of the term is nearly at hand, Jerry has not completed all of the projects he had hoped to finish.

5.        Not everyone can go to Cambridge   or   Oxford. You’re one of the privileged few.

6.        You won’t enjoy your trip to Mexico  unless    you are careful about what you eat.

7.        They drove to the village  where    the barn dance was to take place.

8.         whereas    he was on the verge of starvation, his brother was living an extravagant life.

9.        You can deceive her some of the time,  but    not all the time.

10.    It’s none of my business   that   you want to marry a girl twenty years younger than you are.