易错题   (二)

 

1.She weighed eight pounds__________birth.

  A.in   B.on   C.at   D. before                                     (C)

2.He prefers________his letters rather than__________.

  A.writing, dictate     B.to write,  to dictate    

  C.writing, to dictate  D.to write, dictate                         (D)

3.When I got to the cinema, the film_________for ten  minutes.

  A.had begun   B. has begun   C. had been on  D. was                (C)

4.Please set the bicycle__________it was.

  A.where   B.the  place   C.the place where  D.there where          (A)

5.Listen! Here________!

  A.is coming a car  B. comes he   C. comes a car  D.is he coming    (C)

6.I'm afraid none of us can________the machine that has been

  imported from abroad. Which of the following is wrong?

  A.work  B.run   C.turn  D.operate                                  (C)

7.You_______taller than I expected.

  A.are growing  B.grow  C.grown  D.have grown                       (D)

8.The boy used to believe that the police_________hard________people.

  A.is, on  B.are,  to  C.was,  at  D.were,  on                      (D)

9.I don't know if he________, if he________,I'll let you know.

  A.will come,  comes     B. comes,  will come

  C.comes,comes           D. will come, will come                    (A)

10.Let's cut the apple_________and share it.

   A.into half   B.by half  C.into halves   D. in halves             (C)

11.You must pay attention to________the  works of Luxun.

   A.read   B.reading   C. reader     D.be read                      (B)

12.Nothing could_______the boy from risking______the tall building.

   A.prevent, climbing   B.stop, to climb

   C.keep,and climb      D.force, to go down                         (A)

13.I'll drop in________the new address.

   A.to leave   B. leaving   C. leave   D.left                       (A)

14.The problem is not easy__________.

   A.to work it out B.to work out C.working out D.to be worked out   (B)

15.________do you think everyone here calls him?

   A.How   B. Which   C. What   D. Where                             (C)

16.We were lucky,_________no sooner had we returned home__________ 

   it started to snow.                                                

   A.because;when  B.even if;than  C.since;when  D.for;than          (D)

17.I lost everything_______my watch while living in that hotel.

   A.besides   B.except   D. and   D. with                           (B)

18.This kind of food doesn't agree_________the old.

   A.to    B.on    C.about    D. with                                (D)

19.He_______her, but he did not choose to.

   A. may have told     B.might have told   (表责备)

   C. could have told   D.must have told                 (表客观情况)(C)

20.Hearing the sad news,_________.

   A.tears came to his eyes   B.his eyes were filled with tears

   C.his face turned pale     D.he couldn't help crying              (D)

21.Mr.Chen is________our English teacher.He is also a friend of ours.

   A.no more than  B.not more than  C. more than  D.much more of     (C)

22.Her face_________a new expression.

   A.took up   B.took off   C.took in   D. took on                   (D)

23.We'll_________our conversation tomorrow.

   A.carry out   B.carry through    C.carry on   D.carry off         (C)

24.You________pale. What's the matter with you?

   A.are looking   B.have looked  C.look    D.looked                 (C)

25.--My grandfather left for New York this morning.

   --Oh, I thought he________until next week.

   A.won't be going      B.isn't going

   C.wasn't going        D.hadn't been going                         (C)

26.--Do you mind my smoking here?

   --Well, I'd rather you________.

   A.don't   B. won't   C.didn't   D.mustn't                         (C)

27.There were________passengers waiting at the bus stop.

   A.two scores  B. two scores of  C.scores  D.two score of          (D)

28.It's quite________that he will become well soon.

   A. sure   B. right   C. certain   D.OK                            (C)

29.It is________to be fair today.

   A.sure  B.right   C.certainly   D.OK                              (A)

30.I can hardly get asleep__________the noise outside so loud.

   A.as   B. for   C. with   D. because of                           (C)

31.The speaker________his voice so as to be heard.

   A.increased   B.lifted   C.rose    D.raised                       (D)

32.I_________to watch the football match yesterday,but I could not

   get a ticket.

   A.had hoped   B. would hope   C. was hoping   D. hoped            (A)

33.Both Tom and John are tall. But Tom is_______than John.

   A.less taller   B. as tall as  C. not taller  D. no taller        (C)

34.Why don't you do it_________other way?

   A.by   B. with   C. some   D. any                                 (C)

35.As she_________the newspaper, Granny________asleep.

   A.read,was falling           B.was reading,fell

   C.was reading,was fallin g   D.read,fell                          (B)

36.She won't believe it until she_________it with her own eyes.

   A. see   B. has seen   C. saw   D. will see                       (B)

37._________made him unhappy was_________you did not agree with him.

   A.It,what  B.It,that  C.What,what  D.What,that                    (D)

38.His written work is still_________satisfaction.

   A.a far way from            B.out of the way of

   C.by way of                 D.a long way off   (远远不够)         (D)

39.They________last week after they________for several years.

   A.maried, had engaged   B.got married, had been engaged

   C.married with each other,had been engaged

   D.were married, had engaged                                       (B)

40.Text books__________to come in time.

   A.require  B.required  C.are required  D. are requiring           (C)

41.His wife________to catch the first train but she was too late.

   A.hoped  B. had hoped  C. has hoped  D. would hope                (B)

42.It was not until she had arrived home________remembered______

   the key in her office.

   A.when she,to leave          B.and she,leaving

   C.that she,leaving           D.she,to leave                       (C)

43.When and where to build the new factory_______yet.

   A. is not decided      B. are not decided

   C. has not decided     D. have not decided                        (A)

44.Would you be_______do me a favour?

   A.kind enough  B. so kind as to  C. as kind as  D. enough kind    (B)

45.It is time that I________my hair cut.It is the third time that   I________to the barber's shop.

   A.had,have gone  B.have,have gone  C.have,went D.had,go           (A)

46.--What was the pop music like?

   --Wonderful. It's years_________I enjoyed myself so much.

   A.after   B. where   C. before   D. since                         (D)

47.The Olympic Games__________every four years.

   A.held   B. is joined in   C. are held   D.is happened            (C)

48.The suit's finished,________it?

   A.doesn't   B.isn't   C.hasn't   D.was                            (B)

49.________is important to us.

   A.To learn English well    B. We learn English well

   C.We learning English well D. That learning English well          (A)

50.Mr. Zhao, an English teacher, sat  up  far  into  the  night

   ________a paper on how to teach beginners of English.

   A.and worked at   B.and worked on  C.working at  D.working on     (D)

51.Jim is often seen  to be made_________behind after school.

   A.to stay   B.stay   C.staying   D.stayed                         (A)

52.Hearing the news, he  hurried  home, ________the  book________

   on the table.

   A.leaving, lying open    B. leaving,  lie opened

   C.left, lay opened       D. left,  lain open                      (A)

53.That school is actually________ours.

   A.larger three times than     B.three times as large

   C.as three times large as     D.one third the size of             (D)

54.She spoke too quickly _________.

   A.not to be understood     B. not to understand

   C.to be understood         D. to understand                       (C)

55.The airport is five miles_________.

   A.away from here    B.far away from here

   C.far from here     D. from here away                             (A)

56.The bad weather meant_______the rocket launch for 48 hours.

   A. delaying   B. to delay   C.having delayed  D. to have delayed  (A)

57.The lecture on how to enjoy pop music is really________worth

   _______.

   A.well, listening to           B.very, listening

   C.well, listening              D.very, listening to               (A)

58.He didn't do any work today but_________about all day.

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

59.Never_______so excited before.

   A.has he   B.he has    C.has he been   D.he has been              (C)

60.The doctor insisted that one of the wounded soldier's legs______off.

   A.be cut   B.must be cut   C.to be cut   D.must cut               (A)

61.Mary had her friend______the best one.

   A.choose   B.chosen   C.chose   D. to choose                      (A)

62.He has_________.

   A.forty head of cattle     B. fourty heads of cattle

   C.forty heads of cattles   D. fourty head of cattles              (A)

63.________of the students in our class are from the north.

   A.Two-nineth   B.Two-ninth   C.Two-ninths   D.two nineths         (C)

64.As there were not enough lifeboats for everybody, 1500 lives_______.

   A.were lost   B. lost   C. were losing   D. had lost              (A)

65.Mr Smith was made_______of the university.

   A.a president  B.president   C.the president  D.be president      (B)

66.Take________measures you consider best.

   A.whatever   B.however   C.what   D.which                         (A)

67.He thought it no good________me know it.

   A.make   B.to let   C.letting   D.permitting                      (C)  

68.--I'm very tired.

   --You really should stop________to bed.

   A.studying and go       B.studying and going

   C.to study and go       D.being put up                            (A)

69.We had a hard life _________in my childhood.

   A. at a time  B.at all times  C.at one time  D.at any time        (C)

70.He must be a doctor, _______he?

   A.mustn't   B.can't   C.wasn't   D.isn't                          (D)

71.Mary is no longer_________she was five years ago.

   A.whom   B.that   C.what   D.when                                 (C)

72.Is this the watch you wish to_______?                            

   A.have it repaired B.repair it C.have repaired D.have repaired it (C)

73.Hardly_______the door when the wind blew it open.

   A.did I shut  B.I shut   C.I had shut   D. had I shut             (D)

74.The doctor asked me not to leave my wound_________.

   A.exposed  B.to expose  C.to be exposed  D.exposing               (A)

75.He stood for a moment with his hand still________.

   A.risen   B.raising   C.raised   D.having raised                  (C)

76.He________in a chair as soon as he came in.

   A.seated  B.seated himself  C.is sitting  D.sits                  (B)

77.It's no use_______that you did not know the rules.

   A.your pretending       B.for your pretending

   C.by your to pretend    D.if you to pretend                       (A)

78.Before liberation, the poor peasants_________that  they  could 

   hardly support their families.

   A.lived so hard life        B.lived so a hard life

   C.led such hard life        D.led such a life                     (D)

79.There are________of books in our school library.

   A.a good many  B.many  C.scores  D.a large quantity               (C)

80.It is said that one of my classmates has________.

   A.turned singer               B.turned a singer

   C.become singer               D.become the  singer                (A)

81.Mother told me that snakes_______very cold.

   A.felt   B.were felt   C.were feeling  D.are felt                 (A)

82._________myself, I began to eat.

   A.Be seated  B.Seated  C.Seat  D.Seating                          (D) 83.The science of medicine,_______progress has been made very rapidly   lately, is perhaps the most important of all the sciences.

   A.of which  B.in which  C.which  D.to which                       (B)

84.________several times,the young scientist still kept on making

   his experiments.

   A.Having been failed       B.Being failed

   C.Although he failed       D.Because of failure                   (C)

85.His family_________fond of music.

   A.are   B.is   C.used to   D.is used to                           (A)

86.I didn't quite follow you.What was_______you just said about the   place?

   A.where     B.which     C.that     D.how                          (C)

87.We had no idea about the traffic accident_______you told us.

   A.until    B.unless    C.except    D.only if                      (A)

88.I really don't know_______she is to arrive in Hangzhou.

   A.it is when that          B.when it is that

   C.that when it is          D.when is it that                      (B)

89.What was most________to her was that nobody came to her help.

   A.surprise   B.surprising   C.surprised   D.to surprise           (B)

90.Jane was quite alone in the world________an aunt in Brazil.

   A.except   B.except for   C.besides   D.instead of                (B)

91.His mother was ill in hospital,so he had to_______$2000 for his car.

   A.pay    B.cost    C.take    D.spend                              (C)

92.Every minute must be made full use of_______our lessons,for the

   college entrance exam is coming.

   A.going over   B.to go over   C.go over   D.our going over        (B)

93.With the door________on,the thief's heart_______faster.He_______

   the window open and jumped out of it in a hurry.

   A.knocked;beat;struck          B.being knocked;beat;hit

   C.being knocked;hit;beat       D.beat;hit;struck                  (B)

94.She held the gold medal,trying to keep back her________tears.

   A.exciting   B.more exciting   C.excited   D.much excited         (C)

95.I'm fond of all the subjects we are learning,________chemistry.

   A.mainly  B.especially  C.specially  D.generally                  (B)

96._______at the news that I didn't know what to say or how to

   comfort her.

   A.So sad she looked         B.So sad did she look

   C.So sadly she looked       D.So sadly did she look               (B)

97.--Who_________the piles of leaves________fire?

   --The man over there.

   A.put;on     B.set;on     C.put;to     D.set;to                   (B)

98.--What about_________play?

   --Oh,it's so inspiring________play that we were all deeply moved.

   A.a;the     B.the;a     C.a;a     D.the;the                       (B)

99.--How is Mike's homework done?

   --_________.

   A.All right    B.Very good    C.Rather bad    D.Quite well        (D)

100.I like this kind of computer very much,and I decide to buy_______.

    A.this     B.that     C.it     D.one                             (D)