易错题   (二)

1.She weighed eight pounds__________birth.

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

2.He prefers________his letters rather than__________.

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

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

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

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

4.Please set the bicycle__________it was.

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

5.Listen! Here________!

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

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                                 

7.You_______taller than I expected.

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

8.The boy used to believe that the police_________hard________people.

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

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                    

10.Let's cut the apple_________and share it.

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

11.You must pay attention to________the  works of Luxun.

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

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                        

13.I'll drop in________the new address.

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

14.The problem is not easy__________.

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

15.________do you think everyone here calls him?

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

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         

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

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

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

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

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)

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             

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    

22.Her face_________a new expression.

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

23.We'll_________our conversation tomorrow.

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

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

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

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                        

26.--Do you mind my smoking here?

   --Well, I'd rather you________.

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

27.There were________passengers waiting at the bus stop.

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

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

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

29.It is________to be fair today.

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

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

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

31.The speaker________his voice so as to be heard.

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

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           

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       

34.Why don't you do it_________other way?

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

35.As she_________the newspaper, Granny________asleep.

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

   C.was reading,was fallin g   D.read,fell                         

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

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

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

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

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)        

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                                      

40.Text books__________to come in time.

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

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

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

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                      

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                       

44.Would you be_______do me a favour?

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

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          

46.--What was the pop music like?

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

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

47.The Olympic Games__________every four years.

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

48.The suit's finished,________it?

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

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         

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    

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

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

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                     

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            

54.She spoke too quickly _________.

   A.not to be understood     B. not to understand

   C.to be understood         D. to understand                      

55.The airport is five miles_________.

   A.away from here    B.far away from here

   C.far from here     D. from here away                            

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

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

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               

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

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

59.Never_______so excited before.

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

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               

61.Mary had her friend______the best one.

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

62.He has_________.

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

   C.forty heads of cattles   D. fourty head of cattles             

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

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

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

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

65.Mr Smith was made_______of the university.

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

66.Take________measures you consider best.

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

67.He thought it no good________me know it.

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

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                           

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       

70.He must be a doctor, _______he?

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

71.Mary is no longer_________she was five years ago.

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

72.Is this the watch you wish to_______?                            

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

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             

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

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

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

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

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

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

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                      

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                    

79.There are________of books in our school library.

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

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

   A.turned singer               B.turned a singer

   C.become singer               D.become the  singer               

81.Mother told me that snakes_______very cold.

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

82._________myself, I began to eat.

   A.Be seated  B.Seated  C.Seat  D.Seating                          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                      

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                  

85.His family_________fond of music.

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

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

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

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

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

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                     

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

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

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

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

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

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

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       

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                  

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

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

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

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

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              

97.--Who_________the piles of leaves________fire?

   --The man over there.

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

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                     

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

   --_________.

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

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

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