2012高考英语语法总复习分类试题：

动词语态语法专项练习50题

 

1. The classroom _____ 50 feet long.

A. measures              B. is measured                     C. has                   D. has length

 2. I need one more stamp before my collection _____.

A. has completed        B. completes                          C. had been completed   D. is completed

 3. —_____ the sports meet might be put off.

 —Yes, it all depends on the weather.

A. I’m telling        B. I’ve been told                  C. I’ve told          D. I told

 4. —Have you moved into the new house?

 —Not yet. The rooms _____.

A. are painting                  B. are being painted  C. are painted              D. are being painting

5. If city noises _____ from increasing, people ____ shout to be heard even at the      dinner table 20 years from now.

A. are not kept/have to                                              B. do not keep/have to

C. are not kept/will have to                                          D. do not keep/will have to

 6. He _____ while he _____ to get away through the window.

A. got caught/tried                                                 B. caught/tried

C. was caught/was trying                                            D. had been caught/was trying

 7. We didn’t arrive until the mansion _____ to ashes.

A. had been burnt        B. had burnt                       C. has burnt             D. was burning

 8. —Why did he look so excited?

 —He ____ a three-week leave.

A. was granted           B. had granted                   C. has granted           D. had been granted

 9. A 10-member committee _____ to investigate the affair.

A. is established                                                    B. is to be established

C. has established                                                  D. is to establish

 10. I promise that the matter will be _____.

A. take care of         B. take care                     C. taken care           D. taken care of

 11. She _____ David for a year.

A. married with           B. married to                       C. has been married to  D. has been marrying to

 12. Only a few students _____ to take part in the English competition.

A. have chosen          B. have been chosen            C. has chosen                  D. has been chosen

 13. I _____ ten minutes to decide whether I should reject the offer.

A. was given            B. gave                                           C. had given              D. was giving

 14. The police found that the house _____ and a lot of things _____.

A. has broken into/has been stolen                                B. has broken into/stolen

C. had been broken into/stolen                                      D. had broken into/had been stolen

 15. 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

 16. My little brother should love _____ to the cinema this evening.

       A. to take          B. to be taken             C. being taken      D. taking

 17. In some parts of the world, tea _____ with milk and sugar.

       A. is serving          B. is served                        C. serves                    D. served

 18. We all know that ice _____.

       A. feels coldly     B. is felt coldly               C. is feeling cold              D. feels cold

 19. I’m glad to tell you we have finished the work in less time than we _____.

       A. were expected to                                               B. were expecting to

       C. expected to                                                    D. would expect to

 20. The pipe made of bamboo can _____ water.

       A. used to carry                                         B. be used to carrying

       C. be used to carry                                        D. be used for carry

 21. The boy is looking forward _____ a gift on his birthday.

       A. to be given                                                     B. to being given

       C. to giving                                             D. to have been given

 22. When I came in, all the seats _____.

       A. has taken         B. was taken                     C. had been taken       D. had taken

 23. She often comes to help me without _____ to.

       A. being asked        B. asking                          C. is asking                    D. asked

 24. Does the TV need _____ now?

       A. to fix            B. being fixed                    C. to repairing        D. to be fixed

 25. Every possible means _____, but none proves successful.

       A. has tried         B. is tried                            C. is being tried       D. has been tried

 26. _____ that they can pass the written exam this time.

       A. That hopes        B. It is hoped                   C. It is being hoped          D. It hopes

 27. The question asked by him is hard _____.

       A. to answer          B. to be answered           C. for answer                  D. to be answering

 28. How sweet the music _____!

       A. is sounded        B. is being sounded          C. sounds                   D. sounds to be

 29. In warm weather fruit and meat _____ long.

       A. don’t keep          B. are not kept                   C. cannot be kept              D. are not keeping

 30. _____ to have been rich.

       A. He says          B. That was said                C. They say               D. He is said

 31. Mathematics is difficult _____.

       A. for learning         B. to learn                          C. to be learned        D. of learning

 32. The pencil _____ well.

       A. is written       B. is writing                          C. writes                     D. is being written

 33. —Where is the coffee table?
    —Tom just had it ___ away.

       A. move           B. moving                                     C. moved                   D. moves

 34. Good medicine _____ to the mouth.

       A. tastes bitterly                                         B. is tasted bitterly

       C. is tasted bitter                                         D. tastes bitter

 35. —How does Mary like her new job?

    —She _____ with the hour.

       A. can’t satisfy                                 B. isn’t satisfied

       C. doesn’t satisfy                                         D. hasn’t satisfied

 36. The book was received so eagerly that it _____ on the first day.

       A. was sold out   B. sold out                                C. was sold up                  D. sold up

 37. Textbooks _____ to come in time.

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

 38. —The tower is the tallest building in the city.

    —_____ from here?
       A. Can see it         B. Can it see                                C. Can it being seen    D. Can it be seen

 39. Parker _____ to work in a government office though he hated serving there.

       A. wanted          B. had wanted                            C. was wanted                D. was wanting

 40. —Did you enjoy last night’s concert?
    —Yes, though the last piece _____ rather poorly.
       A. played                  B. was played                    C. was playing             D. has been played

 41. The Anti-Japanese War _____ in 1937 and it _____ eight years.

       A. broke out/was lasted                                 B. was broken out/was lasted

       C. broke out/lasted                                               D. was broken out/lasted

 42. My sister wants to work in a power plant which _____ still _____.

       A. is/being built  B. is/building                          C. has/been built              D. is/to be built

 43. The work _____ before building a bridge is to make a good design.

       A. must do       B. must be done                     C. must be doing        D. that must be done

 44. Can such a thing _____ from happening again?

       A. prevent      B. be prevented                          C. prevented                    D. to prevent

 45. _____ the end of next May this task _____ finished.

       A. At/will be   B. At/will have been                  C. By/will have                D. By/will have been

 46. The maths problem _____ among the students soon.

       A. is about to discuss                                     B. is to discuss

       C. is going to discuss                                     D. is going to be discussed

 47. —Harry! You _____ on the phone.

    —Oh, I’m coming. Thank you.

       A. want          B. are wanting                       C. are wanted               D. are being wanted

 48. That’s all settled. It _____ about.

       A. needn’t be talked                                     B. isn’t talked

       C. needn’t talk                                           D. hasn’t been talked

 49. Do you remember _____?

       A. how it is done                                                  B. how to do

       C. how it is done by                                      D. it how to be done

 50. My hair is so long that I must go to a barber’s shop and _____.

       A. have to cut it    B. have it cut               C. have cut it           D. have it be cut