2001年4月全国高等教育自学考试
英语语法试题及参考答案
I. 单项选择题(本大题共20 小题，每题1 分，共20 分)
Choose the best answer from the choices given:
1. In the end , he __________. [ ]
a. got invited b. gets invited
c. was invited d. was to be invited
2. He wore dark glasses to avoid __________. [ ]
a. having been spotted b. to be spotted
c. spotted d. being spotted
3. A new theory __________ before it can be put into practice. [ ]
a. must be tested b. be tested
c. can be tested d. to be tested
4. Sooner than __________ for others, she started her own business. [ ]
a. working b. worked
c. to work d. work
5. I can’t afford as __________ car as this one. [ ]
a. expensive a b. an expensive
c. a more expensive d. a most expensive
6. Do what I tell you --__________! [ ]
a. or else b. or so
c. and that d. and do
7. This is the house __________ windows were broken. [ ]
a. whose b. which
c. its d. of which
8. A hot shower, a cup of milk, a bag of potato chips, and then a good sleep __________ the luxury that he needed after the examination. [ ]
a. are b. was
c. were d. is
9. Every drop of tears, every moan out of pain and every cry for help then __________ like knife cutting deep into his heart. [ ]
a. was b. are
c. were d. is
10. I expect all the letters __________ promptly. [ ]
a. being typed b. to be typed
c. having been typed d. to have been typed
11. The information was later admitted __________ from unreliable sources. [ ]
a. to be obtained b. to have been obtained
c. that it has been obtained d. that it was obtained
12. For a child to give up less mature idea for a more sophisticate one, it requires that the child_____________ psychologically ready for the new idea. [ ]
a. is b. be
c. were d. would be
13. We still have a lot of problems __________. [ ]
a. unsolved b. unsolving
c. unsolve d. to be unsolved
14. He regretted __________ her the truth. [ ]
a. having told b. to have told
c. had told d. to tell
15. Domestic-made TV sets are not __________ imported ones at all. [ ]
a. more inferior than b. inferior to
c. inferior than d. more inferior as
16. __________ by accident __________ by design, he arrived too late to help us.
[ ]
a. Not only. . . but also b. Neither. . . nor
c. Whether. . . or d. Both. . . and
17. __________ , he managed to remain among the top 5% of his class. [ ]
a. To work hard as he did b. Working hard as he did
c. Work hard as he did d. Worked hard as he did
18. They left the door open __________ to hear the baby. [ ]
a. so as for me b. so that me
c. in order for me d. and for me
19. New machinery __________ arriving tomorrow. [ ]
a. will be b. is
c. are d. shall be
20. The family __________ able to come to a unanimous consent that the child must be operated on as quickly as possible. [ ]
a. were b. is
c. are d. was