名词单复数 Exercise 9
1. We don’t have _______ today.
a. many homeworks b. much homeworks c. many homework d. much homework 2. I like these dishes but _______ is a little too small.
a. the tea cup b. the cup of tea c. the tea’s cup d. the cup for tea 3. The storm has caused _______ to this region.
a. many damages b. much damages c. much damage d. few damages 4. ― Why couldn’t they meet us at five o’clock?‖
― Because they were delayed by ________.‖ a. heavy traffic b. heavy traffic
c. some heavy traffics d. traffic being heavy 5. Do you like __________?
a. sport b. a sport c. sports d. the sports 6. He gave his son _______.
a. a good advice b. a good piece advice c. some good advices d. a good piece of advice 7. Mr. Wang has a ________ daughter.
a. three-years-old b. three year’s old c. three-year-old d. three-year old
8. Our family ________ not to exchange gifts this year.
a. has agreed b. have agreed c. agrees d. had agreed 9. That is ________ cat.
a. Charles b. Charleses’ c. Charles’s d. Charleses’s 10. She used to have three _______.
a. boys friends b. boy-friends c. boy friend d. boy friends 11. A dozen eggs _______ $5 nowadays.
a. has cost b. costs c. cost d. are cost 12. The news of victory ________ spreading far and wide.
a. are b. is c. have been d. were 13. His ―Selected Poems‖ _________ in 1955.
a. was first published b. has been first published c. were first published d. had first been published 14. He is very tired. He needs ________.
a. a night rest b. a rest night c. a night’s rest d. a rest of night
15. He invited all his _______ to join in his wedding party.
a. comrades-in –arms b. comrades-in-arm c. comrade-in-arms d. comrades-ins-arms 16. All the ______ in the hospital will get a rise tomorrow.
a. women-doctors b. woman doctors c. women doctors d. doctors of women 17. His last works ________ will known among his friends.
a. is b. are c. have been d. was 18. _________ telephoned this morning.
a. My father’s friend b. A friend of my father c. A friend of my father’s d. My father friend 19. That farmer raises ________ on his farm
a. geese b. gooses c . goosen d. geeses 20. He went to the drug-store in order to buy_______.
a. some medicines b. medicines c. medicine d. much medicine 21. The woman over there is ________.
a. Julia and Mary mother b. Julia and Mary’s mother c. Julia’s and Mary’s mother d. mother of Julia and Mary’s 22. Physics _______ with matter and motion.
a. deal b. deals c. are d. is 23. ________is too much for a little boy to carry.
a. A bike’s weight b. Bike’s weight
c. The weight of a bike d. The weights of bikes
24. The Nazi kept those ________ in their concentration camps.
a. prisoner-of-wars b. prisoners-of-wars c. prisoners-of-war d. prisoner-of-wars
25. The public _________ interested in talking about the news.
a. have been b. was c. is d. are 26. ________ grazing on the meadow (草地).
a. The cattle was b. The cattles were c. The cattle were d. A cattle was 27. The Chinese people ________ a great people.
a. are b. is c. can be d. has been
28. Sending _________ ―special delivery‖ costs about fifteen times as much as sending it ―regular
delivery‖.
a. mails b. a piece of mail c. a mail d. pieces of mail
29. Have you got any matches? I’ve left my _________ at home.
a. cigarette lighter b. cigarette’s lighter c. lighter for cigarettes d. cigarettes’ lighter
30. The fire started in the basement and quickly spread to the first floor, where it destroyed all the
_______ in the language lab.
a. furnitures and equipments b. furniture and equipment c. furniture and equipments d. furnitures and equipment 31. They bought ________ in department store.
a. trousers, clothes and pyjama b. trouser, cloth and pyjama c. trousers, clother and pyjamas
d. trousers, cloth and pyjamas
32. Recently, he has lost all his ________ at cards. a. wage and saving b. wages and saving c. wage and savings d. wages and savings 33.The football team ________ a bath now.
a. is having b. are having c. has d. have 34. We are going to have ________quiz.
a. a few minutes b. a few minute c. a few minutes’ d. a few minutes’s 35. Do you like ______ for breakfast?
a. toasts b. a toast c. toast d. some toast
36. In ten years’ time, all those youngsters will become ______.
a. grown-ups b. growns-up c. growns-ups d. grown-up 37. Last Sunday my family went to ______.
a. the Child’s Park b. the Children’ Park c. the Children’s Park d. the Childrens’ Park 38. Dor has been handling some of Miss ________. a. Jone’s work b. Jones’s works c. Jones’ work d. Joneses work 39. Electronics _______ rapidly in the last decade. a. advance b. has advanced c. have advanced d. advances
40. Doctor Adams explained that not all bacteria _____harmful. a. were b. was c. are d.is 41. The Colonel reported to the _________ office. a. Chief-of-staff’s b. Chief’s-of-staff’s c. Chiefs-of-staff d. Chief-of-staffs’s 42. He took _______ as to what he should do.
a. his friend’s advise b. his friend’s advices c. an advice of his friend d. his friend’s advice 43. I will give you ________ to finish it.
a. two weeks time b. two week’s time c. two-week time d. two weeks’ time 44. On hearing the joke, she burst into ________. a. a loud laughter b. loud laughter c. loud laughs d. loud laughings
45. Could you please tell me the _______ for Biology 457 and Chemistry 610. a. room’s numbers b. room numbers c. rooms numbers d. numbers of rooms
46. The conference was organized for all of the ________ in the state. a. mathematic teachers b. mathematics’s teachers c. mathematics’ teachers d. mathematics teachers 47. A thief is a danger to ______.
a. the society b. society c. societies d. a society 48. The newly-built library is a _____building.
a. five-storey b. five storeys c. five-storeyed d. five storeys’
49. The surroundings a child grows up in usually _____ an effect on his development. a. have b. had c. do d. has 50. The doctor checked up both Wang’s _____ hearts.
a. father-in-law’s and his brother-in-law’s b. father’s-in-law and his brother’s-in-law c. father-in-law and his brother-in-law’s d. father-in-laws’ and his brother-in-laws’
Exercise 21
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1. A ________ hall is needed for such a big assembly.
a. spacious b. spatial c. spacing d. space 2. If the weather is good, we shall go on a picnic______.
a. altogether b. altogether c. all-together d. all together
3. In the densely _____ part of the city, the problem of air pollution must be solved.
a. populous b. popular c. populated d. population 4. Eating an apple a day is considered ________.
a. healthy b. healthful c. healthily d. health 5. The mayor of the city is a ________ old man.
a. respective b. respectful c. respecting d. respectable 6. As a writer, Walter was very ______.
a. imaginary b. imaginable c. imaginative d. imagery 7. I will meet you at the theatre if that’s _______ with you.
a. all right b. alright c. allright d. all-right
8. I believe reserves of coal here are ________ to last for fifty years.
a. efficient b. sufficient c. proficient d. effective 9. We are _______ for the dance.
a. already b. already c. all ready d. all-ready
10. She is so __________ that she cried for days when her pet rabbit died.
a. sensitive b. sensible c. sensory d. senseless 11. No sooner had he gone to bed than he fell ______.
a. sleepy b. slept c. asleep d. sleeping 12. Tom arrived at 8 and Bill arrived ten minutes ______.
a. later b. latter c. lately d. last 13. I can’t come tonight, it’s _______ impossible.
a. fairly b. quite c. very d. rather 14. Morrison seems _______ refreshed after his vacation.
a. very b. very much c. too d. much very.
15. The meat is not ready ______ and it ______ has to be cooked for another five minutes.
a. still…yet b. yet…still c. yet…already d. already…yet
16. I couldn’t find my English-Chinese dictionary ________.
a. anywhere b. everywhere c. somewhere d. nowhere 17.These apples look _______.
a. nicely b. nice c. sweetly d. sweet
18. The twins are so much _________ that it is difficult to tell one from the other. a. similar b. same c. like d. alike
19. Most of what Bill said was _______; only one or two minor points he made were not closely connected with the matter being discussed.
a. reliable b. relative c. related d. relating 20. Although he is sill ______, his soul is dead.
a. living b. alive c. lively d. live 21. Although he is _______ intelligent, he is ________lazy.
a. fairly… rather b. rather…fairly c. fairly… little d. much…rather
22. The task wasn’t easy, but we managed to fulfill it _______.
a. anyhow b. anyway c. somehow d. somewhat 23. If the cab arrives ________, you will miss the flight.
a. late b. lately c. latter d. later
24. The ________ edition of the dictionary is far better than the previous ones. a. latest b. last c. lasting d. late 25. The American dream does not come to those who fall ______.
a. sleeping b. sleep c. asleep d. slept
26. The project is not _____ a failure. It is a success in some respects. a. altogether b. nevertheless c. therefore d. but
27. Thomas said that he was late because he was caught in a traffic jam. That was a _____ story. a. like b. alike c. likely d. liking 28. A laser beam can be turned into a _____ weapon.
a. dead b. dying c. deadly d. deathly 29. The students study very hard and are ______ to questions.
a. responsible b. responsive c. responding d. responded
30. I was ______ when I learnt that your application for the post of secretary had been unsuccessful.
a. regrettable b. regretted c. regretful d. regrettably 31. I can’t read your writing. It is ______.
a. illegal b. eligible c. illegible d. illiterate 32. Weight-lifting is an ______ exercise.
a. exhausting b. exhaustive c. exhausted d. exhaustible 33. Your sister has a _______ voice and she speaks ________.
a. distinctive…distinctly b. distinct…distinctively c. distinctive…distinctively d. distinct…distinctly
34. The negotiation between these two countries has yielded no result. A war is____. a. eminent b. dominant c. predominant d. imminent 35. Tom is the most ______ pupil in the class.
a. industrious b. indulgent c. industrialist d. industrial 36. Henry wasn’t paid because he was the _______ secretary of the association.