综合英语（四）复习题
I． Multiple Choice.
1. On the side of the hill, there is a _________ which was once the entrance to a gold mine.
A．deep hole in ground Ｂ．hole deep in ground Ｃ．deep hole in the ground Ｄ．deep in the ground hole 2. We held a meeting to sum up our experiences _________ we finished the work.
A．immediately Ｂ．immediate Ｃ．while D. before 3. Commercial banks make most of their income from interest _________ on loans and
investments in stocks and bonds.
A．earn B. earned C. to earn D. was earned 4. We saw a new play at the theatre, _________ we had supper at a restaurant.
A. after which B. which after C. then which D. and that after 5. She?s got so _______ to light music that it has become a constant companion of her life. A. use to listen B. used to listen C. used in listening D. used to listening 6. In Britain, the _________ are all painted red.
A. letter boxes B. letters box C. letters boxes D. letters? boxes 7. So fast _________ that it is difficult for us to imagine its speed.
A. light travel B. travels the light C. do light travel D. does light travel 8. Will the boy who has taken my pencil bring ________.
A. back to me B. it back to me C. back it to me D. it to me back
9. The size of the audience, __________ we had expected, was well over one thousand. A. whom B. who C. as D. that 10. I wish to shake hands with you, __________.
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A. shall I B. do I C. may I D. will I
11. Only in recent years _________ begun to realize that wild dogs, kept within bounds, often do more good than harm.
A. people have B. since people have C. have people D. people who have 12. Western Nebraska generally receives less snow than ________ eastern Nebraska.
A. does B. in C. it does in D. in it does 13. A body weighs __________ from the surface of the Earth.
A. less the farther it gets B. the farther it gets, the less C. less than it gets farther D. less than it, the farther it gets
14. Ten years had elapsed. I found she had _________.
A. a little white hair B. some white hair C. much white hair D. a few white hairs 15. Sally can?t have written to me, or ________ the letter by now.
A. I?ll get B. I?d get C. I?ll have got D. I?d have got 16. I felt in _________ and took out some money.
A. a pocket my coat B. my coat?s a pocket C. my pocket coat D. my coat pocket
17. How did it come _________ that you made a lot of mistakes in your homework?
A. about B. after C. with D. to 18. I _______ to him because he phoned me shortly afterwards.
A. need have written B. needn?t have written C. must have written D. may have written 19. They have to study a lot, ______.
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A. don?t they B. haven?t they C. did they D. hadn?t they
20. At the last committee meeting, the motion that the club _________ open until midnight was defeated.
A. remains B. remain C. remained D. would remain 21. The reason he wants to take a leave of absence is __________. A. because he is needing a complete rest. B. because he needed a complete rest. C. that he needs a complete rest.
D. because a complete rest is needed by him. 22. This _______ girl is Mary?s cousin.
A. pretty little Swedish B. Swedish little pretty C. Swedish pretty little D. little pretty Swedish 23. There are many kinds of metals, _________. A. each having its special properties. B. having its special properties C. one has its special properties. D. each has its special properties.
24. Amelia Earhart, ____________ woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, was born in 1898.
A. was the first B. she was the first C. the first who was a D. the first 25. Every boy and girl must have _______ hair neatly combed.
A. his B. her C. its D. their 26. They were shipwrecked on a tiny island ________. A. off the coast belonging to Japan.
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B. off of the coast of Japan.
C. off the coast which belongs to Japan. D. off the coast of Japan.
27. He was very strong. Indeed, people said he had _________ of three men.
A. strength B. a strength C. the strength D. as strength 28. They did not find ________ to prepare for the worst conditions they might meet. A. worth their while B. it worthwhile C. it worth D. it worthy 29. I should very much like to have gone to the party but I ________.
A. am not invited B. shall not be invited C. am not being invited D. was not invited
30. _________, work songs often exhibit the song culture of a people in a fundamental form. A. They occur where they are B. Occurring where C. Where they occur D. Where do they occur 31. Darkness __________, the young people lingered on merrymaking.
A．sets in Ｂ．setting in Ｃ．set in Ｄ．had set in 32. __________ is often the case with a new idea, much preliminary activity and optimistic
discussion produce no concrete proposals.
A．That Ｂ．It Ｃ．Which Ｄ．As 33. There is no rule __________ has some exceptions.
A．that Ｂ．but Ｃ．which Ｄ．what 34. I have no doubt _________ he will overcome all his difficulties.
A．whether Ｂ．if Ｃ．that Ｄ．what 35. The brilliance of his satires was _________ make even his victims laugh.
A．so as to Ｂ．such as to Ｃ．so that Ｄ．such that
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36. More than one person _________ been infected with the disease.
A．have Ｂ．having Ｃ．has Ｄ．to have 37. “I?m sure clean, ___________?”
A．am I Ｂ．isn?t I Ｃ．aren?t I Ｄ．am not I
38. They criticized him __________ he should make the same mistake again.
A．unless Ｂ．so that Ｃ．lest Ｄ．in case of 39. You won?t be able to find the job__________ you start right now.
A．lest Ｂ．so that Ｃ．unless Ｄ．that 40. I walked 8 miles today. I never guessed that I could walk ___________ far.
A．that Ｂ．much Ｃ．such Ｄ．as
II. Replace the italicized words with simple, everyday words.
1. overwhelmed by the sepulchral atmosphere
2. Others were using little red telephones that hung on the facades of grocery stores and
tobacco shops.
3. with horizon defined by little hummocks … where separate sheets collide 4. He devoted the whole day to it.
5. So monstrous a discrepancy in evaluation requires us to examine basic principles. 6. I regarded as moonlings all those whose life was lived on a less practical plane. 7. But the great increase in our vocabulary in the past decades compels all dictionaries. 8. to impinge on your eyes
9. where thousands upon thousands of others had lingered on to die in slow agony
10. But one doesn?t have to travel around the world to witness humankind?s assault on the earth. 11. We will never parley.
12. He wants to know what a word will convey to his auditors.
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