2. The ____ difficulties of the country will not diminish unless inexpensive fertilizers can be widely distributed. a. economics b. economic c. economy d. economical 3. We believe that the younger generation will prove ____ of out trust. a. worth b. worthless c. worthy d. worthwhile 4. A laser beam can be turned into a ____ weapon. a. dead b. dying c. deathly d. deadly
5. Henry was not paid because he was the ____ secretary of the association. a. honourable b. honoured c. honourary d. honouring
6. I was ____ when I learnt that your application for the post of secretary had been unsuccessful. a. regrettable b. regretted c. regretful d. regrettably 7. It was ____ of you not to play the piano while I was having a sleep. a. conservative b. considerate c. considerable d. consistent 8. We had the greatest difficulty ____ getting here in time. a. imaginary b. imaginative c. immense d. imaginable 9. Who is the greatest man____? a. living b. live c. alive d. lively 10. We ate in the ____ restaurant. a. new unusual Chinese b. unusual new Chinese c. Chinese new unusual d. new Chinese unusual 11. ____ carvings were donated to the museum.
a. Original twenty wood African b. Twenty original wood African c. African twenty original wood d. Twenty original African wood 12. There are ____ chairs in the living-room. a. dark three very comfortable blue b. three very blue comfortable dark c. three very comfortable dark blue d. very comfortable three dark blue 13. It?s quite late now and Mr. White ____ hasn?t left his office. a. still b. alreadly c. since d. yet 14. He doesn?t ____ have foreigners in his cafe. a. soon b. seldom c. often d. sometimes 15. The seats in the second plane ____.
a. had completely been almost all filledb. has all been almost completely filled c. had almost all been completely filledd. had almost been completely filled all 16. ?It seems to me what they want is reasonable.?
?Don?t doubt it is, and maybe they?d get it if they ____ in a nice way.? a. only asked for it b. for it only asked c. asked only for it d. asked for it only
17. Tuition at an American university runs ____ one thousand dollars a semester. a. so high as b. as high to c. as high as d. as high than 18. Frank plays ____ Alex. a. a lot more better than b. much more better than c. a lot better than d. much more well than 19. ?What do you do when you get a headache??
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?Since i?m allergic to aspirin, I take Tylenol ____.? a. instead of b. rather than c. instead d. rather 20. Mrs. Brown told me that she would go ____. a. to downtown b. downtown c. in downtown d. for downtown
II. To identify and correct mistakes.
1. Of these alternatives I prefer the formal but she prefers the latter. A B C D
2. Thomas Jefferson was very ambition and served his country in several different A B C D capacities.
3. Even though she looks very young, she is twice older than my twenty-year-old A B C D siser.
4. Modern buttons, unlike early ones, are frequently mass-produced and usually made
A B C D of plastics. 5. Music can make an exciting story more exciting, a sad one sad, a happy one gayer. A B C D 6. It would be worth to read this book twice. A B C D
7. My father-in-law has just recently bought a green new car made in Japan to replace A B C his old one.
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8. Despite the time of the year, yesterday?s temperature was enough hot to turn on A B C D the air conditioning.
9. The governor has not decided how to deal with the new problems already. A B C D
10. The veterans spent a year in the hospital; consequently they emerged well A B C entirely. D
11. The scientists who are probably mostly interested in flights to the moon are A B C D geologists.
12. They went straightly home without stopping at Jim?s for the game ended late. A B C D 13. To completely understand the situation requires more thought than he has given A B C thus far. D
14. As quiet as possible he unfastened the door and went out into the frosty December
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A B C D night.
15. In order for one to achieve the desired results in this experiment, it is necessary A B that he work as fastly as possible. C D
16. A liter is scientific defined as the volume of one kilogram of water at its maximum A B C D density.
17. She spoke with a so strong accent that we hardly understood her. A B C D
18. Peter did rather well in the test, but I did rather badly. A B C D
19. She speaks always English to her boss while she is in the office. A B C D
20. The President returned with only a few vague cultural and scientific agreements. A B C D
21. Although Clyde is formally from Pennsylvania, he finds it difficult to get used to A B C the cold we are having. D
22. The price of gold on the world market has been rising highest each year. A B C D
III. Put in the missing preposition:
1. I am grateful ____ you ____ your advice. 2. He is critical ____ my work.
3. She is jealous ____ her friend?s success.
4. I am very much obliged ____ you ____ your help. 5. He was found unfit ____ military service. 6. He is very much attached ____ his family. 7. He was accused ____ stealing a watch. 8. He said he was innocent ____ the crime. 9. He was found guilty ____ the crime. 10. He is absorbed ____ his work. 11. We are confident ____ our success.
12. I can?t get accustomed ____ driving along the left side of the road. 13. I am not acquainted ____ him. 14. He is generous ____ his money.
15. It was very thoughtful ____ you to bring us umbrellas. 16. Many people are blind ____ their own faults.
IV. To fill the following blanks with these adverbs: away, back, out, about, off. 1. John has taken me ____ twice this week.
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2. Mary?s ____ and won?t be ____ before 11 o?clock. 3. I don?t feel like cooking. Let?s eat ____ tonight. 4. Stop ordering me ____. I don?t work for you. 5. Please look after the baby when I?m ____. 6. We have been invited ____ for dinner.
7. When I look____ I can see the mistakes I made in my youth. 8. I thought you were still ____. When did you get ____? 9. Christmas is a long way ____ still.
10. We had five days ____ for the Spring Festival.
Exercise IV: 限定词
I. Choose an appropriate determiner to fill in each of the blanks: 1. Why is there ____ traffic on the streets in February than in May? a. less b. fewer c. few d. little
2. On account of the typhoon ____ shipment will arrive this week. a. neither b. all c. both d. these
3. They paid ____ money for the machine than I expected. a. little b. less c. much d. fewer 4. There are trees on ____ side of the street. a. such a b. both c. some d. each 5. Have you got ____ copies to go round? a. the other b. enough c. a little d. much 6. I saw ____ cars outside the building. a. a little b. any c. lots of d. neither 7. There?s ____ water in the bottle. a. few b. a number of c. plenty d. any 8. I?d like ____ paper. a. a few b. several c. a bit of d. these 9. There are ____ mistakes in the paper. a. the b. a little c. much d. a few
10. Do they have ____ air-conditioners for cooling the rooms in summer? a. many a b. enough c. a great deal of d. a bit of 11. Don?t worry about the seats. There are ____ chairs in the room. a. plenty of b. any c. both d. most 12. There is ____ iron in this mine than in that one. a. much b. a great deal of c. less d. a lot of 13. ____ work has to be done before the plant goes into operation. a. Much b. Double c. A number of d. Neither 14. He wrote ____ essays on Victorian novels in his class. a. the next b. the most c. the other d. the more 15. The model worker had ____ thought of his own interests. a. the last b. less c. the least d. another 16. There must be ____ empty talk but more hard work.
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a. fewer b. no c. the least d. another 17. He has published _____ short stories in English.
a. a great amount of b. a number of c. another d. many a 18. We had ____ rainfalls last summer. a. too much b. little c. a little d. only several 19. ____ care would have prevented the accident. a. Much b. Little c. A little d. A few 20. The students spent ____ their time working in the fields. a. both b. most c. more d. half 21. The additional work will take ____ weeks. a. the other b. another five c. other five d. the more 22. He did it in ____ time it took me. a. the one-third b. half a c. the double d. one-third the 23. I saw ____ boys at the cinema. a. the both b. many a c. both the d. the several 24. ____ candidates are girls. a. Half the b. The half c. Their half d. Half a 25. He was on leave ____ days.
a. the few last b. few another c. few other d. the last few 26. ____ friends usually speak highly of him. a. His some b. His many c. Many his d. Some his 27. Please serve me ____ soup. a. more some b. the less c. more the d. some more 28. ____ alloy may be used to replace copper. a. Such a b. Some such c. Such some d. Several such 29. Please send ____ samples to London by air. a. these enough b. five these c. enough these d. these five 30. Are you going to buy ____ rice? a. all these b. these all c. all this d. both these 31. They want at least ____ salaries.
a. their double b. double their c. enough their d. their enough 32. ____ dictionary is enough for me. a. Such one b. One such c. Such a one d. One such a 33. ____ factors should be considered. a. These all b. Such all c. All such d. Some these 34. ____ evenings he did enjoy himself immensely.
a. The first few b. The few first c. The first some d. Some the first 35. ____ meat is tainted. a. That one-third b. One-third that c. Such a d. Few such 36. ____ cases have been reported. a. Such few b. Such some c. Few such d. Some these 37. ____ boys were in the classroom. a. All five other b. Other all c. All the more d. All the other five 38. ____ recommendation has so far been made by the technicians.
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