每周一练

I. Multiple Choice

1. The ticket _____ one person to the show.

A. admits B. enters C. permits D. includes

2. If you know the answer_____ the question ______, please answer it a loud voice.

A. to; above all B. of ; in all C. of; after all D. to; at all

3. Who is it up _____ decide whether to go or not?

A. to to B. to C. for to D. to for

4. _____ nice, the food was sold out soon.

A. Tasted B. Tasting C. To taste D. Being tasted

5. No far from the club, there was a garden, ______ owner seated in the garden, playing chess with some friends.

A. whose B. its C. his D. which

6. --- I can’t find Mr. Brown. Where did you meet him this morning?

--- It was in the hotel ______ he stayed.

A. that B. which C. where D. when

7. As a teacher, I seldom give my students so difficult a problem ______ they can not work out.

A. that B. if C. in order that D. as

8. In China today women ______ 47% of the workforce and nearly three quarters of the mothers with children are in paid work.

A. build up B. make up C. add up D. keep up

9. ______, I don’t like him at all. But it’s strange that he should be so popular among the kids.

A. Personally to speak B. Personally speaking

C. Personally spoken D. Speaking personally

10. These two areas are similar ______ they both have a high rainfall during this season.

A. besides that B. in that C. except that D. so that

11. So difficult ______ it to live in an English speaking country that I determined to learn English well.

A. I have felt B. have I felt C. I did feel D. did I feel

12. ______the day ______, the weather got worse.

A. As; passing B. With; going by

C. With; has gone by D. As; has passed by

13. ______ that this one will meet our need.

A. In my opinion B. I believe C. I think in mind D. I seem

14. John plays football, _______, if not better than David.

A. as well B. as well as C. so well D. so well as

15. If a northerner lives in the south, he will probably feel that ______.

A. he doesn’t agree to the climate there B. the climate doesn’t agree with him

C. he can’t agree with the climate there D. the climate doesn’t agree to him

16. It was so easy and ______ so reasonable.

A. in a way B. in the way C. in this way D. by the way

17. You must ______ the traffic here.

A. watch over B. watch for C. watch out D. watch out for

18. His diligence give him certain advantages _____ other students in the class.

A. of B. on C. over D. above

19. --- I saw no more than one motor-car in that shop. Will you go and buy ______?

--- No, I’d rather find ____ in other shops.

A. one; one; B. it; it C. one; it D. it; one

20. The opening province which ______ thirteen countries and three coastal cities will quicken its paces of economic development.

A. consists of B. makes up C. is included D. is contained

21. More and more people are signing up for Yoga classes nowadays, _______ advantage of the health and relaxation benefits.

A. taking B. taken C. having taken D. having been taken

22. Society is a building, to the construction of ______ everyone brings a brick.

A. what B. that C. which D. where

23. --- I saw Dave in the lift this morning.

--- Really? He _______ around here for a long time.

A. won’t be seen B. wasn’t seen C. hasn’t been seen D. hadn’t been seen

24. Our school is very large. _____ ,the number of the students _____ 3500.

A. Together; is B. Altogether; are C. In all; are D. In total; is

25. ---Tom, you are caught late again.

--- Oh, ______.

A. not at all B. just my luck C. never mind D. that’s all right

II. Fill in the blank

1. He is too s______ to work out such a difficult problem.

2. Can you c______ the cost of his journey.

3. The children w_____ in the woods that day.

4. Our football c________ trains the team.

5. The wealth of society is c______ by the laboring people.

6. I t________ agree to your plan.

7. He is one of ______ _____ ______ (最有头脑的人) of our firm.

8. The managing director _______ _________ ____ ________ ____.

(亲自写信向我表示感谢)

9. Sam didn’t get the job, but he is not worried because ____ ______

________ ________ ________ (反正薪酬也不高)

10. Science is _______ ____ _____ __________ (总在前进)

III. Cloze

“Long time no see” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence

for an American friend’s email I laughed. I thought it was a perfect _1_of Chinglish.

Obviously, it is a word-by-word literal translation of the Chinese greeting with

a _2_ English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a

standard American _3_. I was too thrilled to believe her. Her words could not _4_

Me at all. So I did a _5_ on google.com. To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand

wed pages _6_ “Long time no see”. This sentence has been _7_ used in emails,

letters, newspapers, movies, books, or any other possible place. Though it is _8_

informal, it is part of the language that Americans use daily. _9_, if you type this

phrase in Microsoft Word, the _10_ will tell you that the grammar needs to be

corrected.

Nobody knows the _11_ of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that

it came from Charlie Chan’s movies. In 1930s, Hollywood moviemakes successfully

_12_ a world wide famous Chinese detective named “Charlie Chan” on wide

screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom _13_

quoting Confucius. “Long time no see” was his trademark. Soon after Charlie Chan,

“Long time no see” became a _14_ phrase in the real world _15_ the popularity of

these movies.

Some people _16_ America to a huge melting pot. All kinds of culture are _17_

in the pot together, and the _18_ the color and taste of each other. American Chinese,

though a minority ethnic group in the United States, is also _19_ some changes to

the stew! Language is usually the first thing to be _20_ in the mixed pot.

1. A. example

B. sign

C. word

D. change

2. A. damaged

B. perfected

C. learned

D. ruined

3. A. custom

B. greeting

C. habit

D. proverb

4. A. persuade

B. encourage

C. convince

D. believe

5. A. job

B. research

C. survey

D. search

6. A. containing

B. printing

C. publishing

D. expressing

7. A. widely

B. hardly

C. seldom

D. deeply

8. A. lots of

B. plenty of

C. lots of

D. sort of

9. A. Unfortunately

B. Luckily

C. Ironically

D. Suddenly

10.A.hardware

B. software

C. operator

D. speaker

11. A. use

B. origin

C. expression

D. meaning

12. A. created

B. published

C. did

D. discovered

13. A. by

B. in

C. with

D. of

14. A. ordinary

B. rare

C. modern

D. popular

15.A. in spite of

B. as to

C. thanks to

D. but for

16. A. compare

B. add

C. join

D. owe

17. A. joined

B. mixed

C. compiled

D. done

18. A. improve

B. change

C. lower

D. promote

19. A. owing

B. putting

C. taking

D. contributing

20. A. influenced

B. mentioned

C. used

D. considered