专项练习

I. 单句改错。（仅限1处）

1. There are only one TV set and two computers in the room.

2. How strange clothes he is wearing!

3. It may have been at Christmas when John gave Mary a handbag.

4. Not until Mr. Smith came to China didn’t he know what kind of a country she is.

5. Nearby was two canoes in which they had come to the island.

II. 在空白处填写1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

6. It is dawn now. However, there ______ still another 20 miles to drive.

7. ______（not tell）him the bad news if he comes here tomorrow.

8. It is Mr. Robbins accompanied by his wife and children who ______（be）in Europe since

several weeks ago.

9. The boy picked up a coin in the road and ______（hand）it to a policeman.

10. —John likes apples and he doesn’t go to school by bus.

—So it is ______ John’s sisiter.

III. 单项选择。

11. Such poets as Shakespeare ______ widely read, of whose works, however, some ______ difficult to understand.

A. are; are

B. is; is

C. are; is

D. is; are

12. It is reported that many a new house ______ at present in the disaster area.

A. are being built

B. is building

C. are building

D. is being built

13. The teacher together with the students ______ discussing Reading Skills that ______ newly published in America.

A. are; were

B. is; were

C. are; was

D. is; was

14. Professor James will give us a lecture on the Western culture, but when and where ______ yet.

A. hasn’t been decided

B. haven’t decided

C. isn’t being decided

D. aren’t decided

15. Either you or one of your students ______ to attend the meeting that is due tomorrow.

A. are

B. is

C. have

D. be

16. Anyone, once ______ positive for the flu virus, will receive free medical treatment from our government.

A. to be tested

B. being tested

C. tested

D. to test

17. It was 80 years before Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic ______ Zheng He sailed to East Africa.

A. when

B. that

C. after

D. since

18. —Alice, feed the bird today, ______?

—But I fed it yesterday.

A. do you

B. will you

C. didn’t you

D. don’t you

19. Before you quit your job, ______ how your family would feel about your decision.

A. consider

B. considering

C. to consider

D. considered

20. ______ a strange animal! I’ve never seen it before.

A. Which

B. What

C. How

D. Whether

21. It was ten minutes ago that there ______ an eraser, a pen and some books on the desk.

A. was

B. were

C. is

D. be

22. John opened the door. There ______ he had never seen before.

A. a girl did stand

B. a girl stood

C. did a girl stand

D. stood a girl

23. It was not until in the evening ______ her husband arrived home.

A. which

B. when

C. that

D. how

24. If ______ to look after luggage for someone else, inform the police at once.

A. asked

B. to ask

C. asking

D. having asked

25. You are waiting at a wrong place. It is at the hotel ______ the coach picks up tourists.

A. who

B. which

C. where

D. that

IV. 阅读下列短文，在空白处填写1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Everyone has different ways to spend time on weekends, and 　26　 have I. I personally think people should be in a good mood when they do physical exercises. 　27　 in this way can they be heathy not only physically but also psychologically. Don’t still diet, or you 　28　 （be）out of touch.

There is a river in my hometown. South of our city 　29　 （lie）a big mountain. So clear is the river 　30　 we can see the fish swimming happily in the bottom. It was between 2015 and 2016 that great changes took place in my opinion about exercise. I chose moutain climbing and became a mountaineer.

There 　31　 （be）interesting hikes inland, but most ramblers stick to the clifftops. Last year some ramblers lost their way in a mountain. The accident served as a timely reminder of just how 　32　 （danger）mountaineering can be. Dangerous 　33　 it is, I still like this activity.

It is only when I climb the top of a mountain 　34　 I began to appreciate its beauty. Especially when 　35　 （reach）the top of the mountain we can enjoy the scenery of the city that we live in.