动词的语态 基础练习

Exercise

Directions: Read the following sentences, for the blanks, there is a word given in the brackets. Fill in each of these blanks with the proper form of the given word.

1. The manager entered the office and was happy to learn that four-fifths of the tickets _______ (book).

2. The new suspension bridge _______ (design) by the end of last month.

3. Rainforests _______ (cut) and burned at such a speed that they will disappear from the earth in the near future.

4. By the end of last year, another new gymnasium _______ (complete) in Beijing.

5. Telephone messages for the mangers _______ (leave) on her desk but she didn't notice them.

6. John had to have his car repaired in a garage because it _______ (damage) seriously.

7. Officials say that few patients _______ (infect) with the virus owing to the effective prevention.

8. The prison sentence he received _______ (base) on the number of crimes he had committed.

9. The employees _______ (advise) that they should renew their contracts within a week.

10. A lot of people often forget that oral exams _______ (design) to test our communicative ability.

11. The diamond mine _______ (discover) accidentally by a little boy when he was playing hide-and-seek.

12. The first use of atomic weapons was in 1945, and their power _______ (increase) enormously ever since.

13. The number of deaths form heart disease will be reduced greatly if people _______ (persuade) to eat more fruit and vegetables.

14. More than a dozen students in that school _______ (send) abroad to study medicine last year.

15. When he turned professional at the age of 11, Mike _______ (expect) to become a world champion by his coach and parents.

16. With the help of high technology, more and more new substances _______ (discover) in the past years.

17. In recent years many football clubs _______ (run) as business to make a profit.

18. During the period of recent terrorist activities, people _______ (warn) not to touch any unattended bag.

19. The church tower which _______ (restore) will be open to tourists soon. The work is almost finished.

20. After getting lost in a storm, a member of the navy team _______ (rescue) four days later.