5. How many of us ______ ,say,a meeting that is irrelevant to us would be interested in the discussion?
A.attended
B.attending
C.to attend
D.have attended
A B C D
B
[解析] attending作定语修饰many of us。
6. The article opens and closes with descriptions of two news reports, each one major point in contrast with the other.
A.makes
B.made
C.is to make
D.making
A B C D
D
[解析] each making...是复合结构,作同位语修饰two news reports。
7. For there ______ successful communication, there must be attentiveness and involvement in the discussion itself by all present.
A.is
B.to be
C.will be
D.being
A B C D
B
[解析] for there to be...是there be的不定式形式,在本题中作目的状语。
8. There was a very interesting remark in a book by an Englishman that I read recently ______ what he thought was a reason for this American characteristic.
A.giving
B.gave
C.to give
D.given
A B C D
A
[解析] giving作主语补语,修饰remark。
9. Nowhere in nature is aluminum found free,owing to its always ______ with other elements, most commonly with oxygen.
A.combined
B.having combined
C.combine
D.being combined
A B C D
D
[解析] its being combined是带逻辑主语的动名语短语,作复合介词owing to的宾语。
10. Just as the value of a telephone network increases with each new phone ______ to the system, so does the value of a computer system increase with each program that turns out.
A.adding
B.to have added
C.to add
D.added
A B C D
D
[解析] add to(=increase)增加,如:This adds to our difficulties.(这会增加我们的困难。)add...to...(=join,unite,put one thing together with another)加,如:If you add 5 to 6 you get 11.(5加6得11。)可见,应该选D,意为“被加入到……”。通过词汇手段来提高语法试题的难度,这是当前成人三级英语语法试题的特点之一,也是命题方式变化的新动向。
11. The vocabulary and grammatical differences between British and American English are so trivial and few as hardly ______ .
A.noticed
B.to be noticed
C.being noticed
D.to notice
A B C D
B
[解析] to be noticed。notice与diffrences是动宾关系,so...as to后接动词不定式,故应用to be noticed。
12. I worked so late in the office that I hardly had time ______ the last bus.
A.to have caught
B.to catch
C.catching
D.having caught
A B C D
B
[解析] 注意:have time to do sth.(有时间做某事),而have a hard time doing sth.(有困难做某事)。
13. Although a teenager,Fred could resist ______ what to do and what not to do.
A.to be told
B.having been told
C.being told
D.to have been told
A B C D
C
[解析] resist(克制住,顶住)后接名词或动名词,常用于否定句中,例如:I could not resist laughing.(我禁不住大笑。)本题谓语动词could resist暗示过去经常性的行为动作,故应选C,而不应选B。
14. He wasn't asked to take on the chairmanship of the society, ______ insufficiently popular with all members.
A.being considered
B.considering
C.to be considered
D.having considered
A B C D
A
[解析] 本题测试分词短语作状语,表示原因。
15. Anyone with half an eye on the unemployment figures knew that the assertion about economic recovery ______ just around the corner was untrue.
A.would be
B.to be
C.was
D.being
A B C D
D
[解析] economic recovery being just around the corner是带逻辑主语的动名词短语,作about的介词宾语。
16. It's easy to blame the decline of conversation on the pace of modern life and on the vague changes ______ place in our ever-changing world.
A.taking
B.to take
C.take
D.taken
A B C D
A
[解析] taking place...是现在分词短语作定语,修饰前面的名词。
17. Marlin is a young man of independent thinking who is not about ______ compliments to his political leaders.
A.paying
B.having paid
C.to pay
D.to have paid
A B C D
C
[解析] be about to do sth.是惯用句型,意为“正要(即将)做某事”,如:He is about to go.(他正要走。)be not about to do sth.在美国有时可表示“不愿”或“不打算”。例如:I'm not about to stop when I'm so close to success.(我已马到成功,我不愿意就此止步。)
1. People cannot but feel puzzling, for they simply cannot understand how he could have made such a stupid mistake. A. but B. puzzling C. simply cannot D. could have made
B 应改为puzzled。
2. Those part-time students expected to offer some jobs on campus during the coming summer vacation. A. to offer B. on C. during D. coming
A 应改为to be offered。
3. With production having gone up steadily, the factory needs an ever-increasing supply of raw materials. A. With B. having gone C. ever-increasing D. of
B 应改为going。
4. He cannot tell the difference between true praise and flattering statements making only to gain his favor. A. true B. flattering C. making D. gain
C 应改为made。
5. Beethoven,the great musician,wrote nine symphonies in his life, most of them were written after he had lost his hearing. A. wrote B. were written C. had lost D. hearing
B 应改为written。
[解析] 在无连接手段的情况下,逗号不能连接并列句,故应把逗号后的部分改为分词独立结构。
6. Mr Jankin regretted to blame his secretary for the mistake, for he later discovered it was his own fault. A. to blame B. for C. for D. discovered
A 应改为blaming或having blamed。
7. The Bunsen burner is so named because it is thoughtto be invented by Robert Bunsen, who was German by birth. A. so B. is thought C. to be invented D. by
C 应改为to have been invented。
8. When I consider how talented he isas a painter, I cannot help but believing that the public will appreciate his gift. A. talented he is B. as a painter C. but believing D. the public
C 应改为believing。
[解析] cannot help doing sth.意为“不禁要做某事”。或改为but believe,意为“不得不相信”。
9. The Portuguese give a great deal of credit to one man for having promoted sea travel,that man was Prince Henry the navigator,who lived in the 15th century. A. give B. one man C. having promoted D. was
D 应改为being。
[解析] that man being...是独立分词结构。
10. Accounts of scientific experiments are generally correct, for those write about science are careful in checking the accuracy of their reports. A. Accounts of B. for C. write about D. in checking
C 应改为writing about。
[解析] writing作定语修饰those。
11. Whenever we hear of a natural disaster,even in a distant part of the world, we feel sympathy for the people to have affected. A. hear of B. even C. sympathy D. to have affected
D 应改为affected。
[解析] affected作定语,修饰people。
12. Some bosses dislike to allow people to share their responsibilities; they keep all important matters tightly in their own hands. A. to allow B. to share C. all D. tightly
A 应改为allowing。
[解析] dislike后接名词或动名词。
13. Generally speaking, the bird flying across our path is observed, and the one staying on the tree near at hand is passed by without any notice taking of it. A. across B. the one C. at hand D. taking
D 应改为taken。
[解析] take notice of sth.注意。本题中taken修饰notice。
14. Because of the recent accidents,our parents forbid my brother and me from swimming in the river unless someone agrees to watch over us. A. Because of B. from swimming C. unless D. to watch
B 应改为to swim。
[解析] forbid sb. to do sth.禁止某人做某事;在非正式英语中可以用forbid sb. from doing sth.但在正式英语和考试中必须用forbid sb. to do sth.。
15. In this way these insects show an efficient use of their sound-produced ability, organizing two sounds delivered at a high rate as one call. A. sound-produced B. organizing C. delivered D. call
16. According to Darwin, random changes that enhance a species' ability for survivingare naturally selected and passed on to succeeding generations. A. a species' B. for surviving C. are D. to succeeding
B 应改为to survive。
[解析] succeeding是现在分词作定语,意为“接替的,继承的”。
17. Neither rain nor snow keeps the postman from delivering our letters which we so much look forward to receive. A. keeps B. which C. so much D. to receive
D 应改为to receiving。
[解析] look forward to后接名词或动名词。
18. The universe works in a way so far remove from what common sense would allow that words of any kind must necessarily be inadequate to explain it. A. remove B. would C. that D. it
19. The more than 50,000 nuclear weapons in the hands of various nations today are more than ample destroying every city in the world several times over. A. The B. more than C. destroying D. over
C 应改为to destroy。
[解析] be ample to do sth.足以做某事。be ample for sth.对……足够的,足以……的。如:£5 will be ample for my needs.
20. As the children become financially independent of the family,the emphasis on family financial security will shift from protection to save for the retirement years. A. financially B. of C. on D. to save
21. Were the Times Co. to purchase another major media company, there is no doubt that it could dramatically transform a family-ran enterprise that still gets 90% of its revenues from newspapers. A. Were B. could C. family-ran D. its
22. The Committee adopted a resolution requiring the seven automakers selling the most cars in the state making 2 percent of those vehicles emissions-free by 1998. A. requiring B. selling C. making D. emissions-free