专项练习
I. 单句改错。（仅限1处）
1. It is said that the weather will last hot for another three or four days.
2. The reporter said that the UFO travelled east to west when he saw it.
3. You’ll get to like the novel after you read it for several times.
4. All that can be done has done.
5. Hand in your papers when you will finish the test.
6. Last Sunday I went to town, buying some apples and visited my grandma.
7. An accident was happened to him when he was on the way to the cinema.
8. I have caught a bad cold for a week and I can’t get rid of it.
9. If you know the rules of word formation, you will understand a large number of English words
when you first come about them.
10. I haven’t seen her since two months.
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。
11. With more forests being destroyed, huge quantities of good earth ______（wash）away each year.
12. —Do you like the material?
—Yes, it ______（feel）very soft.
13. —Why did you leave that position?
—I ______（offer）a better position at IBM.
14. —The window is dirty.
—I know. It ______（not clean）for weeks.
15. Until then, his family ______（not hear）from him for six months.
16. No sooner had he seen me ______ he began to ask me where I had been these days..
17. —Hi, let’s go skating.
—Sorry, I’m busy right now. I ______（fill）in an application form for a new job.
18. —What time is it?
—I have no idea. But just a minute, I ______（check）it for you.
19. Unless extra money ______（find）, the theatre will close.
20. —Haven’t seen you for ages! Where have you been?
—I went to Ningxia and ______（stay）there for one year, teaching as a volunteer.
21. —Tony, why are your eyes red?
—I ______（cut）up peppers for the last five minutes.
22. They made up their mind that they ______（buy）a new house once Larry changed jobs.
23. —Look! Somebody ______（clean）the sofa.
—Well, it wasn’t me. I didn’t do it.
24. —Take this medicine three times a day, Tom.
—Do I have to take it? It ______（taste）so terrible.
25. At this time tomorrow, we ______（fly）over the Atlantic.
26. The bag over there is so big that I suppose it ______（weigh）nearly sixty kilos.
27. —Jack, you look so great!
—Thanks! I have lost 20 pounds since I ______（hire）my personal trainer six months ago.
28. One Hundred Years of Solitude, a world-famous novel about a seven-generation Colombian family, ______（translate）into 37 languages since 1967.
29. Excuse me. I ______（not realize）I was blocking your way.
30. —Excuse me, but I wonder if Joan is available at 1:30 this afternoon.
—I’m afraid she ______（watch）Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
III. 单项选择。
31. ______ in the regulations that you should not tell other people the password of your e-mail account.
A. What is required
B. What requires
C. It is required
D. It requires
32. Food supplies in the flood-stricken area ______. We must act immediately before there’s none left.
A. have run out
B. are running out
C. have been run out
D. are being run out
33. The twins, who ______ their homework, were allowed to play badminton on the playground.
A. will finish
B. finish
C. have finished
D. had finished
34. Frank ______ London by train which ______ at 8:30 next morning.
A. is leaving for; will leave
B. is leaving for; leaves
C. will leave for; will leave
D. leaves for; leaves
35. He ______ articles for our wall-newspaper these years, and he ______ about thirty articles.
A. has written; wrote
B. has been writing; wrote
C. is writing; has been writing
D. has been writing; has written
36. The number of deaths from heart disease will be reduced greatly if people ______ to eat more fruit and vegetables.
A. persuade
B. will persuade
C. be persuaded
D. are persuaded
37. —You look upset. What’s the matter?
—I had ______ my proposal again.
A. turned over
B. turned on
C. turned off
D. turned down
38. To get a better grade, you should ______ the notes again before the test.
A. go over
B. get over
C. turn over
D. take over
39. Most parents ______ much importance to education. They will do their best to give their children that priceless gift.
A. attach
B. pay
C. link
D. apply
40. The two lawyers ______ for a few minutes about the exact meaning of the law.
A. argued
B. discussed
C. quarreled
D. fought
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。
If it rains heavily on the Qixi Festival, some elderly Chinese will say it is because Zhi Nv, the Weaver Girl, 41 （cry）on the day she meets her husband Niu Lang, or the Cowherd, on the Milky Way（银河）.
Long, long ago, there 42 （be）an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang. His parents died when he was a child. Later he 43 （drive）out of his home by his sister-in-law. One day he came across a beautiful girl, the Goddess’s seventh daughter, who 44 （just escape）from boring heaven to look for fun. They lived happily and had two children. But the Goddess of Heaven found out that the fairy girl had married a mere mortal. Finally they were separated by the Milky Way.
The tale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd 45 （celebrate）in the Qixi Festival since the Han Dynasty. The earliest-known reference to this famous myth dates back to over 2600 years ago, which 46 （tell）in a poem from the Classic of Poetry（《诗经》）.
Most Chinese remember being told this romantic tragedy when they were children on Qixi, which 47 （fall）on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.
The love story of the Qixi Festival 48 （hand down）for generations. And it’s certain that these ancient customs 49 （live）forever.
Even Qixi 50 （refer to）as the “Chinese Valentine’s Day” nowadays. More and more young Chinese people meet in celebration of this day in a very similar way as that in western countries.