2011湖南在职研究生网语法复习要点练习
Exercise 1.1
1. Twenty dollars ______ all I can afford to pay for the recorder.
A. is B. are
C. were D. being
2. Each and every witness ______ expected to give testimony he does not wish to disclose.
A. are B. be
C. have D. is
3. During the past few years the number of automobile accidents in Beijing ______ decreased. (a number of ns)
A. have B. is
C. has D. are
4. He was all ______ at the news that he had been admitted into the Communist Party.
A. smile B. smiles
C. smiling D. smiled
5. The coffee isn’t hot enough. Let me get you ______ that is hotter.
A. one B. some
C. any D. those
6. The inner emptiness of all Hollywood pictures ______ by an outer impressiveness.
A. are compensated for
C. have been compensated for
B. is compensated for
D. has compensated for
7. You should give more ______ to do this.
A. thoughts B. thought
C. thinking D. thoughtfulness
8. Home computer-teachers may replace the classroom teachers as ______ takes over the education of young people.
A. machine B. machines
C. machinery D. machineries
9. The rise of divorce rate and the increasing number of young people who choose to live in extramarital arrangements ______ many thoughtful people to question the future of marriage.
A. has led B. have led
C. lead D. leads
10. Some critics argue that Edgar Allan Poe’s poetry ______ more music than meaning.
A. is B. are
C. as being D. had been