英语专业四级语法练习题
1.Mary is_______than Alice.(1992)
< experienced a teacher
B.a more experienced teacher
< an experienced teacher
< experienced teacher
an experienced teacher，比较级加在形容词前，因此B。
2._______the two,Bob is________student.(1995)
A.Of,more diligent
B.In,more diligent
C.Of,the more diligent
D.In,the more diligent
the＋比较级＋of the two，因此C。
3.Western Nebraska generally receives less snow than_______Eastern Nebraska.(1996)
A.in
B.it receives in
C.does
D.it does in
完整形式应该是：than Eastern Nebraska receives snow，省去了部分谓语，保留了主语和助动词，可以倒装，因此C。
4.The indoor swimming pool seems to be a great more luxurious than_______.(1998)
A.is necessary
B.being necessary
< be necessary
D.it is necessary
这个句子是一个由than引导的比较状语从句，既然是从句那么可以排除BC；than引导的从句中省略了的主语应该是the indoor swimming pool，为避免重复，一般省略，不需要用it来指代。A。5.There ought to be less anxiety over the perceived risk of mountain climbing than______in the public mind
today.(1999)
< exist
省略了的主语是anxiety，因此谓语动词用第三人称单数：A
6.The experiment requires more money than_______.(2002)
A.have been put in
B.being put in
C.has been put in
< be put in
than引导的从句中省略了的主语应该是money，因此谓语动词要用第三人称单数，C。
7.The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of a fully-loaded truck,_______to the truck.
(2003)
A.the greater stress is
C.the stress is greater
D.the greater the stress
“地表和载满货物卡车的接触面越小，卡车对地面的压强就越大。”A。
8.Some dieters find that after their dieting is over,they ate twice_______they did before their diet.
(1993)
< than
B.as many as
C.much than
D.as much as
D,“饭量是以前的两倍”。A是指“三倍”，不合常理。
9.Language belongs to each member of the society,to the cleaner___to the professor.(1998)
A.as far as
B.the same as
C.as much as
D.as long as
C，as much as“达到与……一样的程度”，完整的后半个句子应是：language belongs to
the cleaner as much as it belong to the professor“语言属于社会的每个成员，既属于清洁工，也属于教授”；as far as“一直到某个程度”；the same as“与……一样”；表示“清洁工和教授是一样的”，意思不妥；as long as“只要”。
10.She did her work______her manager had instructed.(2002)
A.as
B.until
C.when
D.though
as可表示方式，意思是“按照，如同”；“她依照经理的指示办事。”A。
11.The trumpet player was certainly loud.But I wasn’t bothered by his loudness______by his lack of talent.
(2004)
A.so much as
B.rather than
C.as
D.than
A考点是not…so much as句型，表示“与其说是，倒不如说是”、“更多的是，而不是”。“毫无疑问，那个喇叭手的号声吵死了，但与其说我烦他的声音大，倒不如说烦他没吹号的天分。”
12.His remarks were________annoy everybody at the meeting.(2005)
A.so as to
B.such as to
C.such to
D.as much as to
such as为固定搭配，意为“到如此程度以致”，又如：His illness is not such as to cause anxiety.他的病还没有严重到令人担心的地步。
A is to
B what
C is to D
13.Twelve is to three_______four is to one.(1998)
A.what
B.as
C.that
D.like
水对鱼的关系就像空气对人的关系一样：Water is to fish what air is to man.
14.Intellect is to the mind______sight is to the body.(2001)
A.what
B.as
C.that
D.like
智力对于思想，犹如视力对于身体一样。
not+比较级+than,no+比较级+than
15.John is_______hardworking than his sister,but he failed in the exam.(1998)
< less
< more
< less
< so
A，“约翰的用功绝不亚于他，可是这次考试他却没及格。”not less than只是比较约翰和他，没有强调约翰非常用功。
16.Fat cannot change into muscle_______muscle changes into fat.(1999)
A.any more than
< more than
< less than
D.much more than
A，“脂肪不能转变为肌肉，就像肌肉不能转变为脂肪一样。”not…any more than意思是“和…同样都不…”。
as/though/much as
17.David Singer,my friend’s father,______raised and educated in New York,lived and lectured in Africa most
of his life.(1993)
A.who
B.if
C.while
D.though
D，表示转折。答案C while只是表示同时并列的转折。如：While I understand your views,I can’t agree with you.
18.______he needed money for a new car,he decided not to borrow it from the bank.(1998)
A.Much as
B.Much though
C.As much
D.Though much
A,much as可看作是固定词组，作连词，引导让步状语从句，表示“尽管，虽然”。如Much as I should like to see you,I am afraid you could not come.
19.Fool_____Jane is,she could not have done such a thing.(2002)
A.who
B.as
C.that
D.like
B，有倒装，a./n.+as+主语+助动词be，如：Patient as he is,he can’t bear it any longer.
20.______I like economics,I like sociology much better.(2003)
A.As much as
B.So much
C.How much
D.Much as
D，同18题。
21.______,Mr.Wells is scarcely in sympathy with the working class.(2005)
A.Although he is a socialist
B.Even if he is a socialist
C.Being a socialist
D.Since he is a socialist
虽然韦尔斯先生是一个社会主义者，但他对工人阶级却没有什么同情心。表转折含义的只有A项。定语从句
22.Above the trees are the hills,________magnificence the river faithfully reflects on the surface.
(2003)
A.where
B.of whose
C.whose
D.which
C，关系代词在从句中做定语。“树的上面是山，它的倒影忠实地映照在河面上。”
23.Only take such clothes_______really necessary.(1994)
A.as were
B.as they are
C.as they were
D.as are
D，as引导定语从句，先行词是clothes，as在从句中作主语，所以BC不对，因为they是多余的；
A的时态与主句不搭配。
24.______is often the case with a new idea,much preliminary activity and optimistic discussion produced no
concrete proposals.(1994)
A.That
B.It
C.This英语专业四级考试时间
D.As
D，as作关系代词，引导非限定性定语从句，表达整个主句的意思。“正如一种新的观念产生时一样，人们总是做许多准备活动和积极的讨论，却拿不出具体的建议。”
25.This company has now introduced a policy_____pay rises are related to performance at work.
(1996)
A.which
B.where
C.whether
D.what
B，“公司现在提出了一项新政策，依照新政策，工资增长与工作业绩挂钩。”
26.The Physicist has made a discovery,_______of great importance to the progress of science and technology.
(1997)
A.I think which is
B.that I think is
C.which I think is
D.which I think it is
C，I think是插入语，which在从句中就是主语，D中it是多余的。
27.I have never been to London,but that is the city______.(1997)
A.where I like to visit most
B.I’d most like to visit
C.which I like to visit mostly
D.where I’d like most to visit
B，首先排除A，因为the city在从句中作宾语，不能用where引导；C中mostly表示“通常，大部分”，意思不通顺；表示“最想”，用most like，不是like most,most是much的最高级，much一般不修饰不定式，多用于修饰分词。He was much pleased.
28.She remembered several occasions in the past___she had experienced a similar feeling.(98)
A.which
B.before
C.that
D.when
D，从句有自己的主语和宾语，因此不选AC，when引导定语从句在句中作时间状语。B项不合语法，因为主句的时态是一般过去时，从句却是过去完成时。
29.I’ve never been to Lhasa,but that’s the city______.(1999)
A.I’d most like to visit
B.which I like to visit mostly
C.where I like to visit
D.I’d like much to visit
A，同27。
30.Firms that use computers have found that the number of staff______is needed for quality control can be
substantially reduced.(2000)
A.whose
B.as
C.what
D.that
D，that在从句中作主语。使用电脑操作的工厂已经发现可以大大减少质检员工的数量。
31.We’ve just installed two air-conditioners in our apartment,______should make great differences in our life
next summer.(2002)
A.which
B.what
C.that
D.they
A，指代前面的整个句子。
32.They overcame all the difficulties and completed the project two months ahead of time,______is something
we had not expected.(2003)
A.which
B.it
C.that
D.what
A，同上。“他们克服一切困难，提前两个月完成了工程，这是我们没有料到的事。”
名词性从句
33.We can assign the task to______is capable and trustworthy.(1994)
A.whomever
B.who
C.whom
D.whoever
D，介词to后面是个宾语从句，从句缺主语；whom和whomever虽然可以接宾语从句，但它们不能在从句中作主语，AC不对；whoever语义比who强烈，更贴切。
34.The team can handle whatever_____.(1997)
A.that needs handling
B.which needs handling
C.it needs handling
D，whatever引导的分句作handle的宾语，又在从句中作主语，因此不需要再加任何其他主语，ABC 都有多余的主语成分。
35.After__seemed an endless wait,it was her turn to enter the personnel manager’s office.(99)
A.that
B.there
C.what
D.it
C，after在句中时介词还是连词？如果是连词，从句中的时态通常为完成体，所以排除连词的可能性。
既然after是介词，那么后面必定是宾语从句，后面的从句缺主语，只有what既引导宾语从句，又在宾语从句中作主语；BD都不能引导宾语从句。A虽然可以引导宾语从句，但不在从句中充当任何语法成分。
36.Have you ever been in a situation_____you know the other person is right yet you cannot agree with him?
(2002)
A.by which
B.that
C.in where
D.where
B，situation后的从句是对situation作出具体的解释，因此是同位语从句。
非限定动词（不定式、动名词、分词）
37.____is not a serious disadvantage in life.(2001)
A.To be not tall
B.Not to be tall
C.Being not tall
D.Not being tall
D．AC不对是因为动词不定式和动名词的否定结构形式应为not to do,not doing；B动词不定式短语作主语通常表示特定的具体的行为，特别是表示将来的或一次性的行为，To skate on real ice is his dream.D动名词作主语表示抽象一般的概念。Skating on real ice is great fun.
38.This may have preserved the elephant from being wiped out as well as other animals_____in Africa.
(1996)
A.hunted
B.hunting
C.that hunted
D.are hunted
A，完整结构应为：the elephant from being wiped out as well as other animals(from being)hunted in Africa;“此举也许既能保护非洲的其他动物不被猎杀，又能使大象免受灭族之灾”
39.The Clarks haven’t decided yet which hotel______.(1998)
< stay
B.is to stay
< stay at
D.is for staying
C，stay是不及物动词，必须接介词才能跟宾语。
40.In international matches,prestige is so important that the only thing that matters is to avoid_____.
(1996)
A.from being beaten
B.being beaten
C.beating
< be beaten
B，avoid后接动名词做宾语。被动，因此B。“避免被对手打败”
41.He resented_____to wait.He expected the minister_____him at once.(1995)
< be asked,to see
B.being asked,to see
< be asked,seeing
D.being asked,seeing
B，resent后接动名词，expect后接不定式。
42.I never regretted_____the offer,for it was not where my interest lay.(1993)
< to accept
< having accepted
C.having not accepted
< accepting
D,regret doing sth.表示“后悔做过某事”，事情已经发生了，常用动名词的一般形式表示动作已经发生了。
43.He noticed the helicopter hovering over the field.Then to his astonishment,he saw a rope ladder_____out
and three men climbing down it.(1995)
A.throwing
B.being thrown
C.having thrown
D.having been thrown
B，see可与现在分词或不定式连用，平行结构，后面用了现在分词，这里也用分词；绳梯是被扔出飞机，因此要用被动结构，排除AC；see,watch,hear,feel,notice,observe，等词一般不跟分词的完成形式连用。
44.Professor Johnson is said____some significant advance in his research in the past year.(99)
A.having made
B.making
< have made
< make
C，主语补足语的动作在谓语动词之前发生，用完成时。
45.AIDS is said_____the number-one killer of both men and women over the past few years in that region.
(2002)
A.being
< be
< have been
D.having been
C，同上。
46.The Minister of Finance is believed_____of imposing new taxes to raise extra revenue.(04)
A.that he is thinking
< be thinking
C.that he is to think
< think
B，“人们认为财政部长正在考虑通过征收新税来增加政府的额外税入。”B“正在考虑”
47.The three men tried many times to sneak across the border into the neighboring country,_____by the police
each time.(1999)
A.had been captured
B.being always captured
D.unfortunately captured
C，“这三人多次企图偷偷越过边界进入邻国，不料每次都被警察抓住。”only to表示出乎意料，通常是不愉快的结果。
48.This missile is designed so that once______nothing can be done to retrieve it,(1995)
A.fired
B.being fired
C.they fire
D.having fired
A，once连词，一旦，被动，所以A。This missile is designed so that once it is fired…
49.______,he can now only watch it on TV at home.(1998)
A.Obtaining not a ticket for the match
B.Not obtaining a ticket for the match
C.Not having obtained a ticket for the match
D.Not obtained a ticket for the match
C，分词短语的动作在主句动作之前发生，用分词的完成形式。
50.Arriving at the bus stop,______waiting there.(1994)
A.a lot of people were
B.he found a lot of people
C.a lot of people
D.people were found
B，空处的逻辑主语与arrive保持一致。
51._____regular training in nursing,she could hardly cope with the work at first.(1994)
A.Not received
B.Since receiving
C.Having received
D.Not having received
D，receive的主语是she，因此应是主动，A不对；receive的动作在主句谓语动词之前发生，所以要用分词的完成形式，否定应是not having done.
52.__B__at in this way,the present economic situation doesn’t seem so gloomy.(2000)
A.Looking
B.Looked
C.Having looked
D.To look
53.There__nothing more for discussion,the meeting came to an end half an hour earlier.(2000)
< be
< have been
C.being
D.be
C．前面分句构成独立主格结构。
54._____no cause for alarm,the old man went back to his room.(1996)
A.There was
B.Since
C.Being
D.There being
D．C中的现在分词短语的逻辑主语不是主句的主语。
55.The country’s chief exports are coal,cars and cotton goods,cars_____the most important of these.