大学英语核心语法结构练习5
1. Jean did not have time to go to the concert last night because she was busy
________ for her examination.
A) to prepare B) to be prepared C) preparing D) being prepared
2. Five minutes earlier, ________ we could have caught the last train.
A) and B) but C) or D) an order
3. After ________ for the job, you will be required to take a language test.
A) being interviewed B) interviewed C) interviewing D) having interviewed
4. By the end of this month, we surely _ a satisfactory solution to the problem.
A) have found B) will be finding C) will have found D) are finding
5. Having no money but __ to know, he simply said he would go without dinner.
A) not to want anyone B) not wanting anyone
C) wanted no one D) to want no one
6. We desire that the tour leader ________ us immediately of any change in plans.
A) inform B) informs C) informed D) has informed
7. A man escaped from the prison last night. It was a long time ________ the guards
discovered what had happened.
A) before B) until C) since D) when
8. In the experiment we kept a watchful eye ________ the developments and
recorded every detail.
A) in B) at C) for D) on
9. Nuclear science be developed to benefit the people ________ harm them.
A) more than B) other than C) rather than D) better than
10. They usually have less money at the end of the month than ___ at the beginning.
A) which is B) which was C) they have D) it is
11. In the course of a day students do far more than just ________ classes.
A) attend B) attended C) to attend D) attending
12. Helen was much kinder to her youngest child than she was to the others,
of course, made the others jealous.
A) who B) that C) what D) which
13. Mr. Johnson preferred ________ heavier work to do.
A) to be given B) to be giving C) to have given D) having given
14. I remember ________ to help us if we ever got into trouble.
A) once offering B) him once offering C) him to offer D) to offer him
15. She is ________ a musician than her brother.
A) much of B) much as C) more of D) more as
16. ________ is known to the world, Mark Twain is great American writer.
A) That B) Which C) As D) It
17. The residents, __ had been damaged by the flood, were given help by the Red
Cross. A) all their homes B) all whose homes
C) all of whose homes D) all of their homes
大学英语核心语法结构练习5
