天津科技大学2005/2006下学期考试卷 考试科目 英语语法 ( B) (考试时间120分钟)
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Beneath each sentences there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C, and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence.
1. Vitamin, discovered in 1932, _____ first vitamin for which the
molecular structure was established.
A. the B. was the C. as the D. being the
2. Recent estimates show that ______ more than two million
birds-watchers in the United States.
A. there are among B. are there the C. there are D. among the
3. Nearly all trees have seeds that fall to the earth, take root, and eventually ________.
A. generate new seeds B. new seeds generated
C. by generating new seeds D. new seeds generated there
4. An increase in a nation?s money supply, without an accompanying increase in economic activity, ______ result in higher prices. A. tends B. tends the C. tending to D. will tend to
5. Emma Lazarus, a poet and essayist, ______ the sonnet inscribed on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. A. who wrote her B. who wrote C. whom she wrote D. wrote
6. Porcupines ______ a dense layer of wool next to their skin. A. grow B. growing
C. which grow D. were being grown
7. Benjamin O. Davis. Jr. _______ an assistant secretary of the
Department of Transportation in 1971.
A. who was appointed B. was the appointment C. was appointed D. whose appointment was
8. Social reformer Jane Adams _____ a prominent role in the formation of the National Progressive Party in 1912. A. playing B. who played C. played D. to play
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9. The city of Montreal ______ over 70 square miles.
A. covers B. that covers C. covering D. is covered 10. Tropical cyclones _____ much of the rainfall in the Pacific regions. A. causing B. are caused C. have caused D. cause
11. Although she ______ law for only a little over eight years, Florence Allen became in 1922 the first woman to sit on a state supreme court.
A. will practice B. practice
C. had practiced D. has been practicing
12. Over the past two centuries, the dominant narrative genre _______.
A. has been the novel B. has the novel been C. the novel has been D. the has-been novel 13. The grape is the _____ juicy fruit of a woody vine.
A. smooth-skinned B. skinned is smooth C. skin, which is smooth D. smooth skin
14. Freezing is at present one of the ______ of preserving meats and vegetables.
A. most methods are important B. methods most important C. most important methods D. most are important methods
15. Glues are ______ of gelatin.
A. there are impure form B. forms are impure C. impure of forms D. impure forms
16. Among the hardier wheat species, ________ grow especially well in the dry soil of mountainous regions.
A. a few B. while a few C. except a few D. do a few 17. Nearly every aspect of economic life is affected by ______.
A. they are seasonal variations B. variations are seasonal C. that seasonal variations D. seasonal variations
18. Clara Barton?s _____ was the founding of the American Red Cross.
A. accomplishment was the greatest B. greatest accomplishment
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C. greatest was the accomplishment D. was the greatest accomplishment
19. _______ of gift-giving, barter, buying, and selling goes on among the
Navajos.
A. A great deal B. A great many C. Much greater D. Many
20. The lens of a camera performs _____ the lens of the eye.
A. in the same function B. the same function as
C. the function is the same as D. and has the same function
21. ______ a baby turtle is hatched, it must be able to fend for itself.
A. Not sooner than B. No soon that C. So soon that D. As soon as
22. Neon is said to be inert _____ does not react easily with other substances.
A. because of it B. because it C. it is because D. is because it
23. ______ he has created striking stage settings for the Nartha Ciraham dance
company, artist Leanmu Noguchin is more famous for her sculpture. A. But not B. Nevertheless C. In spite of D. Although 24. _______ some mammals came to live in the sea is not known.
A. Which B. Since C. Although D. How
25. Rabbits make their homes in fields and prairies _______ hide their young
under bushes or among tall grasses,
A. can where B. where they can C. where can they D. where can
26. A widespread species, roundworms even thrive on the peaks of mountains and
______.
A. at the bottoms of the oceans
B. there are the bottoms of the oceans C. the bottoms of the oceans do D. which the bottoms of the oceans
27. ______ general acceptance of photography as an artistic medium, most
museums today house collections of fine photographs.
A. The B. Whereas the C. Only the D. With the
28. Hawks serve an important purpose in the scheme of mature ______ on
destructive
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grammar test-B
