Exercise I：冠词
I. Choices.
1.She looks best in ____ of that colour.
英语练习题a. dressing            b. a dress            c. dress            d. the dress
2.They come to see us at least ____.
a. once the year    b. once a year    c. one time the year    d. one time in one year
3.“These shirts suit you.”
“Whould you please show me ____?”
a. white one’s        b. white one        c. the white one        d. one the white
4.Does Louisa like ____ ?
a. playing violin    b. to play violin    c. playing the violin    d. to playing violin
5.The workers in this factory are paid ____.
a. by an hour        b. by the hour    c. by hours            d. by hour
6.____ found four-leaf clover(车轴草) is considered a lucky sign.
a. Rarely            b. It is rarely        c. The rarely        d. Despite its being rarely
7.____ to be taken good care of.
a. Young are        b. Young is        c. The young is        d. The young are
8.The canal extends five hundred miles____.
a. from south to north                    b. from the south to the north
c. from the south to north                d. from southern to northern
9.Later, the chance to enter ____ came and he took it.
a. into college        b. to college        c. into the college        d. college
10.Have you ever sailed across____ Channel?
a. English            b. an English    c. the English            d. England
11.This is ____ Nanjing.
a. second time I have been to        b. the second time of my being
c. the second time I have been        d. the second time I have been to
12.My neighbour is a photographer; let’s ask him for ____ about color films.
a. some advices        b. advice        c. the advice            d. an advice
13.I had ____ very bad night, I didn't sleep ____ wink.
a. a…the                b. the …a        c. a … a            d. __…__
14.you will get ____ shock if you touch ____ live wire with that screwdriver.
a. a …__                b. __…__        c. a … the            d. __ … the
15.Now I’m on ____ diet. I’m trying to lose ____ weight.
a. a …__                b. the …a        c. __ … the            d. a … a
16.He looked at me with ____ horror when I explained that I was ____ double agent.
a. __ … a                b. the … __        c. a …__            d. a … a
17.I want an assistant with ____ little knowledge of French and ____ experience of office routine.
a. the … a            b. the … an        c. a … __            d. a … an
18.You mean you had ____ nightmare. Anyway, dinosaur didn’t eat ____ meat.
a. __ … __            b. a …__        c. __ … a            d. the … a
19.____ Mr. Jones called while you were out (neither of us knows this man). He was in ____ very bad temper.
a. __ … a            b. a … __        c. the … the            d. a … a
20.I probably know him ____ but not ____.
a. by the sight… by name            c. by a sight … by name
b. by sight … by name                d. by the sight … by the name
II. Correct errors, if any, in the following sentences:
1.He expected his orders to be carried out on spot.
2.The mountain was covered with trees from the top to the bottom.
3.We have some new goods on the hand.
4.In those days Father was fighting at front
5.Mary can speak French in fashion.
6.The children have taken fancy to their nurses.
7.You can approach my secretary in the case of need.
8.The new musical comedy took a fancy of the public.
9.Every time I was in a trouble, my husband would not lend the land.
10.He flew into a rage, and common sense went by board.
11.There are shops within the reach of the house.
12.Put these books on the top of the others.
13.Nobody was allowed to eat out. In case of Jones an exception was made.
14.Margaret’s excellent performance left all the other girls in shade.
15.Her husband’s absence left her completely at loss when the accident happened.
16.They are in the possession of a large amount of new information.
17.Before the land reform more than 70% of China’s arable land was in possession of the landlords.
18.He kept his invention under the cover until it was patented.
19.Don’t burn the daylight about it; we have short time to spare.
20.We have to leave for America at a short notice.
Exercise II: 名词
I.Choices:
1.That fellow is clever; he has ____.
a. brain        b. a brain        c. the brain        d. brains
2.My father never gave me____.
a. many advice    b. much advice    c. many advices    d. a lot of advices
3.You will see ____ in the hills.
a. a few fine sceneries            b. few fine sceneries
c. many fine sceneries            d. much fine scenery
4.What he told us about the affair simply doesn’t make any ____ .
a. idea        b. meaning        c. sense            d. significance
5.We don’t have ____ tonight.
a. many homeworks            b. much homeworks
c. many homework                d. much homework
6.Dr. Jones ordered ____ for the laboratory.
a. two equipments                b. two pieces of equipments
c. two pieces of equipment        d. two equipment pieces.