全国2010年4月高等教育自学考试
英语语法试题
课程代码：00831

一、单项选择题(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)
Choose the best answer from the choices given and put the letter A, B, C or D in the brackets.
1. That definition leaves ______ for disagreement. ( )
A. much room
B. a small room
C. many rooms
D. a big room

2. My train is going to arrive at Shanghai at about eight o’clock tonight. The plane I’d like to take from there ______ by then. ( )
A. would leave
B. will have left
C. has left
D. had left

3. The young man who has applied for the post ______ in the general manager’s office.( )
A. is interviewing
B. is being interviewed
C. to be interviewed
D. had been interviewed

4. It is essential that all the exam papers ______ back before the end of the term. ( )
A. must be sent
B. are sent
C. will be sent
D. be sent

5. ______ for my illness, I would have got the job in the Disneyland. ( )
A. Not being
B. Without being
C. Had it not been
D. Not having been

6. The car ahead of me suddenly stopped by the roadside. I think it ______ out of gas.( )
A. may run
B. may have run
C. must run
D. should have run

7. The teacher won’t mind ______ the term paper. ( )
A. us to delay handing in
B. our delaying handing in
C. our delaying to hand in
D. us delay to hand in

8. All the tasks ______ ahead of time, they decided to have a dinner party to celebrate.( )
A. have been finished
B. had been finished
C. having been finished
D. were finished.

9. What he has done is ______ what I have done. ( )
A. superior to
B. more superior to
C. superior than
D. more superior than

10. Mary earns ______ as Jane does, but she spends less money on cosmetics than Jane.( )
A. twice so much
B. twice as much
C. as much twice
D. so much twice

11. We’ 11 discuss a ______ issue before we move on to the problem of our major concern. ( )
A. less
B. more
C. lesser
D. most

12. He was very disappointed ______ the salary the company offered him. ( )
A. with
B. to
C. for
D. on

13. The course usually attracts 30 students each term, ______ about two-thirds are girls.( )
A. among whom
B. for whom
C. among them
D. for them

14. I have never seen a TV program ______ the man cannot find a parking space at the very first try.( )
A. where
B. which
C. when
D. there

15. Everyone believes that the day will come ______ people all over the world live a rich and happy life. ( )
A. when
B. where
C. which
D. why

16. The novelist and poet ______ best writer of the year. ( )
A. have been awarded
B. have awarded
C. has awarded
D. has been awarded

17. Ten minutes ______ an hour when I’m depressed. ( )
A. seems
B. seem
C. seemed
D. is seeming

18. ______ Paul brings the money for our lunch, we’ll go right to the cafeteria. ( )
A. As far as
B. As soon as
C. As good as
D. As much as

19. The captain, together with the crew, ______ determined not to abandon the ship until all the passengers were aboard the lifeboats. ( )
A. is
B. are
C. were
D. was

20. I saw ______ girls at the cinema. ( )
A. the both
B. many a
C. both the
D. a many