巩固练习

一、单项选择

1. He worked very late last Sunday. He went to bed,_______.

A. coldly and hungry

B. cold and hungry

C. coldly and hungrily

D. being cold and angry

2. John plays football_______, if not better than David.

A. as well

B. as well as

C. so well

D. so well as

3. The old man was puzzled by the fact that_______medicine he took,_______he seemed to be.

A. the less; the better

B. the most; the worst

C. little; well

D. the more; and the worst

4. The piano in the other shop will be_______but_______.

A. cheaper; not as good

B. cheaper; not as better

C. more cheap; not as better

D. more cheap; not as good

5. —Excuse me, is this Mr. Brown's office?

—I'm sorry, but Mr. Brown_______works here. He left about three weeks ago.

A. not more

B. no more

C. not still

D. no longer

6. How beautifully she sings! I have never heard_______.

A. the better voice

B. a good voice

C. a best voice

D. a better voice

7. Wait till you are more_______. It's better to be sure than sorry.

A. inspired

B. certain

C. calm

D. satisfied

8. Jimmy is the oldest boy and is taller than_______boy in the class.

A. the other

B. any other

C. each

D. all

9. —The weather isn't good enough for an outing, is it?

—Not in the least. We cannot have_______at this time of the year.

A. a worse day

B. a nicer day

C. such bad a day

D. so fine day

10. While tidying the room, Jim found the_______toy bought for him as a birthday present.

A. fine plastic small

B. plastic flue small

C. small fine plastic

D. fine small plastic

11. You'd better go and buy some tomatoes for the dinner party, for you see, there are_______tomatoes left in the basket than I imagined.

A. far more

B. far fewer

C. many more

D. many fewer

12. I have_______to give you as a gift.

A. something enough good

B. enough good something

C. something good enough

D. good enough something

13. The plane flew smoothly_______in the sky and people spoke_______of the experienced pilot.

A. high; high

B. highly; highly

C. high; highly

D. highly; high

14. Can you believe that in_______a rich country there should be_______many poor people?

A. such; such

B. such; so

C. so; so

D. so; such

15. —Can Li Hua help me with my English?

—I regret to tell you her English is_______yours.

A. as good as

B. no more than

C. no better than

D. as much as

二、语法填空

1. That would be a very_______(reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours.

2. This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their_______(nature) course.

3. The weather indicated that it was going to be_______(sun).

4. Just be_______(patience).

5. For some reason he sat beside Mary. Mary felt_______(please), because there were many empty seats in the room.

6. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is_______(clean) than ever.

7. But such a small thing couldn't_______(possible) destroy a village.

8. He must be_______(mental) disabled.

9. The teacher took a deep drink, smiled_______(warm), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water.

10. We drank together and talked_______(merry) till far into the night.

11._______(actual) I believed I would work for a few years, get married, stay home and raise a family.

12. Our English teacher speaks English_______(fluent) than other teachers.

13._______(fortunate), he fell off the ladder and broke his leg.

14. Then the daughter made a suggestion,“Would it be_______(good) to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!”

15. After the children left she cried for at_______(little) an hour.

16. When they saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as_______(die).

17. Instead he jumped even_______(hard) and finally made it.

18. After 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike_______(go), which was his only transport.

19. Two hours_______(late) my friend phoned me from the house.

20. “What are you busy with yourself, Mother?”_______(curious), a girl of less than six years old asked her mother.