巩固练习

一、单项选择

1. The engine in your car works far better than_______.

A. my car

B. mine car

C. that in mine

D. that in my car's

2. —I feel a bit hungry.

—Why don't you have_______bread?

A. any

B. little

C. some

D. a

3. I want very much to buy a color TV set, but I can't afford_______.

A. one

B. it

C. that

D. this

4. He came back from the market with a piece of meat in_______hand and some fish in_______.

A. one; another

B. the one; the other

C. the one; another

D. one; the other

5. The street is beautiful, for there are trees on_______.

A. neither side

B. either side

C. both side

D. all sides

6._______of the animals hibernate in winter. Some only half hibernate.

A. All

B. No all

C. Not all

D. None

7. Please come in and make_______at home, boys!

A. you

B. yourself

C. yourselves

D. yours

8. The teacher kept telling the naughty boy that he shouldn't play in class, but_______didn't help.

A. he

B. which

C. she

D. it

9. You'll have to borrow_______dictionary. I'm using_______.

A. somebody else's; my

B. somebody's; my

C. somebody else's; mine

D. somebody's; mine

10. Don't laugh at the failure of_______, because_______enjoys being laughed at.

A. others; nobody

B. other; everyone

C. the other; anyone

D. others; someone

11. —How about the price of these refrigerators?

—They're equal in price to, if not cheaper than,_______at other stores.

A. others

B. it

C. that

D. the ones

12. We couldn't eat in a restaurant because_______of us had_______money on us.

A. all; no

B. any; no

C. none; any

D. no one; any

13. —Can you come on Monday or Tuesday?

—I'm afraid_______is possible.

A. either

B. neither

C. some

D. any

14. —Do you have_______at home?

—No, we still have to get several pounds of fruit and some tea.

A. something

B. everything

C. anything

D. nothing

15. Some people would rather ride bicycles as bicycle riding has_______of the trouble of taking buses.

A. nothing

B. none

C. some

D. neither

二、语法填空

1. If you're buying today's paper from the stand, could you get_______for me?

2. The English spoken in the United States is only slightly different from_______spoken in England.

3. —John, when shall we meet again, Thursday or Friday?

—_______. I'll be off to London then.

4. Sophia waited for a reply, but_______came.

5. Neither side is prepared to talk to the_______unless we can smooth things over between them.

6. The prices have risen by four percent since last month, and the manager believes prices will not rise by more than_______four percent.

7. I got this bicycle for_______; my friend gave it to me when she bought a new one.

8. The employment rate has continued to rise in big cities thanks to the efforts of the local governments to increase_______.

9. We feel_______our duty to make our country a better place.

10. They produced two reports,_______of which contained any useful suggestions.

11. The two girls are so alike that strangers find_______difficult to tell one from the other.

12. We have various summer camps for your holidays. You can choose_______based on your own interests.

13. Surprisingly, Susan's beautiful hair reached below her knees and made_______almost an overcoat for her.

14. There is_______in his words. We should have a try.

15. —Silly me! I forget what my luggage looks like.

—What do you think of_______over there?

16. —Would you get me a bar of chocolate from the kitchen, dear?

—_______one?

17. I knew that_______would ever discourage him; he would never give up wanting to be a director.

18. —Would you like tea or coffee?

—_______, thank you. I've just had some water.

19. Why don't you bring_______to his attention that you're too ill to work on?

20. The CDs are on sale! Buy one and you get_______completely free.

21. —Which of the two computer games did you prefer?

—Actually I didn't like_______of them.

22. Our neighbors gave us a baby bird yesterday that hurt_______when it fell from its nest.

23. My daughter often makes a schedule to get_______reminded of what she is to do in the day.

24. Little joy can equal_______of a surprising ending when you read stories.

25. If you can't decide which of the two books to borrow, why don't you take_______? I won't read them this week.

26. We had a picnic last term and it was a lot of fun, so let's have_______one this month.

27. He didn't make_______clear when and where the meeting would be held.

28. If I can help_______, I don't like working late into the night.

29. No bread eaten by man is so sweet as_______earned by his own labor.

30. He has lived in London and New York, but he doesn't like_______city.

31. Tom was asked a lot of questions, but he didn't answer_______of them.

32. We haven't enough books for_______; some of you will have to share.

33. When you introduce me to Mr. Johnson, could you please say_______for me?

34. You are a team star! Working with_______is really your cup of tea.

35._______in my life impressed me so deeply as my first visit to the Palace Museum.

36. The cost of renting a house in central Xi'an is higher than_______in any other area of the city.

37. On my desk is a photo that my father took of_______when I was a baby.

38. We needed a new cupboard for the kitchen. So Peter made_______from some wood we had.

39. I had to buy_______these books because I didn't know which one was the best.

40. —When shall we meet again?

—Make it_______day you like; it's all the same to me.