现代英语语法
第三章名词、代词和数
3.0引言
简单来说，名词就是表示一个人地点事物事件或者想法的名字的词。名词是语言的重要组成部分，由名词作为主要构成要素的表达，比如a knockout,honesty和the possibility都叫做名词词组，每个名词词组有一个关键成分叫做中心词。（knockout,honesty,possibility），前面还有一个附属成分叫修饰语（a,the）
名词词组可根据外部功能和内部结构来进行分类。
典型的名词词组的结构如下，括号里的部分可能会出现，但并不是一定出现。
（前置修饰语+）中心词（+后置修饰词）。
名词词组的中心词很明显是名词或代词，可带有前置修饰语或后置修饰词，修饰语可为从字到句子的各种不同的层次，如：
they
people
the people
the old people
people old and sick
people in hospital
all the sick people in hospital
people to receive treatment
people receiving treatment
people who are receiving treatment
etc.
在英语的实际应用中，名词词组结构的变化要受某些因素如中心词的词性、修饰词的结构及修饰词顺序的影响。
就功能而言，名词词组主要可以做主语，宾语，补语和修饰语，有的名词词组甚至可以做状语：
The whole building is on fire.（主语）整个大楼都着火了。
I sold my car to my neighbour.（宾语）我把车卖给了我的邻居。
The lump in my chest has melted as I think about her display of love.（主语；宾语）一想到她的爱，我不再哽咽了。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.（主语补语）患难见真情。
You can call me John.（宾补）你可以叫我约翰。
I don't mind if you do it after school.（介词补语）我不介意你放学后是不是干这件事。
He rides a mountain bike.（修饰语）他骑了一辆山地自行车。
He was here yesterday,I'm sure.（状语）我肯定他昨天在这儿。
3.1名词分类
名词有各种各样的分类，可分为具体名词和抽象名词，也可以分为可数名词和不可数名词，还可以分为有生命的名词和无生命的名词。
名词可以根据意思和形式分类，根据意思，名词可以分为两类，专有名词和普通名词，专有名词是特定的人，地点或者事物的名称，拼写时首字母大写，普通名词则是一类人，事物或者抽象的想法的统称，普通名词又可以进一步的划分为个体名词，集体名词，物质名词和抽象名词。从形式上看，名词可以分为可数名词和不可数名词。可数名词有复数，并可以与数字连用，带有限定词，而不可数名词则是只有一种形式的名词，使用时可以不带限定词。
为了归纳方便，我们用图来表示名词的分类。我们还可以在可数名词和物质名词中进一步分出具体名词和抽象名词。专有名词和普通名词在意义上的区别很明显：名词的单一指代和非单一指代在语法形式上表现得如此不同，以致它们在语法地位上形成了很好的正式分类。专有名词指人，地点等，而普通名词将事物分成几种类别，专有名词通常首字母大写没有复数形式，它前面不能用冠词，这些只是一般规定也有例外，例如：
There are two Marks in the class.
普通名词一般符合一个或两个规则，会不同时符合所有规则。
有复数的名词叫做可数名词，没有复数形式的叫做物质名词，之所以用物质这个词而不用不可数，是因为后者用起来会有歧义，有时用作不可数名词，有时包括以复数形式存在的词，有些可能是可数的，如three people.具体名词可以是可数名词，也可以是物质名词，抽象名词也可以是可数名词和物质名词。
还有一种有用的方法，可以标记一小部分普通名词。在语法上，这些普通名词的作用不同于其他名词，他们就是集体名词，集体名词通常为可数名词，即使形式上是单数，实际上指的是一组人，动物或事物。关于集体名词应注意的是，即使形式上是单数谓语动词也可能用复数例如The committee is/are having a meeting now.
3.2代词
代词是名词或名词词组的替代形式，比如替代某个特定事物的名字和替代一个人的名字。被替代的名词叫做这个代词的先行词。
大量重复出现的名词，因为不断的重复经或者读同样的名词会很痛苦，如果经常重复相同的词语，很可能会不耐烦，代词可以替代名词或者别的代词，使得句子不那么累赘和重复。代词提代名词，更确切的说代词替代名词词组，请看下面几个句子。
Girls like kites.
The two lovely girls like kites.
They love kites.
所以说代词不仅替代单个的名词，还包括名词词组。
代词是一个封闭的词类，很少有新成员加入这个类别，名词则是在不断的扩展。代词在句子中可以用作主语宾语或者补语，语法学家们将代词分为多种类型，包括人称代词，指示代词，疑问代词，不定代词，关系代词，反身代词，物主代词，相互代词和强化代词。
注意不定代词并不是指任何特定的人，事或者数，它是模糊不定的。很多不定代词还作为语句的其他成分发挥作用。
3.3数词
在之前讲过，区别名词词类的一个重要标准是名词的数。数是英语中名词，代词，限定词和动词的一个特征，一些名词有数的变化，一些没有。可数名词在单数变为复数时大部分是有规则的，但也有不规则变化，这些不规则变化大多是外来词。英语中有许多词几乎总是以单数或只以复数形式出现，他们缺乏数的对比，主语和动词要一致。规则的复数形式及单数的词尾后加s/es，我们就不再讨论了，我们把重点放在一些疑难问题上，只以单数或只以复数形式存在的名词和不规则复数变化的名词。
3.3.1单数名词
a.专用名词因为是特指，因此即便以复数形式出现，它也是单数。除了荷兰和菲律宾，可以是复数，还有一些以复数形式出现的表示地点的专有名词，也按复数形式对待。
人名一般为单数，当表示一家人为复数。两个或两个以上的人同名时可用复数。
姓氏的复数模糊而又复杂。以辅音和元音结尾的名字默认为是相同的。但是以es或者ez 结尾的名字，要在后面加es。
注意表称谓的人名通常有两种复数形式。
b.物质名词
物质名词中不论是具体名词还是抽象名词，一般都是单数形式，包括某些以s结尾的词，他们有些偶尔用作复数。
⑴以ics结尾的表示科学，学科等的词。（其中有的词用作普通意义时，可用其复数形式。）
⑵以s结尾的表示疾病的词。
⑶以s结尾的表示游戏或比赛的词。
有些物质名词以复数形式出现时，表示强度数量大或带有文学色彩。
3.3.2复数名词
下列名词常常被当作复数。
⑴由两个相等部分组成的工具。（注意当这些名词用作形容词应当去掉词尾s）
⑵一些集体名词。
⑶山脉，瀑布，岛屿等地理名称。
⑷其他以s结尾的名词。
3.3.3单复数名词
有相当数量的名词，既可以是可数的，又可以是不可数的，并且带有不同的含义。
3.3.4不规则复数名词
不规则复数没有规律可遵循，所以不规则复数也要当成一个生词来记忆，大多数不规则复数是外来词，拉丁语词或者希腊语刺，所以学习这些语言的形态学规则是有用的。
不规则复数，一般包括拼写或发音不规则或拼写发音均不规则的形式，单复数同形，外来语复数形式。
a.拼写或发音不规则的复数
⑴来自古英语中的复数：
⑵以f或fe结尾和尾音发f的音的名词的复数：
规则变化
不规则变化
两种变化均可
b.单复数同形
⑴部分动物
⑵度量（注意这些名词也可以用s形式）
⑶以ese结尾表示国籍的
⑷单复数均以s/es结尾的名词
c.外来词复数
外来词其复数形式是外来的，但是有的也以英语的变化规则进行变化。
依然保持外来语复数形式的词：
⑴以a结尾的名词（拉丁语）。
⑵以eau结尾的名词（法语）。
⑶以ex/ix结尾的名词（拉丁语）。
⑷以is结尾的名词（希腊词）。
⑸以on结尾的名词（希腊语）。
⑹以um结尾的名词（拉丁语）。
⑺以us结尾的名词（拉丁语）。
d.复合词复数
复合词单数变复数有三种：最后一部分变复数；
第一部分变复数；
第一部分和最后一部分同时变成复数（特别是当复合词是并列的时候）。
e.字母，数字，缩略词等的复数形式
⑴字母变复数时，通常加's（仅限单字母）
⑵阿拉伯数字变复数时可以加's或s
⑶缩略词变复数时加's或者加s，双写末尾字母或者不变化。
3.3.5代词的单复数
代词也有单复数形式，大多数不定代词表示单数或复数，然而有一些在一种上下文中表示单数在另一种上下文中却表复数。
3.4单位名词（学习者加可以理解成量词）
那些能够与物质名词一起使用表示单位的名词叫作单位名词。单位名词是表示单体个体性词语，用以说明所修饰的名词的量，尤其是说明物质名词的量，不过单位名词也可修饰可数名词，指明它们的数量，大小，形状等。
最常见的是piece和bit。一些其他的单位名词有比较固定的搭配，他们只能与一些特定的名词搭配。
3.4.2单位名词分类
单位名词中最常用的是piece，但是学习英语的人，由于所掌握的词汇量小错误的认为它能和任何词搭配，所以容易滥用这个词，我们选择单位名词应根据其语言环境，同时单位名词有自己本身的意义，因此，它与其他名词的搭配关系比较固定。
⑴表示物体形状的单位名词
⑵表示事物的集合方式
⑶表示人的集合方式
⑷表示动物的集合方式
⑸表示尺度或重量等
⑹表示容器
⑺表示方式，状态等
此外还有一些其它类型的名词，可以将名词划分成不同的类型或者种类。
需要注意的是一个复数的种类名词后面可以用可数名词的单数或者复数，我们通常将表示种类的名词而不是第二个名词前置。并且第二个名词如果是可数的，通常不带不定冠词。
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即某些字母组合的不规则动词有一定的规律。如：weep→wept, sleep→slept, sweep→swept 以上每个时间段中分别有四种状态：一般、进行、完成和完成进行。因此我们便有了四四一十六个时态。 态（一般、进行、完成、完成进行）。 比如在“They are doing their exercises.”这个句子中，动词由原形do 变成are doing 的形态，说明这个事情是发生在现在、并处于正在进行的状态当中，所以叫现在进行时； 在“They have done their exercises.”这句中，动词由原形do 变成have done的形态，说明这个事情是发生在现在、并处于完成的状态，所以叫现在完成时； 在“They always do their exercises.”中，动词用原形do 的形态，说明这个事情是发生在现在、并且是一般情况下永远如此，所以叫一般现在时。 在这三句话中，动词do 虽然用了不同的形态，其意义没有变化，而是事情发生的时间和状态变了。其余类推。 （三）时态详解 16个时态中，常用的有12个：一般现在时、一般过去时、一般将来时、过去将来时、现在进行时、过去进行时、将来进行时、现在完成时、过去完成时、将来完成时、现在完成进行时和过去完成进行时。其他时态很少单独使用。 下面把各种时态的构成和用法做一个全面的介绍。
动词部分（第5,6,7,8章） 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. 1.2010040 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 2.2010040 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 3.2010040 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 4.2010040 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 5.2010040 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 6.2010040 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 7.20100408. 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. 8.20100702. It seems that oil ____ from the tank for some time. We’ll have to take the oil tank apart to see what's wrong. （） A. had leaked B. is leaking C. leaked D. has been leaking 9.20100703. A great deal of research _____ into the possible cures to AIDS in recent years.（） A. is done B. was done C. has been done D. will be done 10.20100704. Gone ____ when the Chinese people had to struggle to make a living and to worry about lack of food all day. （） A. the days B. are the days C. have the days D. the days have 11.20100705. Sometimes I wish I ____ extraordinary power to make all the impossible possible.（） A. have B. had C. have had D. am having 12.20100706. I've tried several times today, but the line is always busy; someone ____ the telephone. （） A. should be using B. must have been using C. must have used D. must be using 13.20100707. It's no use ______ the result of the exam; it's already finished. （） A. worrying about B. to worry about C. to worrying about D. having worried about 14.20100708. With so much noise outside, the speaker had to raise his voice to have himself____.（） A. hear B. heard C. to be heard D. to hear 15.20110402. The child ought to have a rest; she ______ the piano for nearly three hours. ( ) A. had practiced B. is practicing C. has been practicing D. practices
2005年4月全国高等教育自学考试英语语法试题 一、单项选择题(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分) Chose the best answer from the choices given and put the letter in the blank. 1. The task force is supposed_____. A. to be getting reinforced B. that to be getting reinforced C. to being got reinforced D. that been got reinforced 2. He muffled his voice to avoid_____. A. having been identified B. to be identified C. identified D. being identified 3._____, I would call him in advance. A. Had I been you B. I were you C. Were I you D. I had been you 4. The company encourages _____ uniforms. A. to wear B. wears C. wearing D. have worn 5. What is _____ story you have ever heard? A. funnier B. a funniest C. the funnier D. the funniest 6. You may take an oral or written exam _____ you prefer. A. according as B. according to C. if D. whether 7. The Tower of London, _____ so many people lost their lives, is now a tourist attraction. A. which B. there C. where D. from it 8. Pride and prejudice _____ never failed to characterize the aristocracy. A. had B. has C. have D. are 9. Not only the players and the coach but also the referee _____ responsible for the defeat. A. were B. was C. is D. are 10. How often _____ your car _____? I think it ought _____ twice a week at least. A. is … washed, to be washed B. is … washed, to wash C. is … washed, to have washed D. has … been washed, to be washed 11. The noise of the desks _____ could be heard out in the street. A. having been opened and closed B. opened and closed C. being opened and closed D. to be opened and closed 12. I had hoped that Jennifer _____ a doctor, but she was not good at medicine. A. will become B. become C. would become D. becomes 13. Most people enjoy _____. A. to flatter B. to be flattered C. flattering D. being flattered 14. Congratulations on _____ to the university. A. having admitted B. being admitted C. admitting D. have admitted 15. As we went _____ in our investigation of the case, we had more evidence of a political conspiracy. A. far B. farther C. further D. farthest 16. _____ his immense fortune, he died a most unhappy man. A. Although B. With all C. With D. Because of 17. He takes no interest in studies; _____, he plays tennis all day. A. in short B. instead C. anyhow D. still 18. The factory was burned down last night; _____ many workmen were thrown out of employment. A. for this sake B. on that account C. in that case D. unfortunately 19. The old _____ usually self-conceited as age sometimes does tell. A. is B. will be C. are to be D. are 20. There _____ a tall building, several tennis courts and lots of non-deciduous trees on the center of the area. A. is B. are C. stand D. appears 二、选择填空题(本大题共6小题，每小题2分，共12分)
英语语法总结全集 名词和主谓一致 一、名词的分类 英语中名词主要可以分为可数名词和不可数名词。 1．可数名词 可数名词一般都有单复数。单数时，名词前可加不定冠词a/an；复数时，前面可加数词，名词本身要改成复数形式。 可数名词的复数有规则和不规则两种变化。规则的名词，只要在单数名词之后加“s”，“es”或去“y”加“ies”就行，如：an umbrella, twelve umbrellas；a factory, three factories。不规则的名词变化则要靠积累记忆，如：a mouse, ten mice；a policeman, six policemen。 有少数可数名词，如sheep，works（工厂），Chinese等，它们的单复数同形：a sheep, four sheep；a chemical works, five chemical works。 此外，还有一些可数名词只有复数形式，如clothes，trousers，cattle，police，people(人，人民)等。 英语名词中还有一些合成词，它们的复数形式有三种可能：1）后面的部分变成复数形式：grown-ups，boy students，grandchildren。2）前面的部分变成复数形式：passers-by，lookers-on，sons-in-law。3）前、后都变成复数形式：men doctors，women drivers。 2．不可数名词 不可数名词没有单复数的变化，前面也不能加a/an，或数词。但是我们可以用量词来表示不可数名词的数量，单复数表现在量词上，如：a piece of paper；two pieces of paper。 在有些情况下，不可数名词也可用a/an，表“一种”、“某种”的意思，如have a wonderful time，receive a good education，be made into a fine paper。 有时为了表示量大，不可数名词的后面也可加“s”，如sands，ashes，waters等。 但是我们在学习不可数名词的时候，特别要记住英语中有一些名词，它们无论在什么情况下，前面都不能用a/an，后面也不可加“s”，如weather，information，等。 3．有的名词既可是可数名词，也可是不可数名词 英语中有相当一部分的名词，既可以是可数，也可以是不可数，它们的意义有时略有不同，有时则完全不同。如：difficulty, success, time, work，paper，glass，等。 4．用于表示可数与不可数名词的数量“多”“少”的常用词和词组 跟可数名词连用的如：few, a few, many。 跟不可数名词连用的如：little, a little, much。 可数与不可数都能用的是：a lot of , plenty of。 二、主谓一致 1．通常被看作单数的主语部分 1）不定式、动名词和主语从句。 eg.. To see is to believe. Seeing is believing. What he said was different from what he did. 2）表示“时间”“距离”“金钱数量”的名词。 eg. Twenty years is quite a long time. 10 kilometers doesn’t seem to be a long distance to Mira. 300 dollars is too much for this old coin. 3）数学式子。 eg. Two plus five is seven. 4）书报杂志、国家、单位的名字。 eg. The Times is published daily. The United States is a big country. 5）前面用a kind of, a sort of或this kind of, this sort of等词组的名词。 eg. This kind of tree(s) often grows well in warm weather. 6）代词either, neither作主语。
现代英语语法 第三章名词、代词和数 3.0引言 简单来说，名词就是表示一个人地点事物事件或者想法的名字的词。名词是语言的重要组成部分，由名词作为主要构成要素的表达，比如a knockout,honesty和the possibility都叫做名词词组，每个名词词组有一个关键成分叫做中心词。（knockout,honesty,possibility），前面还有一个附属成分叫修饰语（a,the） 名词词组可根据外部功能和内部结构来进行分类。 典型的名词词组的结构如下，括号里的部分可能会出现，但并不是一定出现。 （前置修饰语+）中心词（+后置修饰词）。 名词词组的中心词很明显是名词或代词，可带有前置修饰语或后置修饰词，修饰语可为从字到句子的各种不同的层次，如： they people the people the old people people old and sick people in hospital all the sick people in hospital people to receive treatment people receiving treatment people who are receiving treatment etc. 在英语的实际应用中，名词词组结构的变化要受某些因素如中心词的词性、修饰词的结构及修饰词顺序的影响。 就功能而言，名词词组主要可以做主语，宾语，补语和修饰语，有的名词词组甚至可以做状语： The whole building is on fire.（主语）整个大楼都着火了。 I sold my car to my neighbour.（宾语）我把车卖给了我的邻居。 The lump in my chest has melted as I think about her display of love.（主语；宾语）一想到她的爱，我不再哽咽了。 A friend in need is a friend indeed.（主语补语）患难见真情。 You can call me John.（宾补）你可以叫我约翰。 I don't mind if you do it after school.（介词补语）我不介意你放学后是不是干这件事。 He rides a mountain bike.（修饰语）他骑了一辆山地自行车。 He was here yesterday,I'm sure.（状语）我肯定他昨天在这儿。 3.1名词分类 名词有各种各样的分类，可分为具体名词和抽象名词，也可以分为可数名词和不可数名词，还可以分为有生命的名词和无生命的名词。 名词可以根据意思和形式分类，根据意思，名词可以分为两类，专有名词和普通名词，专有名词是特定的人，地点或者事物的名称，拼写时首字母大写，普通名词则是一类人，事物或者抽象的想法的统称，普通名词又可以进一步的划分为个体名词，集体名词，物质名词和抽象名词。从形式上看，名词可以分为可数名词和不可数名词。可数名词有复数，并可以与数字连用，带有限定词，而不可数名词则是只有一种形式的名词，使用时可以不带限定词。
名词和名词短语（2） 限定词和属格 4.1 限定词 Determiner 在名词词组中对名词中心词起特指，类指以及表示数量等限定的词。 Determiners refer to the words which are used in the pre-modification of a noun phrase which typically precede any adj. that pre-modify the head word. 限定词和形容词区别 Difference between Determiner and Adjective 1.前置限定, 限定词在形容词前面.Determiner usually precede adj. in pre-modification. 2.限定词的选择受中心词影响而形容词不受。The choice of Determiner is determined by the head word but not that of adj. 3.形容词表明中心词的特征，而限定词限定中心词的意义数量。Adj. describe the head word by showing its characteristic while determiner determine the head word by identifying or quantifying. 4.形容词可位于中心词后，而限定词不可。 Adj. can post-modify the head word but not Determiner. 5.形容词有比较级而限定词没有(除few, little, many much 外) 。 Adj. has comparative form but not Determiner （except few, little, many much ）. 4.1.2 Co-occurrence of Determiners Determiner may co-occurrence in the pre-modification of a noun phrase: two or more determiner may modify one and the same head word. Each determiner takes a fixed position , we identify their relative positions in the case of co-occurrence. 定义 考点1 定义
自学考试 英语语法复习题 单项选择题 Choose the best answer from the choices given. 1. Tom was disappointed that most of the guests _______ when he _____ at the party. A. left; had arrived B. left; arrived C. had left; had arrived D. had left; arrived 2. By the time he was twelve, Edison_____ to make a living by himself. A. wouldn?t begin B. has begun C. had begun D. was begun 3. He ____ his leg when he ______ in a football match against another school. A. broke; played B. was breaking; was playing C. broke; was playing D. was breaking; played 4. The students ____ busily when Miss Brown went to get a book she _____ in the office. A. had written; left B. were writing; has left C. had written; had left D. were writing; had left 5. Hello, I ____ you ____ in London. How long have you been here? A. don?t know; were B. hadn?t known; are C. haven?t known; were D. didn?t know; are 6. She can?t help ___ of her son. A. thinking B. to think C. to be thought D. have thought 7. The room was empty ___ a few chairs. A. except B. except for C. besides D. besides for 8. Four plus three ___ seven. A. equals B. equaled C. equaling D. equal 9. I?d rather that he ___ it blue. A. painted B. paint C. paints D. painting 10. The Browns ___ moving away on Saturday. A. is B. are C. will be D. has been 11. She said that it ___ snow. A. may B. can C. should D. might 12. Amy and her cousin just bought two new ___ coats. A. winters B. winter?s C. winters? D. winter 13. Today was ___ beautiful day that I couldn?t just keep myself indoors. A. a such B. such a C. a so D. so a 14. There is no decision ___ on your application. A. still B. so far C. yet D. thus far 15. I would appreciate ___ it a secret. A. that you keep B. you to keep C. your keeping D. that you will keep 16. Invite them only on those occasions ____ their late arrival will not cause you inconvenience. A. when B. that C. where D. which
2016年4月全国自考《现代英语语法》真题 (总分100, 考试时间90分钟) 1. Choose the best answer from the choices given and blacken the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. 1. The Niagara Falls_______long been a popular tourist destination, boosted by a number of movies. ( ) A have B having C had D haven't 答案:A 解析：山脉、瀑布、岛屿等地理名词常常被当作复数。这些名词作主语时，谓语动词要用复数，如the Alps，the highlands，the Himalayas，Niagara Falls等。答案为A。 2. There is nothing more wonderful in the world than swimming with a_______of fish around you. ( ) A sack B sheet C staff D school 答案:D 解析：本题考查单位名词。a school of fish一群(小)鱼，很多，a school of＝a lot of。答案为D。 3. There are stores on_______sides of the square. ( ) A both B every C each D all 答案:D 解析：the square(广场)是四面的，所以排除仅指两边的both。选项B和C后跟单数名词。答案为D。 4. You have not at all read my points carefully and_______the same mistakes. ( ) A continuously repeat B continuously repeated C are continuously repeating D continuously repeating 答案:C 解析：现在进行体和表示高频率的副词always，constantly，continually，continuously，all the time等连用时，失去了表示暂时性的语义含义，而经常被用来表示一种独特的习惯。答案为C。 5. Then you will come to a level plain, in which the Nile ____ round an island named Tachompso. ( ) A flows B flow C is flowing D flowing 答案:A 解析：表示客观事实用一般现在时。句意为：然后你会来到一个平坦的平原；在那里，尼罗河环绕一座名叫Tachompso的岛屿而流。答案为A。 6. He _______ hurt last year early in the playoffs and never came back. ( ) A got B were
全国2014年4月自学考试英语语法试题 课程代码：00831 请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂、写在答题纸上。 选择题部分 注意事项： 1．答题前，考生务必将自己的考试课程名称、姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔填写在答题纸规定的位置上。 2．每小题选出答案后，用2 B铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试题卷上。 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 blacken the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. 1. How many ______ are there in the word “monotonous”? A. o B. oes C. o’s D. os 2. Do you think there’s any possibility of arriving at the gym by ______ bus and sti ll having the time to play ______ basketball together? A./; / B. a; the C. the; / D./; the 3. Today, Mary learned in ______ school how to behave well at ______ table. A. the; / B./; / C. the; the D./; the 4. Listen, Diana. I don’t care if you ______ the bus this morning. But you ______ late for too many times. You’re fired. A. have missed; came B. would miss; have come C. missed; have come D. are missing; came 5. It so happened that Mary’s car ______when Jack went to borrow it. A. repaired B. was being repaired C. was repaired D. had repaired 6. The president thought it essential that the university ______ general education as a foundation for students’ future development. A. stresses B. stress C. stressed D. would stress 7. ______ it not for water, this world would be a lifeless place. A. Were B. If C. Was D. Had 8. You ______ driven 70 miles an hour. Now tell me what we shall do with this speeding ticket? A. needn’t have B. couldn’t have C. mustn’t have D. shouldn’t have 9. He admitted ______ in love with the girl, but felt too shy to even meet her. A. to fall B. fell C. falling D. fallen 10. Did you see a middle-aged man with a scar on his face ______ the street just now? A. crossed B. cross C. crossing D. has crossed