泽熙美文Ⅰ. Grammar: Miscellaneous Grammatical Points
A、Multiple Choices
1. ______ break up rock, slowly wearing it away over millions of years.
A.Ice, wind and running water which
B.Ice, wind and running water
C.If ice, wind and running water
D.When ice, wind and running water
正确答案：B
2. In 1983, the fossilized claw and bones ______ a dinosaur were found in Surrey, England.
A.that
B.is
C.which is
D.of
正确答案：D
3. You think that everyone should be equal, and this is ______ they disagree.
A.how
B.which
C.when
D.where
正确答案：D
4. Minoan civilization ______ rapidly after a huge volcanic eruption; Crete was eventually overrun with people from mainland Greece.
A.declining
B.declined
C.was declined
D.to decline
正确答案：B
5. We all think ______ that the football match has been cancelled.
A.it a pity
B.it pity
C.what a pity
D.a pity is
正确答案：A
此句中的it为形式宾语，作主句谓语动词think的宾语；that引导的从句为真正的宾语；a pity作宾语的补足语。
6. As Mercury moves in its solar orbit, ______ its axis, an imaginary line that runs through its center.
A.rotates it on
B.it rotates on
C.on rotates it
D.rotates on it
正确答案：B
7. Their keen senses of hearing and smell have made some types of dogs ______ in hunting and tracking and as security guards.
A.as valuable
B.of the value
C.are valued
D.valuable
正确答案：D
8. ______ as much as 1/4 of all timber harvested has not been used.
A.That is estimated
B.It is estimated that
C.There is estimated
D.It estimates that
正确答案：B
此句中的it为形式主语，that引导的从句为真正的主语。
9. Igneous rocks form ______ hot melted rock from inside the Earth cools and becomes solids.
A.when
B.when does
C.and when
D.it is when
正确答案：A
10. Early philosophers believed that the mind was divided into three faculties ______ as feeling, intellect, and will.
A.to know
B.known
C.knowing
D.knew them
正确答案：B
11. The ionosphere, ______ extremely thin air, lies above the stratosphere and extends upward some 650 miles.
A.is a layer
B.layer of
C.has a layer of
D.a layer where
正确答案：B
12. The twelve constellations located along or near the ecliptic ______ the signs of the zodiac.
A.are referred to as
B.as referred to
C.they are referred to
D.to which are referred
正确答案：A
13. ______ our most recent memo indicates is ______ we haven’t yet protected ourselves against the risk of the market.
A.What that
B.What what
C.That what
D.That that
正确答案：A
此句中what引导的部分为主语从句；that引导的部分为表语从句。
14. Food is to body ______ knowledge is to mind.
A.what
B.as
C.which
D.how
正确答案：B
15. In areas away from the poles, the size of glaciers decreases in summer because the rising temperature causes the lower parts ______.
A.melt
B.are melting
C.melted
D.to melt
正确答案：D
16. Of particular interest to visitors ______ the large number of bookstores that sell books in different languages.
A.are
B.is
C.were
D.was
正确答案：B
此句中，the large number of bookstores是本句的主语，所以系动词用第三人称单数。
17. Such ______ the case, there were no grounds to justify your complaint.
A.was
B.were
C.being
D.had been
正确答案：C
18. Lack of money means that the ______ of free clinics must be reduced.
A.amount
B.number
C.degree
D.quantity
正确答案：B
19. Show me your ID card, ______?
