语法练习

1.The country's wealth comes chiefly from its ___.

A.herd of cattle

B.herd of cattles

C.herds of cattle

D.herds of cattles

2.Jane got her bad tooth ___ at the dentist's.

A.pulled out

B.being pulled out

C.pulled away

D.being pulled away

3.If you don't like to swim, you ___ stay at home.

A.may well

B.may just as well

C.can as well as

D.would just as well

4.____ the English examination, I would have gone to the concert last Sunday.

A.In spite of

B.As for

C.Because of

D.But for

5.As I will be away for at least a year, I'd appreciate ___ from you now and then telling me how everything is going on.

A.to hear

B.hear

C.hearing

D.having heard

答案详解

1.[C]【解析】考查名词复数。cattle是集合名词，指牛的总称，无复数形式。句意：这个国家的财富主要来自畜牧业。

2.[A]【解析】考查非谓语动词。get sth. done 意为“（令某人）做某事”；pull out意为“抽出，拔出”。句意：简在牙科诊所拔了一颗牙。

3.[B]【解析】考查固定句型。may/might just as well意为“倒不如；还是……的好；不妨”；may/might well 意为“很可能”。句意：如果你不去游泳，那你还是待在家里好了。

4.[D]【解析】考查介词短语。but for 意为“若不是……，若没有”；in spite of 意为“尽管，不顾，虽然”； as for sb./sth. 意为“至于，关于，就……方面而言”。句意：要不是因为英语考试，上周日我就去听音乐会了。

5.[C]【解析】考查非谓语动词。appreciate是及物动词，后借动名词作宾语。句意：我要离开至少一年，所以如果你能经常告诉我这边的情况，我将十分感激。