语法练习

1.--“A man answered the phone.I suppose it was her husband.”--“It ___ her husband. He's been dead for ages.”

A.mustn't be

B.can't have been

C.would have not been

D.needn't have been

2.Don't worry. The gossip will soon ___.

A.die of

B.die off

C.die out

D.die down

3.The True Story of Ah Q is ___ all students of Chinese literature.

A.a familiar work to

B.a familiar work of

C.a work familiar of

D.a work familiar to

4.John looked over the engine carefully lest it ___ wrong on the way.

A.goes

B.go

C.went

D.had gone

5.Mary ___ here before, I had to meet her at the railway station.

A.has never been

B.had never been

C.having never been

D.never was

答案详解

1.[B]【解析】情态动词。can't have+过去分词表示对过去事实的否定推测。因此答案选B项。句意：“是一个男人接的电话，我猜想是她的丈夫。”“不可能，她丈夫已经去世好几年了。”

2.[D]【解析】动词词组。其中，die of意为“死于（疾病、饥寒等）”；die off意为“先后死去，一一死去”；die out意为“死光，绝种”；die down意为“（骚动，流言等）平息，消失”。因此答案选D项。句意：别担心，留言很快就会平息的。

3.[D]【解析】固定搭配。be familiar to...意为“为……所熟悉”。本题中familiar to作a work的后置定语。因此答案选D项。句意：对所有中国文学专业的学生来说，《阿Q正传》是一部非常熟悉的作品。

4.[B]【解析】虚拟语气。lest+从句，从句用（should）+动词原形，因此答案选B项。句意：约翰把发动机仔细检查了一遍，以免它在路上出毛病。

5.[C]【解析】独立主格作状语。其构成为：名词/代词+分词短语/介词短语。因此答案选C项。句意：玛丽从来没来过这里，我得去火车站接她。