省略句练习.doc

省略句专练
1. --- What’s the matter with John? --- He didn’t pass the test but he still _______.
A. hopes so B. hopes to C. hopes it D. hopes that
2. --- She must look like a very pretty girl. --- Yes, I imagine _______.
A. to B. that C. it D. so
3. --- Will you go home tomorrow evening? --- No, I’m going to a lecture, or at least I am planning _____.
A. so B. to C. it D. that
4. ---I got tired of the village life there. --- Why ____ for a few weeks?
A. coming to my home B. not coming to my house
C. do you come to my house D. not come to my home
5. ______ usual, I have forgotten something.
A. As it is B. As C. It’s D. That is
6. ______ she a man, she might be elected president.
A. If B. Unless C. Was D. Were
7. Francis Preston Blair, Jr. ______ born in Kentucky, lived and practiced law in Missouri.
A. was B. he was C. who is D. although
8. The old gentleman was speaking to that poor little girl kindly, ______ to his own grand-daughter.
A. like B. so as C. as if D. in order
9. ______ still a young man, he was elected chairman of the committee.
A. When B. As C. If D. Before
10. ______ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain does not seem high at all.
A. Compare B. When compared C. While comparing D. Comparing
11. Michael used to look hurt and surprised when _______.
A. scolding B. to scold C. scolded D. having scolded
12. While _____ the sun, the satellite has sent more than four billion bites of information back to earth.
A. orbiting B. being orbited C. having been orbited D. having orbited
13. While ______ from influenza, you should keep from getting wet or over-tired.
A. recover B. recovering C. recovered D. to recover
14. Most machines, __ complex, are combinations of the lever and the inclined plane.
A. even if B. whether C. no matter how D. as if
15. If _____, we’ll continue our experiment after office hours.
A. being necessary B. be necessary C. is necessary D. necessary
16. A beam of light will not bend round corners unless _____ to do so with the help of a reflecting device.
A. to be made B. being made C. made D. having made
17. When ______ different cultures, we often pay attention only to the differences without noticing the many similarities.
A. compared B. being compared C. comparing D. having compared
18. --- I was wondering if we could go skiing on the weekend. --- _______ good.
A. Sound B. Sounded C. Sounding D. Sounds
19. The man we followed suddenly stopped and looked as if _____, whether he was going in the right direction.
A. seeing B. having seen C. to have seen D. to see
20. Generally speaking, _____ according to the directions, the drug has no side effect.
A. when talking B. when taken C. when to take D. when to be taken
21. Unless _____ to speak, you should remain silent at the conference.
A. invited B. inviting C. being invited D. having invited
22. ______ time, he’ll make a first-class tennis player.
A. Having given B. To give C. Giving D. Given
23. --- Susan, go on. Your sister is cleaning the yard. --- Why_______? John is sitting there doing nothing.
A. him B. he C. I D. me
24. --- The boys are not doing a good job at all, are they? --- ____________.
A. I guess not so B. I don’t guess C. I don’t guess so D. I guess not
25. When _____, the museum will be open to the public next year.
A. completed B. completing C. being completed D. to be completed
26. The director gave me a better offer than ______.
A. that of Dick’s B. Dick’s C. he gave Dick D. those of Dick
27. --- Does your brother intend to study German? --- Yes, he intends ______.
A. / B. to C. so D. that
28. --- Alice, why didn’t you come yesterday? --- I __, but I had an unexpected visitor.
A. had B. would C. was going to D. did