1.8 练习 1. He was eager to make some extra money, since during these years he could hardly live on his_______. a． little wage b. few wage c. wage d. wages 2. Most of the houses in the village were burnt to ______ during the war. a. an ash b. the ash c. ash d. ashes 3. The students at colleges or universities are making ______ for the coming New Year. http://yingyu.chazidian.coma.many preparations b. much preparation c. preparations d. preparation 4. Painting in _____ is one of their spare-time activities. a. oil b. an oil c. oils d. the oil 5. In the view of the foreign experts, there wasn’t ____ oil here. a. much b. lots of c. a great deal of d. many 6. The large houses are being painted, but ______. a. of great expense b. at a great expense c. in a lot of expenses d. by high expense 7. The room was small and contained far too ______. a.much new furniture c. much new furnitures b.many new furniture d. many new furnitures 8. Jim was late for two classes this morning. He said that he forgot both of the ______. a. rooms number b. room number c. room’s numbers d. room numbers http://yingyu.chazidian.com can do ______ work in a short time, but a man can not do ______ by himself. a great many…many c. much…a great deal b. a great deal of…much d. many…a great many 10. She didn’t know _____ he had been given. a. how many information c. how many informations b. the number of information d. how much information 11. He invited all of his ______ to join his wedding party. a. comrade-in-arms c. comrades-in-arm b. comrades-in-arms d. comrade-in-arm 12. All the ______ in the hospital got a rise last month. a. women doctors c. woman doctors b. women doctor d. woman doctor 13.After ten years, all these youngsters became_____. a. growns-ups c. growns-up b. grown-up d. grown-ups 14.The police investigated those _____ about the accident. a. stander-by c. standers-by b. stander-bys d. standers-bys 15.The Nazi kept those ______ in their concentration camp. a.prisoner-of-wars c. prisoners-of-war b.prisoners-of-wars d. prisoner-of-war 16.The manager was greatly appreciate that _____ made by Linda lately. a. new reel b. news reel c. new-reels d. news reels 17.Mary’s dress is similar in appearance to her ______. a. elder sister b. elder sister’s c. elder sisters d. elder sisters dress 18.All the people at the conference are ______. a. mathematic teachers c. mathematics teacher b.mathematics teachers d. mathematic’s teachers 19.Professor Mackay told us that ______ of lead are its softness and its resistance. a. some property c. properties b. some properties d. property 20.Physics _____ with matter and motion. a. deal b. deals c. dealing d. are 21.He has written several books, but his last works _____ well known among his friends. a. have b. have been c. is d. are 22.After he checked up my ______ heart, the doctor advised him to rest for a few days. a. father-in-law’s c. father’s-in-law b. father-in-law d. father’s-in-law’s 23.He told me _____ would come to his birthday party. a. many Jack friends c. many Jack’s friend b. Jack’s many friends d. many friends of Jack’s 24.I had my hair cut at the _____ around the corner. a.barber b. barbers c. barber’s d. barbers’ 25.Yesterday evening we had a lovely evening at ______. a. Peter and Helen’s c. Peter and Helen b. Peter and Helens d. Peter’s and Helen’s 26.______ receives only a small portion of the total amount of the sun’s energy. a. The earth’s surface c. The surface of earth b. The surface earth d. The earth surface 27.Numerous materials are available to ______. a. today of designers c. today’s of designers b. today’s designers d. today designers 28.Why did you speak to Peter that way? Don’t you know he is an old friend of ______? a. my brother b. my brothers c. my brother’s d. my brother’s friend 29.______ is a well-informed man. He can tell you anything you want to know. a. This John’s old friend c. That’s Jahn’s old friend b. This old friend of John d. This old friend of John’s 30.______ is too much for a little boy to carry. a.A bike’s weight c. The weight of a bike b.The weights of a bike d. Bile’s weight 31.Generally there are ______ television programs for children on Saturday. a.little b. much c. a large number of d. a large amount of 32.When they got to the lecture-room, there were ______ left. a.only few seats b. a very few seats c. only a few seats d. so a few seats 33.______ travels faster when the zip code is indicated on the envelope. a. A little mail b. A piece of mail c. A mail d. A small mail 34.The Department purchased ______ to improve the working conditions there. a. a new equipment c. new equipments b. a new piece of equipment d. new pieces of equipments 35.The boy tried hard but there has been ______ in his work. a.little improvement c. many improvements b. a little improvement d. few improvements 36.Today’s modern TV cameras require ______ light as compared with the earlier models. a. only a few b. only few c. only a little d. only little 37.No country can afford to neglect ______. a.an education b. educations c. education d. the education 38.Please write the answers to the questions at the end of ______. a. eighth chapter b. chapter eight c. eight chapter d. chapter the eight 39.______ is only surpassed by that of monkeys’ and apes’. a.The intelligent dog c. The intelligence of dogs b.The dogs whose intelligence d. The dogs being intelligent 40.All ______ must take the graduate Management Admission Test. a. business student b. business’s students c. business students d. business’s student 41.______ anywhere in the United States costs less than a dollar when you dial it yourself. a.Three minutes call c. A three-minutes call b.Three-minute call d. A three-minute call 42.The ______ about nuclear energy revolves around the waste problem. a.public’s chief concern c. chief public concern b.public chief concern d. chief concern of public’s 43.______ the first and largest ethnic group to work on the construction of the transcontinental railroad. a. Chinese were b. The Chinese was c. Chinese was d. The Chinese were 44.______ can get a better view of the game than the participants. a.Looker-on b. Lookers-on c. Looker-ons c. Lookers-ons 45.A group of spectators was dispersed by the police who ______ at the scene of the accidents within minutes. a. were b. have been c. was d. has been 46.Our livestock ______ not as numerous as they used to be. a.is b. are c. be d. been 47.One of the most surprising things is that ______ may come from petroleum. a. much of tomorrow food c. many of tomorrow’s food b. much of the food of tomorrow d. much of tomorrow’s food 48.Scott is an orphan but he received ______. a.very good education c. a very good education b.very good educations d. many good educations 49.After several day’s hardworking, we have made ______ on the design. a. much improvement c. many improvement b. several improvements d. some improvement 50.The boy was very happy that his mother bought him a new pair of shoes at a ______ yesterday. a.shoes shop b. shoe shop c. shoes’s shop d. shoe’s 51.Eggs, though nourishing, have ______ of fat content. a.large number b. a large number c. a high amount d. the high amount 52.He has done some ______ on that subject from various angles over the past ten years. a.research b. a research c. researches d. the researches 53.Recently, he has lost all his ______. a.wage and saving at card c. wages and saving at card b.wages and savings at card d. wages and savings at cards 54.The country’s wealth comes chiefly from its many ______. a.herd of cattle b. heard of cattles c. herds of cattle d. herds of cattles 55.In Britain the ______ are all painted red. a.letter boxes b. letters box c. letters boxes d. letters’s box 56.Ten years had passed. I found she had ______. a.a little white hair c. a few white hair b.some white hair d. much white hair 57.All his ______ far from satisfaction a. conduct is b. conduct are c. conducts is d. conducts will be 58.Although the town had been attacked by the storm several times, ______ was done. a. a few damages b. few damages c. little damage d. a little damage 59.He was ______ what to do. a. at his wit end b. at his wits end c. at his wit’s end d. at his wits’s end 60.Would you like to have a cup of tea and ______ with me? a two toasts b. two pieces of toast c. two piece of toasts d. tow pieces of toasts 61.Accurate ______ covering the fact are not obtainable. a. datum b. datums c. data d. datas 62.On Monday morning some teachers exchanged a few ______. a. how-are-yous c. how-are-you’s b. of how-are-you’s d. of how are you 63.Albert said he met the girl ______ a. at his uncle’s Smith room c. at his uncle Smith’s room b. at Smith’s his uncle’s room d. at the room of his uncle’s Smith’s 64.It is four months since I last saw Keats ______. a. at Mrt Smith’s ,the book seller c. at my aunt’s, a book seller b. at my aunt’s, Mrs Palmer’s d. at Mrs Palmer’s, the book seller’s 65.This room is ______. a. the editor’s-in-chief’s office c. the editor-in-chief’s office b. the editor-in-chief office d. the editor’s-in-chief office 66.My old classmate, Comrade Sun ,works at ______. a. a teacher college c. a teacher’s college b. a teachers’s college d. a college of a teacher’s 67.The policemen put the criminal ______. a. in a iron b. into a iron c. in irons d. into a pair of iron 68.Our teacher gave me ______. a. an advice b. the advice c. many advice d. much advice 69.My mother cut the cloth with ______ scissors. a. a b. two c. a couple of d. a pair of 70.My house is within ______ from the railway station. a. a stone’s throw b. a throw of a stone c. stone’s throw d. the stone’s throw 名词练习答案 1 D 15 B 29 D 43 D 57 A 2 D 16 B 30 B 44 B 58 C 3 C 17 B 31 C 45 A 59 D 4 C 18 C 32 C 46 B 60 B 5 A 19 C 33 B 47 D 61 C 6 C 20 B 34 C 48 B 62 B 7 A 21 C 35 A 49 C 63 B 8 D 22 A 36 C 50 B 64 D 9 C 23 D 37 C 51 C 65 B 10 D 24 C 38 B 52 A 66 C 11 C 25 A 39 B 53 D 67 C 12 A 26 A 40 C 54 C 68 D 13 D 27 C 41 D 55 A 69 D 14 B 28 C 42 A 56 D 70 A