COSL英语5-6级单选复习时态

1.So little _______ about the foreign table manners, that I often observed how others did.

A. I know B. I knew C. did I know D. do I know 2. It's high time they _______ this road.

A. mend B. mended C. must have mended D. will mend 3.His boss insisted that he ________ until he finished all his work.

A. stays B. shall stay C. stayed D. stay 4.To qualify具有资格for the job ________. A. a diploma for high school is necessary B. one needs a high school diploma C. it is required that one has a high school diploma D. a high school diploma is needed

5.The decision ______, the next problem was how to make a good plan.

A. having made B. to have been made C. having been made D. being made 6.John's record was not so good as _______ on the team.

A. any player's B. that of any player's C. any other player's D. all the players

7.The university of California, _______ in 1868, is administered by a president and governed by a twenty-four member board.

A. founded B. has been founded C. to have been founded D. was founded 8. He opened his lips as if好象________ something.

A. to say B. having said C. said D. saying 9. I recommended that the student _______ his composition as soon as possible.

A. finishing writing B. should finish write C. finish writing D. finished writing 10. But for friction摩擦, 摩擦力, people_______ neither walk, nor even stand up. A.can B. will be able to C. were able to D. could 11. ________ will Mr. Forbes be able to regain control of the company.

A.With hard work B. In spite of his hard work C. Only if he works hardly D. Only with hard work 12. A body at rest will remain at rest _______ it is acted upon by an external force.

A. though B. since C. unless D. if 13. I propose that we _______ off early.

A. not set B.are not set C. would not be set D. will be set 14. Staying in a hotel costs ________ renting a room in a dormitory for a week.

A. twice more than B. twice as much as C. as much twice as D. as much as twice 15. Frankly speaking, I'd rather you ________ anything about it for the time being.

A. do B. don't do C. did D. didn't do

16. ________, Vincente T. Ximenes spent many years as a government economist. A. Son of small Texas farmer B. A small Texas farmer's son was

C. His son was a small Texas farmer D. A small farmer in Texas whose son

17. The young man still denies ________ the car.

A. to steal B. to stealing C. having stolen D. having been stolen 18. _________ we have finished the book we shall start doing some exercises.

A. For now B. Since that C. Now that D. Since now 19. I haven't decided which hotel _______.

A. to stay B. to stay at C. is to stay at D. is for staying 20. It is necessary that he _______ in time to attend the meeting.

A. come B. came C. would come D. will come 21. Please allow me to enter, I know you close the shop at noon, but it's _______ noon yet.

A. already B. immediately C. hardly D. just

22. Please have your doctor ________ that report.

A. to sign B. signing C. sign D. signed 23. The last man ________ the sinking ship was the captain.

A. left B. to leave C. to be leaving D. leaves 24. He made the request that the problem _______ at the meeting.

A. is discussed B. discusses C. be discussed D. will be discussed

25. Anything _______ shoule be returned to the owner.

A. borrow B. borrowed C. borrowing D. to borrow

26. Solids, liquids and gases at rest all have a tendency to resist _______ in motion.

A. setting B. being set C. to set D. to be set 27. Not until 1868 ________ made the capital of the state of Georgia.

A. was Atlanta B. when Atlanta was C. Atlanta was D. was when Atlanta 28. It is necessary that instrument _______ before it is used.

A. must test B. be tested C. will be tested D. should test 29. I had hoped _______ my letter.

A. her to answer B. that she answer C. that she would answer D. her answering

30. The room was in utter disorder with bits of paper, broken bottles and rusty cans _______ about.

A. laying B. lain C. laid D. lying 31. The building contractors have asked that the unfinished project _______.

A. is extended B. will be extended C. has been extended D. be extended 32. You don't object _______ you by your first name, do you?

A. that I call B. to my calling C. for calling D. that I am calling 33. ________ being away so often caused a strain in the relationship.

A. Him B. His C. He D. For him

34. _______ John would not have failed.

A. If he has listened to me B. Had he listen to me

C. If he listened to me D. As soon as he listened to me 35. ________1895 did Cornell University begin to offer degree in ornithology.

A. Not until B. Unitl C. Not since D. in 36. Quarter horses can start more quickly, turn more sharply, and run faster over short courses _______ breeds can.

A. that the other B. other

C. of all other D. than other 37. Sometimes I dream ________ running away to a desert island.

A. to B. about C. of D. with 38. ________; I don't have to go to work today. A. You needn't to wake me up B. You did not need wake me up C. You did not need to wake me up D. You needn't have woken me up

39. ________, many laws of nature actually exist.

A. Having not discovered B. Not having discovered C. Having not been discovered D. Not having been discovered 40 .It is important that he _______ his reservations before Friday.

A. will confirm B. confirm C. confirms D. must confirm 41. I insist on _______ this small present as a token of my appreciation.

A. you to accept B. your accepting C. you to accepted D. you accept 42. It was not easy to bridge the marked and agonizing generation gap ________. A. which were improved by young people and their elders B. which existed between young people and their elders C. that elder people changed their young people

D. which existed among young people and their elders

43. Good writing can frequently be identified by its clarity, its ability to please a reader, and also ________ grammatical errors.

A. it is free of B. its free from C. its quality of being free from D. its freedom from

44. An increase in a nation's money supply, without an accompanying increase in economic activity, _______ result in higher prices.

A. tends B. tends the C. tending the D. will tend to 45. Historians often suspect that _______.

A. it is not politicians or journalists but that they have the deepest insight into contemporary events

B. not politicians or journalists but they have the deepest insight into comtemporary events C. they have, and not politicians or journalist, the deepest insight into contemporary events D. it is not politicians or journalists but it is they who have the deepest insight into the contemporary events

46. Yesterday at the bus stop _______ a soldier and two young people on their way to North

Carolina.

A. are B. was C. is D. sits and waits 47. When Joyce was told the whole story, she _______ in the film.

A. ceased interest B. ceased interested C. ceased being interested D. ceased to interest 48. The \

A. are being cured B. have cured C. have been cured D. were cured 49. Jean worked just so much ________.

A. like what she was told to B. as she was told to C. as to what she tried to do D. like she was told to 50. \ A. to notify B. to be notified C. to have been notified D. being notified

51. Only in recent years _______begun to realize that wild dogs, kept within bounds, often do more good than harm.

A. people have B. since people have C. have people D. people who have

52. The invalid was very tired when he returned from the walk, _______ he could not sit up. A. for that much that B. as much as that

C. so much so that D. too much to be that

53. With the bottle standing there on the table when he came in I couldn't _______ offer him drink.

A. help B. otherwise C. but D. rather 54. I move that the meeting _______ for a week.

A. be adjourned B. adjourns C. would adjourn D. is adjourned On his way back home, he found his wallet ________.

A. to miss B. miss C. missing D. missed 55. I wish that I _______ the concert last night.

A. could B. have attended C. attended D. could have attended 56. I would have come sooner but I _______ that you were waiting.

A. didn't know B. hadn't known C. have known D. haven't known 57. Galileo constructed telescopes about 1609 and _______. A. was the first to use them for studying the heavens B. were to first use it in surveying the heaven C. first using them to study it

D. used it of investigating the heaven

58. _______ at the Town Hall, the Queen was welcomed by the Mayor.

A. On arrival B. At reaching C. On reaching D. At arrival 59. I wish that you _______ such a bad headache because I'm sure that you would have enjoyed the concert.

A. hadn't B. didn't have had C. hadn't had D. hadn't have 60. If you stay over four years in the United States, you will have to ______. A. extending your visa to a certain time of your stay

B. have your visa extended to four more years C. extending your visa four years longer D. have four year's extending

61. The atmosphere is _______ are its soils and the water of its lakes, rivers, and oceans. A. much a part of the earth as B. a part of the earth as much C. much as a part of the earth

D. as much a part of the earth as

62. In explaining the theory of relativity, the scientist states that mechanical laws that are true in one place _______ equally valid in any other place.

A. being B. they should be C. are D. to be 63. As a junior clerk he is now earning only _______ he used to.

A. half as much as B. a half as much C. half as many D. a half much as 64. There are two small rooms in the beach house, _______ served as a kitchen. A. the smaller of which B. the smallest of which C. the smaller of them D. smallest of that

65. Understanding the cultural habits of another nation, especially _______ containing as many different subcultures as the United States, is a complex task.

A. one B. the one C. that D. such 66. The people at the party were worried about Janet because no one was aware _______ she had gone.

A. where B. of where C. the place D. of in which 67. If we had known that she had planned to go abroad today, we _______at the airport. A. will see her off B. would have seen her off C. would see her off D. should have seen her off

68. ________ the factors already referred to, people sometimes feel insecure because their motives are misunderstood by others.

A. Except that B. Apart from C. Except for D. But for 69. In many ways, riding a bicycle is similar to _______.

A. the driving of a car B. you drive a car C. driving a car D. the driving a car

70. ________ we paid them in advance, would they start in to dig the ditch immediately? A. Let B. Imagining C. Speaking D. Say 71. The line was busy; someone must _______ the telephone.

A. be using B. use C. have been using D. have use 72. Heat does not travel by convection in solid, because the solid does not move, _______. A. as does a liquid B. so is a liquid C. so a liquid does D. so does a liquid

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