2020年公共英语三级词汇与语法练习题三

　　1. ─What are you reading, Jane?

　　─Some books on ________ education, I’m now interested in ________ education of young people.

　　A. an; the

　　B. /; the

　　C. the; an

　　D.an;/

　　2. —You were out when I dropped in at your house yesterday.

　　—Oh, I________ for a friend from Beijing at the railway station.

　　A. was waiting

　　B. had waited

　　C.am waiting

　　D. have waited

　　3. —Little Jim has been eating sweets all day.

　　—It’s no ________ he is not hungry

　　A. matter

　　B. doubt

　　C. Problem

　　D. Wonder

　　4. Comrade Wang ________ be in Shanghai—I saw him in the company only a few minutes ago.

　　A. mustn’t

　　B. can’t

　　C. may not

　　D. isn’t able to

　　5. It was not until I got home ________ I found my wallet missing.

　　A. That

　　B. when

　　C. where

　　D. which

　　6. Tom owns ________ larger collection of ________ books than any other student in our class.

　　A.the; 不填

　　B.a; 不填

　　C.a; the

　　D. 不填; the

　　7. For a long time they walked without saying ________ word. Jim was the first to break ________ silence.

　　A. the; a

　　B. a; the

　　C. a; 不填

　　D. the; 不填

　　8. When he left ________ college, he got a job as ________ reporter in a newspaper office.

　　A. 不填;a

　　B. 不填;the

　　C. a ; the

　　D. the ; the

　　9. If you buy more than ten, they knock 20 pence off ________ .

　　A. a price

　　B. Price

　　C. the price

　　D. Prices

　　10. ________ on-going division between English-speaking Canadians and French-speaking Canadians is ________ major concern of the country.

　　A. The; 不填

　　B. The; a

　　C. An; the

　　D. An; 不填

　　6.正确答案为 B

　　第一个 education 意为“教育;教育学”，为不可数名词，因此不用冠词;而第二个 education 表示特指，意为“年轻人的教育”，因此用定冠词，故答案为 B。

　　7. 正确答案为A

　　根据上句中的时间状语的提示可知谓语动词是指过去某时正在发生的事情，因此用过去进行时态，故答案为 A。

　　8. 正确答案为D

　　上句“小吉姆整天在吃糖果”是“他不饿”的原因，因此答案为 D。no wonder 意为“难怪，不足为怪。”

　　9. 正确答案为B

　　情态动词 must 表推测时只能用于肯定句。在否定句中用 can’t 代替must。can’t 意为“不可能”;may not 意为“可能不”;be able to 表示经过努力或克服了困难之后做成了某事的能力，意为“能，会”。句中的破折号起解释说明的作用。“我几分钟前在公司见过他”，因此“不可能在上海”，故答案为 B。

　　10. 正确答案为A

　　强调句的基本结构由“It is / was +被强调部分 + that / who + 句子其余部分”组成，如果被强调的是人用 that 或 who;其他用 that。句意为：到了家我才发现我的钱包不见了。