Ⅱ、填空题(本大题共10小题,每题1分,共10分):请用所给动词的虚拟形式填空
Fill in the blanks with the proper subjunctive form of the verbs in brackets (10 points, 1 point for each):
1. I recommend that favorable consideration ____________ (be) given to his application for admission.
2. If he ____________ (be) here now, I don’t know you’d have the guts to flirt with his secretary.
3. My father suggested that I ____________ (enter) Harvard rather than to start a business now.
4. When I entered his big office that afternoon, he didn’t say a word, nor did he raise his head, as if I ____________ (be) invisible.
5. Far ____________ (be) it from me to turn my back to her when she is in need of my help.
6. He ran away lest they ____________ (catch) him.
7. I wish I ____________ (be) taller and stronger so that they wouldn’t dare to treat me by rough handling.
8. It is desirable that everybody ____________ (mind) his or her own business.
9. I propose that a woman member of the committee ____________ (be) appointed for the chair.
10. It is very important that the textbooks ____________ (be) available before school starts.
Ⅲ、名词解释(本大题共5小题,每题3分,共15分)
Define the following terms with examples (15 points, 3 points for each):
1. bound morpheme
2. collective nouns
3. foreign plurals
4. conversion
5. simple sentence
Ⅳ.句子改写题(本大题共10小题,每题2分,共20分)
Rewrite the following sentences as required (20 points, 2 points for each):
A. Rewrite the following sentences using passive voice:
1. All the students who are applying for the government loan must observe this rule.
2. A group of children built the sand castle.
3. The removal men damaged our grandfather’s clock.
4. This studio will probably blow up your photograph well.
5. The government must put an end to the political crisis as soon as possible.
B. Combining sentences using the relative clause:
6. My special gratitude goes to Professor Weir. Without his help this project would have been impossible.
7. She was afraid people would consider her ambitious and aggressive. She was actually not ambitious or aggressive.
8. He is a psychiatrist. I know him. He can give you advice.
9. He is a Jack of all trades. He has done thousands of things. He has accomplished nothing.
10. When I was in Stratford, I visited the house. Shakespeare is said to have lived there for several years before he left for London.
Ⅴ.问答题(本大题共6小题,共36分)
Answer the following questions with the help of examples (36 points):
1. What are determiners? (5 points)
2. What are the two major semantic categories of modal auxiliaries? (6 points)
3. When adjectives are used in the dynamic sense, what are their syntactic and semantic features? (5 points)
4. What is the difference between coordination and subordination? (6 points)
5. Discuss various grammatical forms that disjuncts may take. (10 points)
6. As a future time expression, what special meaning does the simple present impart? (4 points)