《英语形似句》

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1 I(did not look/have not looked)at the paper thismorning1

2 I(read/have read)A Tale of Two Cities(at the age often)2

3 I(was/have been)very busy(last month/for the lastmonth)3

4 Since I(was/have been)at this firm,there have beenfour strike4

5 He(has gone/has been)to Paris5

6 I(live/am living)in Guangzhou6

7 The child(is/is being)clever7

8 So you doubt my word./You are always doubting myword8

9 When she is in London,she(is)always(reads/reading)the Financial Times9

10 We can compare the tactics of the two teams while we(watch/are watching)the game10

11 If you(make/are making)a trunk call,your familywill get the news in ？me11

12 We(had better dres？/had better be dressing)tor？thereception12

13 I(smell/am smelling the)perfume13

14 If you(don t play/are not ？)table tennis,14

we may as well go home14

15 Will you(come/be coming)again tomorrow?15

16 (Will you be talking/Are you going to talk)to the stu-dents tomorrow?16

17 The teachers(will be coming/are coming)17

18 I(have read/have been reading)the Selected Works ofLu Xun18

19 The nurse(has taken/has been taking)sampies of thedonors blood19

20 I heard the news at my uncle s,where I(have dined/have been dining)(frequently)20

21 I(am living/have been living)here for three months.21

22 Where(does/has)he come from?22

23 Rogers said his brother(was/had been)there23

24 We(hoped/had hoped)he would recover24

25 It looks as if it(is/were)going to rain25

26 (To cheat/Cheating)in examination is wrong26

27 The soil is(fit to plant cotton/fit for cotton planting)27

28 He(forgot to close/forgot closing)the window28

29 The fruit is(good to eat/good eating)29

30 The window was(heard to bang/heard banging)up-stairs30

31 He(would like to have watched/liked watching)thegame,but he didn t have time31

32 I don t like(to punish/punishing)new students32

33 I regret(to say/saying)that(you ll/you d)have toanswer for it33

34 I remembered(to tell/telling)her that the shop closedat eleven34

35 I saw him(cross/crossing)the road35

36 He started to play the piano when he got home fromwork./He started playing the piano after he retiredfrom work36

37 At the sight of Dr．Bao,the child stopped(to groan/groaning)37

38 They tried(to speak/speaking)English38

39 He is sure (to return/returning)39

40 A spanner is used(to turn/for turning)bolts40

41 The fighters(used to sleep/were used to sleeping)inthe open41

42 I was afraid(to remind/of reminding)him of what hehad done42

43 War(can/may)break out at any moment43

44 (Can/May)I see the principal,please?44

45 He(can/may)have changed his clothes and slippedout45

46 We(might/could)ask him to play a part in the play.46

47 The jewels(may/might)have been lost47

48 We(must/have to)finish it by the end of this week.48

49 You(should not/ought not to)drink so much49

50 They(didn t need to copy/needn t have copied)thequestions50

51 He asked the director if he(should/would)see to ithimself51

52 They will not(approve/approve of)this plan52

53 Dr．Smith(attended/attended to)this patient53

54 Please(arrange/arrange for)another table54

55 I(believe/believe in)him55

56 Please(call/call on)him at six56

57 I am going to(consult/consult with)Dr．Johnson．57

58 He(escaped/escaped from)(imprisonment/prison).58

59 Have you(finished/finished with)the paper59

60 Can you(get/get at the)apples there?60

61 They were(playing/playing at)football61

62 They are(searching/searching for)the criminal62

63 He was(shot/shot at)on his way home63

64 Show him(to)the room64

65 I don t like this job,but I suppose I shall have to(stick/stick to)it65

66 No，I won t(tell/tell on)him66

67 Shall we(sit/sit down)(here)for a moment67

68 We had better act on their(advice/advices)68

69 He gave me a box of(chocolate/chocolates)69

70 He laid(a cloth/a piece of cloth)on the table70

71 We were touched by Mary s(confidence/confidences).71

72 We asked him to speak(from experience/about his ex-periences72

73 She has(an eye/eyes only)for antique furniture73

74 Near(the foot of the hill/the foothills)stood severalvillages74

75 It is his(manner/manners)that annoys me75

76 He is behind(time/the times)76

77 He got up late on(Sunday/Sundays)77

78 He is involved in(a good business deal/a good deal ofbusiness)78

79 (A furniture van/A van of furniture)was burnt79

80 Let s park our car some distance from this(rubbish heap/heap of rubbish)80

81 We can finish this(in the daytime/in a day s time).81

82 When she felt depressed，she would have(words/a fewwords)with her neighbours82

83 I cannot bear(his/him)company83

84 (My friend/A friend of mine)told me so84

85 I showed the professor(some of my papers/some pa-pers of mine)85

86 (You three/Three of you)should look after the bag-gage86

87 (Some students/Any student)can tell you the schoolhistory87

88 Is there(anything/something)upstairs?88

89 (Both/Two)basketball teams have been formed89

90 He called on me(the other day/every other day)90

91 This doesn t work.I need another./This alone won twork.I need another one91

92 What is the new teacher like?/How is the new teacher?92

93 (What s/How s)the time?93

94 (Which/What)colour do you prefer?94

95 (Four/The four)of us climbed up the peak95

96 She had to(keep house/keep the house)96

97 You should pay more attention to matters of(moment/the moment)97

98 It is out of(question/the question)98

99 I vaguely remember the plot of(a few of the/the few)books I ve read99

100 She bought(a red and green/a red and a green)dress.100

101 He was very careful with the spending of his wages,which were(hard-earned/hardly earned)101

102 I don t mind(harder/more hard)work102

103 His(high-rated/highly rated)property is the talk ofthe town103

104 His boss(just/justly)pointed out his mistakes104

105 He came five minutes(late/later)105

106 (Among/Between)(these/these two)books I likethis one best106

107 He sat(in/on)a chair107

108 (Shanghai/Japan)is(in/to)the east of China108

109 Don t make such a fuss(about/of)them109

110 Cloth is made(from/of)cotton110

111 He pointed(at/to)something over there111

112 He(points/points out)a gun(at/to)me112

113 There is no question(about/of)her coming to see us.113

114 I read(about/of)the plane crash in the newspaper.114

115 We camped there(for/in)the summer115

116 I got there(in/on)time(for the train)116

117 After the death of her husband,she practically lived(for/on)her children117

118 The strike was covered at once(in/on)the news.118

119 He put the books(on/to)one side119

120 I(also)have decided(also)to visit Paris120

121 (Anyhow)she works(anyhow)121

122 You may(as well)take this(as well)122

123 (At length)the trial was reported(at length)in thenewspapers123

124 (Clearly)he did not take in the situation(clearly).124

125 I(entirely)failed to understand him(entirely)125

126 (Even)his coach didn t expect him to break the record(even)in his first attempt126

127 (Foolishly)he told a lie(foolishly)127

128 (Naturally)he evaded the question(naturally)128

129 This town is new to me./I m new to this town129

130 (Obviously)he is not(obviously)tired after the jour-ney130

131 He(once)came to see me(once)131

132 There were only a few tourists in that place in October./Only in October were there a few tourists in thatplace132

133 (Personally)I thought it was necessary to discuss this(persoually)with your lawyer133

134 The correspondent wrote this because he(had a newsstory to write/had to write a news story)134

135 Mr．King(repaints the door/has the door repainted)every year135

136 They(saw him through/saw through him)136

137 They(saw it through/saw through it)137

138 (Standing up)I saw John(standing up)138

139 The artist thinks(too much)of himself(too much).139

140 (To tell you the truth)I like him(to tell the truth).140

141 (It is/There is)time to go141

142 These journals will attract the librarian s attention.They are(bound/bound to)142

143 I was not (a little/a bit)frightened143

144 He arranged everything(on the quiet/quietly)144

145 He said he had been waiting a long time(and/and he)felt slighted145

146 He said he was invited(but/but that)he was not ableto go146

147 I doubt(whether/that)he will come147

148 He didn t tell me when he(would be back/went out).148

149 The tourists(,)who had invalid passports(,)were de-tained149

150 Is John(at home/home yet)?150