第十四讲连词
自测题
1．Ten years have passed______I began to learn English．
A)when        B)before
C)since        D)after
2．The reason for the traffic accident was ______one of the drivers lost control of his car．
A)because          B)why
C)when            D)that
3．Everything happened______expected．
A)which            B)that
C)as              D)and
4．If that idea is wrong,the project is bound to fail,______good all the ot
her ideas might be．
A)whatsoever    B)whatever
C)though        D)however
5．A man escaped from the prison last night．It was a long time______the guards discovered what had happened．
A)since        B)until
C)when          D)before
6．A driver should slow down______there are many houses．
A)where          B)when
C)till          D)since
7．______the boys were discussing the car accident,Ben put in that the road
was icy．
A)Since    B)While
C)Where    D)As soon as
8．We heard a loud sound of drums beating______the parade marched．
A)till    B)where
C)while    D)the moment
9．The picture is not hanging______it should on the wall．
A)until      B)when
C)wherever    D)where
10．John didn’t plan in advance what to say but made it up______he was asked questions．
A)since          B)where
C)as            D)till
11．______Charles started a job,he did it______it was finished ．
A)Since;where      B)Once;till
C)Each time;once    D)The moment;as
12．Dew is formed______the grass is thick．
A)while    B)when
C)where    D)until
13．I know the coat is unfashionable but I’m not going to throw it away．I’ll keep it______t
hat style comes into fashion again．
everything is soundA)when    B)since
C)until    D)as
14．______ more than one hundred elements are known,only twenty-five of them are common and important.
A) Because    B) If
C) Although    D) Whether
15．He put colons______he should have put semicolons．
A) though      B) even if
C) whenever    D) wherever
16．I enjoy travelling ______ I don’t have to drive too far．
A)lest          B)unless
C)if            D)but
17．Some members of the staff couldn’t handle Marry’s condition,hard _______ they tried．
A)as        B)although
C)when      D)even if
18． Government can’t operate effectively ______ it is free from such
interference．
A)as long as      B)so that
C)unless          D)because
19．The time is not far away ______ modern communications will become
widespread in China’s vast countryside．
A)when        B)as
C)until        D)before
20．______ you decide to take up,you should try to make it a success．
A)If only      B)Unless
C)Whenever      D)Whatever
21．_______ the punishment was unjust,Helen accepted it without complaint．
A)However      B)Even though
C)So long as  D)Since
22．_______ I admit that there are problems,I don’t think that they can’t be solved．
A)Unless        B)Until
C)As    D)W
23.Britain’press is unusual _______ it is divided into two very different types    of newspapers:the quality press and the popular press．
A)in how        B)in what
C)in which      D)in that
24．We often advise him not to drink more wine ______ is good for his health．
A)as            B)than
C)that          D)but
25．Society no longer looks upon divoice ______ it did a century ago．
A)no way      B)any way
C)a way        D)the way