英语高考冲刺单项题练习
No pains, no gains.
(一) 时态
1. ---- Look! How wonderful my car is! Oh, Jack. What are you thinking about? Don’t you like it?
---- I’m sorry I ______ any remark about it in time. I certainly think it’s smart.
A. wasn’t making B. don’t make C. won’t make D. didn’t make
2. To find the street where I lived in my childhood is no easy task because the city ______ so rapidly all these years.
A. is changing B. has changed C. will have changed D. will change
3. He ______ quite well, but he hasn’t had time to swim since this summer.
A. will swim B. Have swum C. swam D. swims
4. Jimmy said that he would come to pick me up, but he _______ by now.
A. hasn’t turned up B. doesn’t turn up C. won’t turn up D. hadn’t turned up
5. I’m terribly sorry for being late, but I _____ the wrong bus.
A. catch B. had caught C. caught D. catching
6. ---- Where is your uncle’s home?
---- In New York. But he ______ in Boston for the past four years.
A. had lived B. is living C. lives D. has lived
7. The truth, sir, is that the old man _______ across the road when my car hit him.
A. was to walk B. had been walking C. walked D. was walking
8. I really don’t think Rose will be upset, but I will go and see her in case she_____.
A. is B. does C. will be D. has been
9. The computers made by our company sell best, but several years ago no one could have imagined the role in the markets that they _________.
A. were playing B. were to play C. had played D. played
10. ---- Kate is in hospital.
---- Oh, really? I _______. ________ visit her.
A. didn’t know; I’ll go and B. don’t know; I’ll go and
C. don’t know; I’m going to D. didn’t know; I’m going to
11. ---- Where _______ the guidebook? I can’t see it anywhere.
---- I _______ it right here, but now it’s gone.
A. did you put; have put B. had you put; have put
C. have you put; put D. were you putting; put
12. I’d rather you did some housework when you are free, but you __________.
A. weren’t B. didn’t C. wouldn’t D. don’t
13. Nothing _______ clear about the meeting.
A. has made B. has been made C. has done D. has been done
14. ---- Do you live in this city?
---- No, we ______ it for holidays.
A. just visit B. just visited C. are just visiting D. have visited
15. ---- How is the old man now?
---- Sorry, he ______ though they did all they could to save him.
A. was dead B. had died C. has been dead D. died
16.The lake will be further polluted unless some measures ______.
A will be taken B are taken C were taken D had been taken
17. I’m afraid it will be two months______.
A when I come back B when I’ll come back C before I come back D before I’ll come back
18.The workers _____busily when the boss came to look for something she ______in the office.
A had worked, had left B were working ; had left C working ; had left D had worked; left
（二）语态
19.The box _____.Better call in a mechanic(修理工).
A isn’t open B hasn’t been open C isn’t be open D won’t open
20.The doorbell had been ringing for several minutes before it ______.
A answered B had answered C was answering D was answered
21.The notice ______ “No smoking”. A is told B reads C tells D is read
（三）情态动词
22. ----Will Mr. Smith join us in the party ?
----He would, but he _____not . He sometimes likes to stay alone.
A must B can C need D may
23.We were all waiting for you .You _____for the seaside by yourself without leaving a message.
A. mustn’t leave B. shouldn’t have left C. couldn’t have left D. needn’t leave
24.She is late. What _____have happened to her?
A should B must C can D would
25. ----She must have gone back to the valley.
----No, she _____. The entrance to it was nowhere to be found.
A mustn’t B needn’t C couldn’t D hadn’t
26. ---- Where will you start your work after graduation, in the south or in the north?
---- Mm, it’s not been decided yet. I _____ continue my study for a higher degree.
A. need B. must C. would D. might
27. As it turned out to be a small house party, we _______ so formally.
A. needn’t dress up B. didn’t have to dress up
C. might not have dressed up D. needn’t have dressed up
（四）动词或动词词组
28. Who can ______ me a ball-pen ________?
A. save; to write B. borrow; to be written
C. spare; to write with D. spend; writing with
29. A deaf-and- dumb(聋哑)man ________ some nails, so he entered a store, put two fingers together on the counter and made hammering movements with the other hand.
A. bought B. tested C. found D. needed
30. My mother always tells me not to forget to ________ my umbrella when I leave for work.
A. keep B. catch C. hold D. take
31.I can hardly believe my eyes. What a poor composition you have ______! There are so many wrong spellings in it.
A. turned into B. turned off C. turned to D. turned in
32. Once he makes a promise, he will ______ it.
A. insist on B. carry out C. keep D. stick to
33. This is the first time for him to ______ your beautiful country.
A. call on B. pay a visit to C. drop in D. come
34. Sitting in the shade on this hot day ________ good.
A. feels B. looks C. keeps D. remains
35. We are interested in the weather because it ______ us so directly---- what we do and even how we feel. A. benefits B. guides C. affects D. limits
36. We meant to finish the work by dark, but we were so tired that we could not ______.
A. hold on B. last on C. carry on D. keep to
37. However much money you have, it can not _______ a healthy body.
A. compare B. fit C. defeat D. match
38. So the dialogue will help the students to use English directly without ______ their mother tongue.
A. referring to B. adding to C. pointing to D. sticking to
39. ---- What’s the matter?
---- Oh, sorry. I pressed the button by chance and _______ the alarm clock.
A. set out B. send for C. sent off D. set off
40. When someone is in trouble, we should ________ a friendly hand.
A. hold on B. hold up C. hold out D. hold off
41. ---- What’s time by your watch?
---- My watch _______ five to two.
A. says B. speaks C. tells D. is saying
42. Because of the accident, the road was ________ to traffic.
A. shut B. closed C. turned off D. ended
43. Dogs are kept to ______ the houses from thieves at night.
A. guard B. defend C. protect D. prevent
44. As soon as Mr. Li came in, he asked Joan to ________ the books around the class.
A. give up B. give in C. give out D. give off
45. ________ your spirits. Try again and you’ll succeed.
A. Catch up B. Catch on C. Keep up D. Keep on
（五）冠词
46. Jumping out of _______ train running at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour is quite _____ dangerous practice.
A. /; the B. /; a C. a; a D. the; the
47.The price of _______ bike will partly be determined by the sort of ______ material used.
A. the; the B. the; / C. /; the D. /; /
48. He’s so ill that his father has to send for _______ doctor.
A. one B. some C. a D. the
49. He was ______ medical student before he turned _______ engineer.
A. a; an B. the; the C. a; / D. /; an
50. In fact of ________ failure, it is the most important to keep up ______ good state of mind.
A. /; a B. a; / C. the; / D. /; the
（六）名词
51. A month’s ______ is required from whichever party wishes to end the agreement.
A. message B. letter C. sentence D. notice
52. As a result of destroying the forests, a large ________ of desert ________ covered the land.
A. number; has B. quantity; has C. number; have D. quantity; have
53. He is not _______ as a leader but he has gained _______ in teaching.
A. success; many experiences B. a success; much experience
C. great success; an experience D. success; a lot of experience
54. Want to type faster? Just come to our school to have more ________.
A. chance B. experience C. success D. practice
55. ---- When shall we start?
---- You are to gather at the _______ at 8:00 tomorrow morning.
A. school’s gate B. School Gate C. School’s Gate D. school gate
56. Every morning Turner’s daughter got up very early to ________ the cows.
A. water B. food C. milk D. grass
57. His name is on the _______ of my tongue, but I just couldn’t remember it.
A. tip B. top C. side D. end
58. When they arrived at the second crossing, they went the wrong ______.
A. direction B. way C. route D. street
59. He is out of work now but he gets a good _____ from his investment.
A. wage B. salary C. earning D. income
60. Shanghai has a large population than ________.
A that of Wuxi. B. the population of Wuxi C. Wuxi d. Wuxi’s population
(七)代词
61. Do you like to watch the advertisements on TV if _________?
A. so B. no C. any D. ones
62. Does ________ matter if we don’t come for the meeting tomorrow?
A. this B. that C. we D. it
63. I’m looking for a flat. I’d like _______ with a garden.
A. one B. the one C. that D. it
64. It was ______ who did it, but it was _______ that we are talking about.
A. he; she B. him; her C. him; she D. he; her
65. ---- Did you goon many of the hunting trips?
---- No, ________.
A. not much B. little at all C. fewer D. very few
66. No bread eaten by man is so sweet as ______ earned by his own labour.
A. one B. that C. what D. those
67. ---- Will you be on holiday soon?
---- Well, I’m too busy to take a holiday now. I’ll beable to take ______ later.
A. this B. that C. it D. one
68. The man didn’t choose _________ of the hats and went away without looking at a third one.
A. both B. any C. either D. none
69. The book you bought is more expensive than _______.
A. that B. my own one C. that one D. my one
(八)形容词和副词
70. Mary is the best student in our class. I wonder whether anyone has got _______ mark in this examination.
A. a high B. a higher C. the higher D. the highest
71. Last night we met with _________ accident on the way home.
A. a quite strange B. too strange an C. such strange an D. a so strange
72. We have prepared _______ for so many apples.
A. enough big baskets B. big enough basket
C. an enough big basket D. baskets enough big
73. Life in that poor town is _______ a bed of roses.
A. by far B. above all C. far from D. all the same
74. The medicine tastes ________ , but works ________.
A. bitter; well B. bitter; good C. bitterly; well D. bitterly; good
75. The little town has now grown into a modern big city, and is ______ what it used to be.
A. twice the size than B. twice times the size as
C. twice the size as D. twice the size of
76._______that he did not know what to do .
A So excited he was B S o exciting he was C So excited was he D So exciting was he
77.----What about the weather here in winter?
----It’s _____warmer than in the north of this country .
A fairly B rather C quite D very
78.We saw a /an _____elephant in the People’s Park last Sunday .
A lively B living C live D alive
79.----What do people wear when they go to the theatre ?
-----Well ,it isn’t very ______.People can wear anything .
A normal B certain C modern D simple
80.----- Tom ,we are waiting for you so long ,when can you come here ?
----- Well ,it’s _____done.
A as well as B as good as C as well D as good
81.The drink is _____sugar and water .
A almost B most C mostly D nearly
82.----It is _____impossible .
-----You mean it’s out of the question ,do you ?
A very B quite C fairly D rather
83. Which is the longest bridge ______the Changjiang River , do you know ?
A through B across C on D over
84. ______the sales of computers up by 20%every year ,our company is becoming larger .
A As B For C With D Through
85.The lecture begins at 9 tomorrow morning .So I have to be at the hall ____8:40 pm. at the latest.
A until B after C by D around
86.He thought the jar made of earth _____little value and let me have it ____only one dollar .
A with; for B of; for C of ;by D with ; by
87.----Won’t you go shopping with your mother ?
----____she promises to buy me a new sweater .
A When B If C Unless D Whether
88.It is three years_____ his father smoked .
A when B after C since D while
89.________the day went on ,the weather get worse .
A With B Since C While D As
90.It’s a long time _____we met again .
A how B after C for D when
91.The machine can only do _____man asks it to do .
A how B after C what D when
92.____ is always right.
A No matter what you say B Whatever you say
C No matter how you say D However you say
93.Plants grow best _____ it is warm and wet .
A where B which C in which D that
94.Mum wrote to me every week ,_____she was too busy with her teaching work .
A if B even C unless D when
95.This is an illness that can result in total blindness ____left untreated.
A after B if C since D unless
96.----Mr. Li told me once he had a fall and broke his leg .
----_______was that.
A Since when B For how long C How long ago D How soon
97.CCTV is exactly like a window on the world ____you will sit by it and fix your attention on what it shows .
A if B as C while D unless
98.The reason I plan to go is _____if I don’t .
A because she will be disappointed B that she will be disappointed
C because she will have a disappointment D on account of she will be disappointed
100.The teacher demanded that our examination paper _____handed in at once .
A be B must be C would be D had to be
101.______is still a question ______will win .
A It ; that B It ; who C That ; who D This ; who
102.______they are most interested in is _____they can produce more and better cars .
A That ;how B What ; how C What ;what D That ; that
103.If you know ______it was that wrote A Tale of Tow Cities ,raise your hand .
A whom B which C who D that
104.In some countries, ______are called “public schools” are not owned by the state .
A that B which C as D what
105.The book ______is not in the library .
A that I need it B I need it C which I need it D I need
106.There was _____to prevent the accident .
A something could do B anything we could do
C nothing we couldn’t do D nothing we could do
107.He is a man with rich experience , from ______much can be learned .
A whom B which C where D what
108.The play went along well until the middle of Act 2 ,_____the excitement began .
A so B but C when D which
109.The repair work of Angkor Wat _____would last at least 10 years was completed within 8 years .
A which people supposed B which people supposed it
C which people supposed that is D people supposed that
110.There was a teapot fashioned like a duck ,out of _____open mouth the tea was supposed to come out .
A which B whose C its D that
111.My brother is always making good use of the time _______ he can spare.
A. when B. in which C. while D. that
(十三)祈使句
112. _______ your mind and you will find the way.
A. Using B. Use C. If you use D. To use
113. ---- Father, I’m going out for a play.
---- _________ be long!
A. Don’t B. It won’t C. Won’t D. You didn’t
114. ________ if you want to do something, or you won’t be able to do it well.
A. To try your best B. Trying you best C. Try your best D. Unless you try your best
(十四)反意疑问句
115. ---- You have never seen an American film, have you?
---- ________. How I wish I had such a chance!
A. Yes, I have B. Yes, I haven’t C. No, I have D. No, I haven’t
116. The young man who we talked a lot about yesterday is unfit for the work, _____?
A. didn’t we B. did we C. is he D. isn’t he
117. ---- Mike, you clean the windows of the classroom this afternoon,_______?
---- But I cleaned them only yesterday.
A. do you B. will you C. didn’t you D. don’t you
(十五)
118. It was ten years ago ______ we last met in our hometown.
A. that B. until C. before D. when
119. It was only when the war broke out ______ he began to realize everything was too late.
A. until B. that C. then D. so
120. Was it in this hospital _______ she lived for ten years ______ she was trained to be a real nurse.
A. that; which B. which; that C. where; that D. that; where
121. It was in the street ______ I live that I met Mr. Green.
A. that B. which C. where D. when
(十六)
122. Only when you have finished your homework ______ go home.
A. can you B. would you C. you will D. you can
123. So difficult ______ it to work with him in the same company that I determined to find another job.
A. I have felt B. have I felt C. I did feel D. did I feel
124. ---- Jack will be admitted into a key university, according to his study.
---- ________, and ______.
A. So he will; so you will B. So he will; so will you
C. So will he; so will you D. So will he; so you will
125. Not a single mistake _______ in the last test.
A. she made B. made she C. did she make D. she did make
(十七)
126. They ‘ll have other meetings like this in the weeks ________.
A. following B. to follow C. followed D. will follow
127. Although he didn’t expect _______ me here, he advised _______ to the nearest restaurant.
A. to find; going B. finding; to go C. to find; to go D. finding; going
128. He tried to ________ in Japanese.
A. understand himself B. make himself understanding
C. make himself understood D. make to understand
129. In order not to be disturbed, I spend three days _______ in my study.
A. locking B. locked C. to lock D. lock
130. Does the way you thought of ________ the water clean make any sense?
A. making B. to make C. how to make D. having made
131. His father disappeared, ________ two children and never _______ from again.
A. left; being heard B. leaving; heard C. left; be heard D. leaving; to be heard
132. They tried to prevent the damage ________ their cattle.
A. from protecting B. protecting C. protect D. to protect
133. The students expected there ________ more free time before the test.
A. is B. have been C. to be D. being
134. Though they had a meeting yesterday, there is still much that remains______.
A. to solve B. to be solved C. solving D. solved
135. The bridge is so important to the people here that once ________ it must be carried out without delay.
A. designs B. having designed C. designing D. designed
136. ________ their inexperience, they’ve done a good job.
A. Given B. To give C. Giving D. having given
137. The young lady was careful _________.
A. not repeating her mistake B. not repeated her mistake
C. to not repeat her mistake D. never to repeat her mistake
138. ________ mud on his trousers brushes off easily.
A. Drying B. Having dried C. Being dry D. Dried
(十八)交际英语
139. ---- Have you been here long?
---- _______.
A. No, not very long B. Not much long
C. Yes, only little long D. No, only yesterday
140. ---- Is Mary coming to the concert?
---- I think ________. A. yes B. it C. that D. so
141. ---- Mr. Bush, we are going on a business trip tomorrow. Would you mind looking after our birds while we are away?
---- ___________.
A. Never mind, please go. B. All right, you can put down your hearts
C. Yes, I’ll be glad to D. sorry, I’m not quite expert on that business
142. ---- Waiter! My wife takes great interest in most of the food on the menu.
---- Thanks. _________.
---- Salad, fried fish, fried chicken and orange juice, please.
A. What can I do for you? B. At your service
C. Shall I take your order? D. Oh, what?
143. ---- I’ve at last passed the driving test!
---- ___________!
A. Cheers B. Good luck C. Come on D. Congratulations
144. ---- Good morning, Hilton Hotel.
---- Hello, I’d like to book a room for three nights.
----__________
A. Can I help you? B. Just a minute, please.
C. What’s the matter with you? D. At your service.
145. ---- Waiter!
----_________
----What’s in the soup? Is it a fly?
A. What? B. Yes, sir? C. Pardon? D. All right?
146. ---- Would you mind passing me your ruler?
---- _________.
A. No, not at all B. Certainly C. No, I have no time D. Yes, go ahead
147. ---- He seldom goes abroad, does he?
---- ________. Only once when he was young.
A. Yes, he doesn’t B. Yes, he does C. No, he doesn’t D. No, he does
148. ----- Sorry to have hurt you.
----- _______. You didn’t mean to, did you?
A. OK B. Take it easy C. Don’t say so D. Forget it
149. ---- Thank you for your help.
---- ________.
A. Don’t mention it B. Never mind C. It doesn’t matter D. That’s all right
150. ---- Could I borrow your bike?
---- I’m afraid you _______.
A. can B. can’t C. could D. couldn’t
(十九)惯用法和搭配
151. He called, _______ said, “Thank you” to me.
A. better than B. rather than C. more than D. other than
152. He is seldom, ______, absent from school.
A. if some B. if any C. if not D. if ever
153. You have made a few spelling mistakes, but _______ you have done well.
A. above all B. on the whole C. by the way D. at best
154. ________ I met her, she was working only in a small factory.
A. The first time B. For the first time C. At the first time D. At first
155. He worked late last night, ______, early this morning.
A. that is B. even worse C. or rather D. namely
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26-30 DDCDD 31-35 DDBAC 36-40 ADADC 41-45 ABACC 46-50 CBCCA
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