08高考英语单项选择题题库20
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1. Each of the 400 people received from their boss ______ gift － “Who moved my cheese?” , ______ best-seller in the
US, which helped them understand how to deal with changes in their lives and
work.
A. the; / B. a; / C. a; a D. the; a
2. On the way to the west they were accustomed to ____ their animals ____ from
heat, thirst, and starvation .
A. seeing; to suffer B. see; to suffer C.
seeing; suffering D. saw; suffered
3. Sometimes advertisements make ________ possible for companies to sell the
customers ______ money cannot buy.
A. /; that B. it;
what C. that; which
D. /; whose
4. The Aborigines ________ in Australia for thousands of years, but their
present lifestyle and culture differ little from __________ of their ancestors.
A. have lived; that B. had been living; the
one C. have been lived; ones D. have been living; those
5 － Will you be able to finish the job this week?
－ _____________.
A. I can’t say so B. I don’t expect so C. I’m not sure so D. I don’t
know so
6 － Do you know anything about a famous singer Dao Lang?
－Yes. He has sold millions of copies of his first
record. I’m afraid it couldn’t be _____.
A. the best B. any better C. any worse D. the worst
7 The house rent is expensive. I’ve got about half the space I had at home and
I am paying _______ here.
A. as three times much
C. much as three times B. as much three times
D. three times as much
8 He ______ his father’s place as president of the corporation at the age of
25. And he ________ to be more successful than his father.
A. had taken; turned out
C. took, has been turned out B. took; has turned out
D. took; had turned out
9 － Why did you keep the portrait _____ you could see it
every day?
－ Because it always reminded me of my university days
in New York.
A. which B. where C. in which D. in where
10 David used to be called two or three times ______ he would come to his dinner,
_____ made his mother unhappy with him.
A. before; and it B. after; which C. until; what D. unless; that
11 The girl who is kept _________ the nurse has _______ ill since last week.
A. in the charge of; fallen
C. in the charge of; been B. in charge of; been
D. taken charge of; fallen
12 Tom’s pain _____ obvious upon his arrival at home, for mum asked pitifully,
“Are you feeling all right?”
A. could be B. must be C. could have been D. must have been
13 Thank you for your visit to Cerruti.com. This site ______ and will be back
online in the not-too-distant future.
A. had updated B. is being updated C. will be updated D. updated
14. It is hoped that the teaching reform ____ in our school at present will
bring the ___ result to the students.
A. carried out, desiring B.
carrying out, desired
C. to carry out,
desired D. being carried out, desired
15. －You have made great progress in your studies of
English, haven’t you?
－Yes, but much ______.
A .is remained to be done B.
is remained to do
C. remains to be
done D. remains to do
16.______ the eve of the Spring Festival, the evening show was broadcast live
on CCTV-1, ____ brought great pleasure to the whole nation.
A. On; that B. At; which C. In; what
D. On, which
17. When IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch announced that Beijing ______ the
2008 Olympic Games, all Chinese watching him on TV ________ cheers.
A. would host; burst
into B. should host; burst out
C. will get; burst through D. was
host; shout at
18. － _____David come to see you ?
－ Of course,
please. And I’d rather he _____ me the truth.
A. Will; inform B. Shall;
told C. Should; will tell D.
Can; covers
19. He slipped and had his leg broken. ____ , he will have to be away
from school for two or three months.
A. In any case B. After all C .As a result D. In this
way
20. －Congratulations to you ! I hear you got the first
place in the English Speech Contest.
－_______ .
A. Don’t mention it. I think that’s only me
past B. Thanks . But I think I could have
done better
C. There’s nothing to cheer
for.
D. No, no. It’s a piece of cake.
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