高考英语历届考题
1. Someone who lacks staying power and perseverance is unlikely to _____ a good research.
A. make B. turn C. get D. grow
2. On hearing the news of the accident in the coal mine, she ____ pale.
A. got B. changed C. went D. appeared
3. –How do you ____ we go to Beijing for our holidays?
--I think we’d better fly there.. It’s much more comfortable.
A. insist B. want C. suppose D. suggest
4. I can’t stand ___ with Jane in the same office. She just refuses _____ talking while she works.
A. working , stopping B. to work , stopping C. working , to stop D. to work , to stop
5. After he became conscious , he remembered ____ and _____ on the head with a rod.
A. to attack , hit B. to be attacked , to be hit
C. attacking , be hit D. having been attacked , hit
6. I really can’t understand ____ her like that.
A. you treat B. you to treat C. why treat D. you treating
7. Having been ill in bed for nearly a month, he had a hard time ____ the exam.
A. pass B. to pass C. passed D. passing
8. I don’t know whether you happen ____, but I’m going to study in the USA this September.
A. to be heard B. to be hearing C. to hear D. to have heard
9. The flowers ____ sweet in the botanic garden attract the visitors to the beauty of nature.
A. to smell B. smelling C. smelt D. to be smelt
10. He looked around and caught a man ____ his hand into the pocket of a passenger.
A. put B. to be putting C. to put D. putting
11. The pilot asked all the passengers on board to remain ____ as the plane was making a landing.
A. seat B. seating C. seated D. to be seating
12. When asked by the police , he said that he remembered ____ at the party, but not _____.
A. to arrive, leaving B. to arrive , to leave C. arriving , leaving D. arriving , to leave
13. He got well-prepared for the job interview , for he couldn’t risk ____ the good opportunity.
A. to lose B. losing C. to be lost D. being lost
14. Victor apologized for _____ to inform me of the change in the plan.
A. his being not able B. him not to be able
C. his not being able D. him to be not able
15. If you think that treating a woman well means always ____ her permission for things , think again. A. gets B. got C. to get D. getting
16. Isn’t it time you got down to ____ the papers?
A. mark B. be marked C. being marked D. marking
17. The new type of cellphone ___ better if it is advertised on TV.
A. will sell B. sells C. would sell D. sold
18. To his disappointment, the opinion he had stuck ____ out wrong.
A. to turn B. to turning C. to turned D. to be turned
19. He suggested ___ a meeting and it may be suggested he ____ in our plan.
A. to hold, was interested B. /, was interested
C. holding , should be interested D. should hold, interested
20. All the workers except Jack ____ to work at home.
A. allow B. allows C. are allowed C. is allowed
21. I ____ to call on you yesterday , but someone came to see me just when I was about to leave.
A. didn’t intend B. had intended C. intended D. was intending
22. –What do you think of my composition?
--It ____ well except for some spelling mistakes.
A. read B. is reading C. reads D. is read
23. _____ your saving so fast, or you’ll end up as a beggar.
A. Stop to spend B. To stop to spend C. Stop spending D. Stopping spending
24. The two sides ____ to make peace, but something unusual ___.
A. had intended, happened B. intended , happened
C. intended, had happened D. would intend , happened
25. –Why did you come to the play you didn’t like?
--I shouldn’t like _____, but my friend insisted . I like _____.
A. having come, to dance B. to have come , dancing
C. to come, to dance D. coming , dancing
26. My demand is that the information referred to in my report ____ to Mr Brown without delay.
A. to be e-mailed B. e-mailed C. be e-mailed D. being e-mailed
27. Try to spend your time just on the things you find _____.
A. worth doing them B. worth being done
C. worthy of doing them D. worthy of being done
28. Would you like to be a secretary? Our manager is considering ____ a new one.
A. to hire B. hiring C. to take on D. to have employed
29. –Can I carry the box for you?
--I’ll ____ getting help from you.
A. appreciate B. enjoy C. like D. practice
30. The student expected there ____ more reviewing classes before the final exams.
A. to be B. is C. being D. have been
31. Who would you rather ____ charge of this job, George or Jack?
A. have to take B. to have take C. get to take D. get take
32. I didn’t know the girl you ______ the sheep.
A. had fed B. had her fed C. had feed D. had to feed
33. When I got off the crowded bus, I found my pocket _____ and the disk in it with the important documents gone.
A. picked B. stolen C. missing D. lost
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