2010届高三英语冲刺单项选择精选(四)
– Why does everyone like him?
---Because he always ______ a good after-dinner joke.
A.tells | B.talks | C.states | D.says |
–your daughter must be pretty.
--- But to tell you the truth, she is ____being such a beauty as you can imagine.
A.far from | B.as well as | C.as a result of | D.by means of |
The boy _____ he took notes.
A.listened with attention | B.listening attentively while |
C.listened attentively before | D.listening with attention |
.– Shall I tell Ann how to improve for painting?
---Yes, but ____ of suggestions may discourage her.
A.a too long list | B.too long a list |
C.list too long | D.a list of too long |
However ________, the native people do have something in common.
A.hard | B.ordinary | C.different | D.poor |
People sell their products ____advertisement in the newspaper.
A.by putting an | B.to put an |
C.by putting a | D.putting an |
.I _______ him to stop smoking, but failed.
A.persuaded | B.tried to persuade |
C.try persuading | D.tried persuading |
Thanks is a common _____ used in English. You can never use it too much.
A.word | B.words | C.expression | D.expressing |
I don’t think I will agree ____ you ______this point.
A.with; with | B.on; on | C.with; to | D.with; on |
.I don’t like the way ______ he talks; he is so rude.
A.that | B.which | C.where | D.in that |
.Could you keep silent a few minutes, please? You are here_________.
A.in a way | B.on the way | C.in my way | D.by the way |
The climate here in the country _______; it rained almost every day.
A.didn’t agree with me | B.never agrees with me |
C.doesn’t agree to me | D.I didn’t agree with |
We are so _______ to see the same thing every day. Can’t you show us something______?
A.boring; interesting | B.bored; interested |
C.boring; interested | D.bored; interesting |
The movie, for one thing, is boring; for ______thing, it looks like ______.
A.another; another | B.the other; the other |
C.another; the other | D.the other; another |
Don’t worry about it. ____ time to learn English.
A.It spends | B.That takes | C.Which takes | D.It takes |
– Tommy, you should be reading your Maths right now.
--- I know I ________.
A.should be | B.should | C.should have | D.did |
–What ______you here, my old friend?
--- It’s you.
A.brought | B.has brought | C.takes | D.fetched |
.It would ______us a ____ time, but fortunately, we didn’t.
A.take; along | B.take; longer | C.have taken; longer | D.have taken; long |
The _____ of economic development in our country went well.
A.five year plan | B.five-year-plan | C.five-years-plan | D.five-year plan |
-- __________office equipment been fixed yet?
--- Yes, we have everything now.
A.Have | B.Has | C.Are | D.Is |
You may find the answer _____ page 25.
A.at the top of | B.at the top |
C.on the top of | D.on the top |
We did the work ______, and as a result, we were taken in.
A.to their satisfaction | B.to their satisfied |
C.satisfied | D.to their satisfy |
The advertisement ____ always ____ people’s attention.
A.in big print; pays | B.in big print; draws |
C.with big print; pays | D.with big print; catches |
.A man may be known ______- he keeps.
A.by the man | B.by the woman |
C.by the company | D.the firm |
We have 24 offices, each ____computers.
A.is equipped with | B.equipped by |
C.is equipped by | D.equipped with |
_____of modern agriculture, more and more waste is produced.
A.With the development | B.With the developing |
C.By the development | D.By the developing |
– Do you have any idea which to choose?
--- Well, you’d better take this one. It’s ______in price and good in quality.
A.lower | B.cheaper | C.high | D.higher |
– What are you advertising ______?
---________. I need a place to stay at.
A.for; The house | B.to; A house |
C.for; A flat | D.to; A room |
Since advertising can increase sales of production, _____it can _____the price.
A.so; reduced | B.so; reduce | C./; be reduced | D./ ; reduce |
A dark cloud is a _______of rain.
A.sign | B.signing | C.mark | D.signature |
Deaf people talk ________.
A.with signs | B.with sign language | C.by signs | D.by speaking sign language |
Seeing the man on the bike with a boy at the front and the other at the back, the policeman signed _______stop.
A.to the man | B.to the man to |
C.for the man for | D.to the man for |
.A ________may be given ____means of flags, lights, and guns.
A.sign; by | B.signal; in | C.signal; by | D.sign; in |
There are many other ways to advertise _______ broadcast advertisements on radio and TV.
A.except | B.as well | C.beside | D.besides |
– I spent $ 20 for this shirt. How much is yours?
--- I just paid ______.
A. half the money B. half
B. halves D. the half money
As this apple is too big for her to eat, let’s cut it _____.
A.in half | B.in halves | C.into half | D.as a half |
.Part of the family _______ out on holiday. They are supposed to be back at the end of this week.
A.is | B.are | C.was | D.were |
I know that half of ____ I spend _____ is wasted.
A.that; to advertising | B.what; to advertise |
C.what; on advertising | D.what ; on advertise |
It’s high time they ________ to reduce the cost of production.
A.take measures | B.took measuring |
C.should take measuring | D.took measures |
Please post this to us if you want to _________.
A.make your life easier | B.make life easy |
C.take life easier | D.take your life easy |
Readings of this sort have _____ on the children.
A.an ill effect | B.have a effect | C.a badly effect | D.affect |
I’ve been waiting here____ morning; they haven’t showed up yet.
A.all the | B.the whole | C.whole | D.the all |
– Is this the newspaper __________?
---Yes, it is.
A.of yesterday | B.yesterday’s | C.for yesterday | D.to yesterday |
Mail or gifts posted by companies to customers ________ advertising.
A.are another | B.is the other | C.are other | D.is another |
I don’t think I am ____ ; it is said that _______- is the mother of success.
A.a failure; failure | B.failure; a failure |
C.a failure; a failure | D.failure; failure |
.In the past five years Tomlison with his daughter _______all over the world.
A.has travelled | B.traveled | C.have traveled | D.were traveling |
– Can you see what is written on that?
--- It _____”No Camping”.
A.reads | B.is read | C.writes | D.is reading |
.I am here not because I want to earn money ________I want to educate the children.
A.but | B.but because | C.but for | D.and because |
Staring into his eyes, I could see a _______ look in his eyes.
A.puzzle | B.puzzling | C.puzzled | D.puzzley |
The purpose of the advertisements is to ______people’s attention, _____them to buy the things.
A.pay; attract | B.draw; persuade | C.attract; persuade | D.attract; persuading |
Generally speaking, children living in a city can not _____ ox ____ cow.
A.tell an; from a | B.tell; from |
C.tell a; from a | D.tell; from a |
A person will ____ remember the advertisement but not the name of the products.
A.possible to | B.possibly |
C.be possible to | D.be possibly to |
Seeing from the foot of the mountain, clouds are seen beautifully ____over its top.
A.hung | B.hanged | C.hanging | D.being hung |
– She isn’t feeling very well today.
---You’re right. ______ to have caught cold.
A.It appears | B.It appears that |
C.She appeared | D.She appears |
He escaped from death, because he changed his plan _____ the last minute.
A.at | B.in | C.for | D.on |
.His life was devoted to _____the poor out.
A.helping | B.help | C.being helped | D.having helped |
_______by the noise, they had to finish the meeting early.
A.Being disturbed | B.Disturbed |
C.Disturbing | D.Having disturbed |
_____by the sales figures, they decided to go out and ______.
A.Excited; to celebrate | B.Exciting; celebrate |
C.Excited; celebrate | D.Exciting; celebrating |
The news _____ them, they decided to go out for a celebration.
A.excites | B.excited | C.having excited | D.exciting |
The old lady died from the _____on her head; she was _______when cleaning windows on the ladder when she fell off it.
A.injury; injured | B.wound; wound | C.wounded; hurt | D.hurt; injured |
They made their way in the shop _______shoppers.
A.crowded with | B.crowded | C.crowding with | D.was crowded with |
.We must take some photographs ______the microcomputer.
A.for | B.of | C.with | D.from |
.He was about to leave ______the telephone rang; ______was from his mother.
A.when; that | B.before; which | C.when; it | D.before; this |
This time last year I paid a visit ______Shandong which is 5000 kilometers _____.
A.for; far away | B.to; far away | C.for; away | D.to; away |
Mrs Baker has her hair _____every Friday afternoon after work.
A.done | B.do | C.doing | D.being done |
– What’s the date today?
---It’s _______.
A.Sunday | B.August the nineth | C.the first of May | D.October fifth |
–Did Li Hua’s parents leave her any money?
--- No. She has to support _______by selling newspapers.
A.on her own | B.by herself | C.alone | D.herself |
________arriving in Tibet , the soldiers at once joined them ____their work.
At; with B. On; in C. For; with D. After; to
–When did the concert_____?
---Oh, two days ago.
A.happened | B.take place | C.hold | D.start |
–Will you ______me ____out this problem myself?
---OK.
A.make; work | B.permit; working | C.let; work | D.allow; work |
–Did you find your new dictionary?
---Yes. I found it ____I had left it.
A.in where | B.in the place which |
C.where | D.which |
.---There is a lot of smoke coming out of the teaching building.
---Really? It _____be a fire, most probably.
A.can | B.ought to | C.have to | D.must |
_____ has already been pointed out, grammar is not a set of dead rules.
A.As | B.It | C.That | D.This |
Be sure to go to the concert with me, _____?
A.will you | B.aren’t you | C.mustn’t you | D.don’t you |
.Everybody in our country, men and women, old and young_____sports and games.
A.are fond of | B.enjoys | C.got in for | D.take part in |
–Will you go to the exhibition tomorrow?
---Yes. I will go ____it’s windy.
A.if | B.even though | C.as soon as | D.as though |
.– I’m going to Qingdao . Would you mind looking after my dog?
---__________.
A.Sorry, I have no time | B.I’d rather not |
C.With pleasure | D.No, I wouldn’t |
Hainan is _______-island.
A.China ’s second largest | B.the China ’s second largest |
C.the second China ’s largest | D.China’s the second largest |
– This is _____room I told you about.
--- I see. Is it _______bright one?
A.a; a | B.the; a | C.the; the | D.a; the |
The bus driver was badly ___on both legs in the traffic accident.
A.wounded | B.broken | C.injured | D.destroyed |
Without your help, I _____the exam last term.
A.haven’t passed | B.wouldn’t pass |
C.would have failed in | D.failed in |
_________, so she had to be sent to hospital.
A.Being ill | B.Her mother was ill |
C.Her mother being ill | D.Having been ill |
-_________progress you have made this year!
---Thank you. But I have a long way to go.
A.What a good | B.How rapid |
C.What great | D.How big |
– Tom spent his childhood in England . Is it true?
--- No. It was in China ______he spent his childhood.
A.where | B.that | C.which | D.in which |
________he realized it was too late to return home.
A. No sooner it grew dark than |
B. Hardly did it grow dark when |
C. It was not until dark that |
D. It was until dark that |
This passage is ____A Tale of Two Cities.
A.taken from | B.brought from | C.taken into | D.brought into |
I ________ him for a foreigner. Why didn’t you tell me earlier?
A.have taken | B.took | C.take | D.had taken |
I want to change my desk. It _______too much room.
A.took up | B.has been taken up | C.takes up | D.is taken up |
A reminder is something which reminds somebody______somebody or something else.
A.from | B.for | C.with | D.of |
Please make a note ______ you have any questions when reading.
A.where | B.in which | C.which | D.that |
Did she make a mark ______she found the word?
A.where | B.in which | C.which | D.that |
For little kids, drawing is ____.
A.necessary done | B.necessarily done |
C.necessary to do | D.necessarily to do |
It’s hard for people to make their way ________.
A.in the rushing hours | B.at the rushing hours |
C.at the rush hours | D.on the rush hours |
The children were packing up in a hurry, for the night ________.
A.draws near | B.drew nearer |
C.was drawn near | D.drew near |
– He looks as if he _____the answer.
--- He has.
A.has known | B.knows | C.had known | D.knew |
– You seem to have learnt it by heart.
--- Yes, I_________.
A.seem | B.have | C.do | D.did |
There _____an old tree here. I wonder how they could manage to remove such an old tree.
A.seemed not | B.not seemed |
C.didn’t seem to be | D.didn’t seem to have |
– Do you know you ______to be here by 7:30 ?
--- Yes, I do.
A.are supposed | B.suppose |
C.are supposing | D.supposed |
_______they say, just take your own way.
A.No matter | B.What |
C.However | D.No matter what |