高中英语单词、词组试题

He asked them to come to his office one _____.

A．at a time

B．at all time

C．at times

D．at one time

In face of failure, it’s the most important to _______ a positive state of mind.

A．pick up

B．make up

C．keep up

D．put up

I simply couldn’t understand how it _____ that you did so much work within such a short time．

A．came about

B．came back

C．came up

D．came along

Many students signed up for the _______ race in the sports meeting to be held next week.

A．800-metre-long	B．800-metres-long
C．800 metre length	D．800 metres length

Neither my wife nor I myself______ able to persuade my daughter to change her______.

A．is; thought

B．am; mind

C．are; decision

D．am; brain

Hearing she failed again, the student ________ her face in her hands and cried.

A．bent

B．sheltered

C．buried

D．trapped

Why not get some work experience first ______ go straight on to university?

A．other than

B．rather than

C．more than

D．less than

He could see the tall chimneys(烟囱) of the factory ______.

A．from distance

B．in distance

C．in the distance

D．to a distance

The company was named Gates Hall ______ a man named James Gates.

A．in need of

B．in search of

C．in praise of

D．in memory of

If we ________ this speed, we will finish the task ahead of time.

A．hold up	B．break up
C．keep up	D．take up

——Why are the tax collectors so busy?
——Many people prefer to have their tax forms completed by a professional rather than ___.

A．do it themselves	B．doing it themselves
C．to do it themselves	D．done by themselves

—These days，he has stayed up late into night in order to get good marks in the following monthly test.
—It's no ________ that he seems tired and asleep in class every day.

A．wonder	B．problem
C．doubt	D．question

He is _________ to have gone abroad,for I haven’t seen him for weeks.

A．possible

B．likely

C．probable

D．certainly

The boy was very sick, but he managed to ______.

A．pull off

B．pull out

C．pull through

D．pull up

Hannah was busy with work then but she still tried her best to       some time from her tight schedule to visit her mother.

A．cut out

B．squeeze out

C．leave out

D．dig out