高中英语单选题

Mary believed that only a________of British households did not have a car. And she heard that some of them had more than one.

A．majority

B．maximum

C．mixture

D．minority

Fire，on the one hand，can benefit the world. On the other hand，it can also destroy the world if not________under control.

A．bring

B．bringing

C．brought

D．being brought

His room was neat，________with the simplest essentials，a bed，a chair and a table.

A．loaded

B．furnished

C．provided

D．supplied

The funny story________a loud laughter in the classroom.

A．turned out

B．took off

C．got off

D．set off

The boy knocked down by the car stood up all by himself，________unhurt.

A．apparently

B．abnormally

C．unfortunately

D．generally

If he________that he________to work there，everything would be OK now.

A．insisted，be sent

B．insisted，was sent

C．had insisted，be sent

D．had insisted，was sent

What do you suggest________more suitable?

A．to be

B．being

C．be

D．is

The result suggests that she________her best to study English since then.

A．has tried

B．try

C．tried

D．should try

We followed their suggestion that we________right now.

A．would set out

B．set out

C．setting out

D．could set out

It's surprising that your brother ________Russian so quickly—he hasn't lived there very long.

A．picked up

B．looked up

C．put up

D．made up

You'd better________ the instructions so that the children could understand them.

A．decline

B．reduce

C．concentrate

D．simplify

I'd like to take________of this opportunity to thank you for your help.

A．advantage

B．case

C．use

D．care

The head of the company promised to deal with matters of this sort________he returned to his office.

A．until

B．while

C．by the time

D．the moment

I was not________ that I had cut myself until I saw the blood all over my hand.

A．astonished

B．annoyed

C．conscious

D．afraid

—Why do you choose to work in an international travel agency?
—Well，you know，English is my ________，so it is my best choice.

A．strength

B．talent

C．ability

D．skill