2009年高考英语专项练习大全之单项选择题

(一)名词

1.To the sea captain’s surprise,he found that       travel could also be quite pleasant.

   A.earth          B.1and         C.ground         D.plain

2.Some famous singers live on the       from their record sales.

   A.salary         B.value        C.bill           D.income

3.Many countries are increasing their use of nature gas,wind and other forms of      

   A.energy         B.source       C.power          D.material

4.You can take as many as you like because they are free of      

A.fare            B.charge       C.money          D.pay

5.George always wants things done quickly.He’s got no       .

   A.idea           B.means        C.patience       D.decision

6.Do you know the      of the saying I just quoted?

   A.source         B.resource     C.course         D.cause

7.―Why did you refuse to move in the house?

―Because it was really in a poor and dirty      

A.form           B.kind         C.shape          D.state

8.His name was on the       of my tongue,but I just couldn’t remember it.

   A.end            B.edge         C.tip            D.side

9.You shouldn’t let children play with       .It’s dangerous!

   A.football       B.watches      C.matches        D.chess

10.We’ll have PE this afternoon but I forgot to bring my       .

   A.sports clothes    B.sport clothes  C.clothes of sports  D.sport’s clothes

11.Dark clouds are a       of rain while a smile is a       of friendship

A.gesture;sign     B.mark;sign      C.sign;gesture       D.sign;mark

12.―Is the house very expensive,Dick?

    ―I don’t think it’s worth the       they are asking.

   A.price            B.cost            C.value              D.money

13.These days I hire two       in my house.

    A.man servants    B.men servant    C.man servant    D.men servants

14.The editor to1d the newsman to write       report.

    A.a two-thousand-words          B.a two-thousands-words

    C.a two thousand Word           D.a two-thousand-word

15.The brook lies within       of the train station.

A.ten-minute-ride               B.ten minutes ride

C.ten minute’s ride            D.ten minutes’ride

16.Though I spoke to him many times,he never took any       of what I said.

    A.remark          B.observation      C.attention     D.notice

17.       came that his       should be kept secret.

    A.A word;words    B.The word;word   C.Word:words    D.Words;Word

18.We’ve missed the last bus.I’m aftaid we have no       but to take a taxi.

    A.way              B.choice           C.possibility    D.selection

19.―How was your recent Visit to Qingdao?

    ―It was great.We visited some friends,and spent the       days at the seaside.

    A.few 1ast sunny    B.1ast few sunny    C.few sunny list    D.1ast sunny few

20.We climbed higher up the mountain so that We could get a better      

    A.view              B.idea           C.point        D.opinion

21.We have worked out a plan.But I’m not sure whether it will do in      

    A.fact              B.practice       C.deed         D.time

22.―I’ve got an“A”in the examination.

    ――T11at’s a good     .You’ll surely win a sec-ond.

    A.result            B.start          C.news         D.idea

23.The       makes me feel sick.

    A.sign              B.sight          C.scene        D.look

24.― What a pleasant      these trees give us!

    ――Why not stop here and have a rest in it?

    A.shade             B.shadow         C.peace        D.scene

25.They can never make good nurses,not having the necessary        .

    A.practice          B.education      C.exercise     D.training

26.Mr Tong couldn’t keep pace with the others as they

    marched along.He often stood out of      

    A.order             B.sight          C.mind         D.line

27.I’m afraid that there is no      for you in my car,because there are already five people.

    A.place             B.room           C.need         D.position

28.       it is to go swimming on sueh a hot day!

    A.What fun          B.How fun        C.What a fun   D.How a fun

29.―Heavy trucks which run day and night are doing damage to our houses and shops of historical          

   A.scene              B.period         C.interest     D.sense

30.The dress is nice but she doesn’t like the        on the material.

   A.sharp              B.size           C.model        D.pattern

31.It is foolish to go to the      of taking music lessons if you never practice.

   A.expense            B.sense          C.pay          D.money

32.For twenty years Gandhi p1ayed an important       in working for equal rights fbr Indians.

   A.action             B.ro1e           C.figure       D.position

33.Last night the president made a speech on TV to the           .

   A.country            B.state            C.1and          D.nation

34.The old house belongs to              

   A.Jack’s and his brother             B.Jack’s and his brother’s

 C.Jack and his brother’s             D.Jack and his brother

35.       will make a trip to China during the summer holidays.

   A.The Evens         B.The Even’s     C.The Evenses  D.The Evenses'

36.I’d like you to meet David’a     cowboy.

   A.dark,handsome and tall    B.tall,handsome and dark

   C.dark,tall and handsome    D.tall,dark and handsome

37.The young student is           as a writer.It’s          to all his teachers.

   A.success;surprise                B.a success;sorprise

   C.success;a surprise              D.a success;a surprise

38.My mother’s    is getting grey,but my father has only a few grey         

   A.hairs;hair    B.hair:hair     C.hair;hairs    D.hair:hairs

39.      unicle is going to pick them up at the airport this afternoon.

   A.Jack’s and Joan’s             B.Jack’s and Joan

   C.Jack and Joan’s                D.Jack and Joan

40.Many old houses are being pulled down to make    for the apartment buildings.

  A.room            B.ground        C.space           D.area

41.Enough of it! Nobody here thinks what you are say       ing hould make any     

  A.excuse          B.sense         C.use             D.value

 

(二)代词与it的用法

1.Not all these books are second-hand;       of them are new.

  A.all             B.none          C.some            D.each

2.You can buy these maps at      railway station.They all have them.

  A.that            B.any           C.every           D.each

3.I prefer a street in a small town to      in such alarge city as Shanghai.

  A.that            B.it            C.this            D.one

4.1've only seen one copy of Gone with the wind in the bookshop opposite.Tom,g。and buy   

  A.one             B.any           C.other           D.the others

5.At the time neither country allowed       to open any companies on its land.

  A.another         B.the other     C.other           D.the others

6.Most of the housework was done by two members of the family,my sister and       

  A.me              B.I             C.myself          D.mine

7.      was thoughtful       John to send me this present.

  A.1t;for         B.He;for       C.It;of          D.He;of

8.―We walked twenty miles today.

―I never guessed you could have walked         far.

  A.as              B.this          C.that            D.such

9.―Have you read through the two books he lent you last week?

―No,       of them is easy to read.

  A.either          B.none          C.both            D.neither

10.Meeting my uncle after all these years Was an uncom         fortable moment,    I will always treasure.

   A.that            B.one           C.it             D.what

11.The noise of the party prevented me from getting           sleep.

A.some            B.any           C.no          D.many

12.I hate    when people talk with their mouths full.

   A.it              B.that          C.those           D.then

13.The class are busy preparing       lessons for a test.

   A.his             B.her           C.their           D.its

14.―Would you care for tea or coffee?

       ,thank you.I’ve just had some tea.

  A.Little           B.Both          C.Either          D.Neither

15.It was in the house        he used to 1ive that the exhibition was held.

   A.where            B.that          C.as            D.which

16.I make        a rule to take a walk in the morning.

   A.that             B.this          C.myself         D.it

17.       of them knew about the plan because it was k。pt a secret.

   A.Each             B.Any           C.None        D.No one

18.We couldn’t eat in a restaurant because       of us had       money on us.

   A.all;no          B.any;no       C.none;any     D.no one;any

19.There’re so many kinds of tape-recorders on sale that I can’t make up my mind       to buy.

   A.what             B.which         C.how         D.where

20.       we can’t get seems better than       we have.

   A.What;what       B.What;that      C.That;that       D.That;what

21.Two ancient Chinese vases,       worth$1,000,were sold at Sothebv’s last Monday.

   A.which            B.each          C.every              D.all

22.The computers we use today are much better than       we used ten years ago.

   A.one              B.that          C.ones               D.those

23.       of them are party members.Some 0f them are League members.

   A.None             B.Neither       C.No one             D.Not all

24.―Why don’t we take a 1ittle break?

    ―Didn’t we just have       ?

   A.it                  B.that           C.one                 D.this

25.One of the sides of the board should be painted yellow,and     

   A.the other is white                B.another white

   C.the other white                  D.another is white

26.Some people would rather ride bike as bike riding has       of the trouble of taking buses.

    A.nothing         B.none            C.some                     D.neither

27.The two friends met by chance       .

    A.another day     B.some day         C.the other day          D.other day

28.―Which of the two Italian films do you like better?

    ―       ,because they are meaningless.

    A.Both          B.Either            C.None                D.Neither

29.       don’t visit this part of the town.

    A.The most tourists    B.Most tourists  C.Most of tourists D.Most the tourists

30.――Would you like some soft drink?

    ――Yes,but only      

    A.a few         B.a little            C.few                  D.1ittle

31.―Which coat would you prefer,sir?

    ―I’ll take       ,to have a change sometimes.

   A.all them      B.them all            C.both them             D.them both

32.―Do you have       at home now,mum?

    ―No,we still have to get scores of eggs and some vegetables.

   A.nothing       B.everything         C.anything              D.something

33.It was a great party.       enjoyed it.

    A.All of us    B.Evervbody of us     C.Everybody             D.All

34.If this dictionary is not yours,       can it be?

    A.what else    B.who else           C.which else’s            D.who else’s

35.―Have you finished your report yet?

    ―No,I’ll finish it in       ten minutes.

    A.another      B.other             C.more                  D.less

36.―Is       here?

    ―No,Bob and Tim have asked for leave.

    A.anybody      B.somebody        C.everybody              D.nobody

37.Sarah has read lots of stories by American writers.

Now she would 1ike to read       stories by writers from       countries.

    A.some;any     B.other;some     C.some;other           D.other;other

38.Tom’s mother kept telling him that he should work harder,but       didn’t help.

    A.he            B.which           C.she                        D.it

39.They are good friends.       is no wonder that they know each other so well.

    A.This          B.That            C.There                 D.It

40.This bus service is very good.There’s bus       ten minutes.

    A.each          B.any             C.all                   D.every

41.Mr Zhang’s English is very fluent,but he speaks       Chinese.

    A.1ittle        B.fewer             C.few                  D.1ess

42.―What Would you like to eat?

    ―I don’t mind.       ― whatever you’ve got.

    A.Something     B.Anything        C.Nothing               D.Everything

 

(三)冠词与数词

1.He has       great interest in history,especially in      history of Tang Dynasty.

    A.a;the           B.a;不填          C.不填;the        D.不填;a

2.The party last night was       success.we sang and danced until it came to       end at twelve.

   A.a;the            B.the;an           C.a;an           D.不填;an

3.While Jane was cooking fish on       open fire outside,her hair caught.      fire.

   A.不填;a          B.不填;不填        C.an;a          D.an;不填

4.Young as he is,David has gained       rich experience in       society.

   A.不填;不填       B.the;the           C.a;不填        D.不填;the

5.People regard the wheel as       invention of the

    first importance in       human history.

   A.an;the           B.an;不填          C.the;the        D.the;不填

6.Mr Stock,who is in Mexico on       ,runs       small business.

   A.business;a       B.business;不填     C.the business;a   D.business;不填

7.Fortunately he will go on       holiday in       place of Brown.

   A.不填;the        B.不填;不填        C.不填;a         D.the;不填

8.Zhang Hua is a student at      

   A.the University of Beijing                  B.the Beijing University

   C.Beijing University                       D.University of Beijing

9.Many people are still in       habit of writing silly things in       public places.

  A.the;the          B.不填;不填        C.the;不填        D.不填;the

10.Wouldn’t it be       wonderful world if all nations

lived in       peace with one another?

    A.a;不填        B.the;不填          C.a;the           D.the;the

11.Your uncle must have       X- ray examination.

    A.a              B.不填               C.the              D.an

12.I remember he lives in       south,so we shouldn’t be walking to       west.

    A.the;the        B.不填;不填         C.不填;the        D.the;不填

13.Where is       ?

    A.the manager office                      B.the office of the manager

    C.the manager’s office                     D.the office of the manager’s

14.Five  years  ago  her  brother  was       university student of       physics.

    A.an;the          B.a;不填           C.an;不填            D.a;the

15.―Do you know who invented       telephone?

    ―No,but it is really       most useful invention.

    A.the;the         B.a;a               C.the;a              D.a;the

16.Summers in       south of France are for       most part dry and sunny.

    A.不填;a         B.the;不填          C.不填;不填         D.the;the

17.The police have       power to arrest bad people by       1aw.

    A.the;the         B.不填;the          C.不填;不填         D.the;不填

18.―Do you like the novels?

    ―I don’t like either of them.Please show me      third one.

    A.a               B.the                C.不填               D.an

19.Keep away from the cage.       lion is      fierce animal.

    A.The;the        B.A;the             C.A;不填           D.a;不填

20.Now the machine runs at double       .

    A.a speed         B.speed               C.the speed           D.for speed

21.My mother is usually on       duty in her office every       few days.

    A.the;a         B.不填;不填          C.不填;a            D.a;不填

22.My brother likes to play       football while my sister prefers to play      violin.

    A.不填;a       B.不填;不填          C.the;不填           D.the;the

23.I came by       sea and I had a 1ovely journey on       Queen Elizabeth II.

    A.不填;the         B.the;不填         C.不填:不填        D.the;the

24.Cleaning  women  in  big  cities  usually  get  paid      

A.by a hour          B.by an hour         C.by the hour         D.by hours

25.―I’m afraid I dare not speak in       public.

    ―Just have       try.

    A.a;不填           B.不填;a          C.the;a             D.the;the

26.―What’s your elder sister?

    ―She is       teacher and      writer.

    A.the;the           B.a;不填          C.a;a               D.the;a

27.She plays       violin fairly well and makes a living by teaching       violin.

    A.the;不填         B.不填;不填       C.a;不填            D.a;a

28.These two rooms are of       size.But another two rooms are three times       size of them.

    A.the;the          B.a;the            C.a;a               D.the;a

29.He served in the army in       when he was in      

    A.1940’s;his twenties                     B.the 1940s;the twenties

    C.1940s’;his twenties                     D.the 1940’s;his twenties

30.This computer centre is       larger than that one in the area.

    A.one sixth         B.four ninths         C.fifth four           D.two third

31.Paper produced every year is       the world’s production of vehicles.

    A.the three times weight of                 B.three times the weight of

    C.as three tirues heavy                    D.three times as heavier as

32.The hero of the story is an artist in his      

    A.thirtieth         B.thirty              C.thirty’s             D.thirties

33.Mr Smith       me to buy several       eggs for the dinner.

A.asked;dozen                         B.suggested;dozens of   

C.had;dozen                           D.persuaded;dozens

34.―Tell me where you live,please.

―I live      

    A.in 123,King Street                    B.at 123,King Street

    C.in King Street,123                    D.at King Street,123

35.30% of the cattle       thin,but the rest       fat.

    A.are;are        B.is;is             C.is;are              D.are;is

 

(四)介词与连词

1.We offered him our congratulations       his passing the college entrance exams.

    A.at             B.0n                C.for                 D.of

2.Let’s walk over――the sun.

    A.in             B.to                C.under               D.by

3.We’re all going to the games.Why don’t you come       ?

    A.up             B.across            C.along               D.to

4.If you are worried about the problem,you should do something       it.

   A.about           B.for               C.against              D.with

5.I wanted two seats       Madame Curie for Friday night,so I rang the cinema to see if I could book two tickets.

   A.of              B.about            C.to                   D.for

6.He thought the jar made of earth       little value and 1et me have it       only one dollar.

   A.with;for        B.of;for          C.of;by               D.with;by

7.We can’t feel that we are going forward as everythjng       us is moving       the same speed.

   A.around;at       B.around;with     C.before;at            D.with;in

8.The two rings are so       alike that it is difficult to tell one       the other.

   A.very;to         B.much;to        C.much;from          D.very;from

9.It’s so nice to go out for a walk       a cool nice summer evening.

   A.in              B.on               C.for             D.a

10.He decided to       the matter himself.

    A.look through    B.look into           C.look after        D.look up

11.I ran      an old friend of mine yesterday,whom I hadn’t seen for ages.

    A.across         B.cross             C.after            D.for

12.The scientist is well known       us       his great achievement.

    A.to;for        B.by;for           C.by;as          D.to;in

13.This article is quite       me.There are too many new words

    A.above         B.against            C.upon            D.beyond

14.Does John know any other foreign languages       French?

    A.except        B.but                C.besides         D.beside

15.She thought I was talking about her daughter,       ,in fact,I was talking about my daughter.

    A.whom        B.where             C.which           D.while

16.They were surprised that a child should work out the problem       they themselves couldn’t.

    A.once         B.then               C.while           D.if

17.My name is Robert,       most of my friends call me Bob for short.

    A.then         B.instead             C.however         D.but

18.―I don’t like reading        watching TV.What about you?

    ―I don’t like reading all day,      I 1ike watching TV plays.

    A.and;but     B.and;and           C.or;and         D.or;but

19.It was raining hard,       ,the peasants went on with their work.

    A.but          B.and                C.however        D.although

20.―What do you want      those old boxes?

    ―To put things in when I move to the new flat.

    A.by          B.for                 C.of             D.with

 

(五)形容词与副词

1.If we had followed his plan,we could have done the

   job better with      money and       people.

   A.1ess;less    B.fewer;fewer        C.1ess;fewer    D.fewer;less

2.It is impossible for so       workers to do so       work in a single day.

   A.few;much     B.few;many       C.1ittle;much   D.little;many

3.―If you don’t like the red coat,take the blue one.

   ―0K,but do you have       size in blue?This one is a bit tight for me.

   A.big          B.a bigger         C.the big        D.the bigger

4.After the new technique was introduced,the factory produced       tractors in 1988 as the year before.

  A.as twice many    B.as many twice   C.twice as many    D.twice many as

5.―How did you find your visit to the museum?

   ―I thoroughly enjoyed it.It was       than I expected.

   A.far more interesting           B.even much interesting

   C.so more interesting           D.a lot much interesting

6.If there were no examinations,we should have       at schoo1.

   A.the happiest time                          B.a more happier time  

C.much happiest time                     D.a much happier time

7.On the river there is       bridge.

   A.an old fine stone             B.a fine new wood

   C.a stone fine old              D.a new wood fine

8.If I had       ,I’d visit Europe,stopping at all the small interesting places.

   A.a long enough holiday        B.an enough long holiday

   C.a holiday enough long        D.a long holiday enough

9.It Was raining heavily.Little Mary felt cold,so she stood       to her mother.

    A.close      B.closely      C.closed      D.closing

10.The       means of getting from place to place in

    the city is the bus.

    A.most commonly useful public    B.most commonly public used

    C.public used more commonly      D.most commonly used public

11.Alice is going camping with        girls.

    A.1ittle two other               B.two other little

    C.two 1ittle other               D.1ittle 0ther two

12.Where have you been       days?

    A.all last these few             B.these all last few

    C.1ast all few these             D.all these last few

13.He has made        progress that all of us want to learn from him.

    A.such a good                    B.so good a

    C.a so good                      D.such good

14.All the people        at the party were his supporters.

    A.present       B.thankful       C.interested       D.important

15.This kind of apple tastes       and sells      

    A.well;well    B.good;good     C.good;well    D.well;good

16.The storm kept me       all through the night.

    A.awake         B.awoke          C.awaked        D.awaken

17.My brother was still studying       into the night while I was       asleep.

    A.1ate;sound   B.1ately;wide   C.deeply;far   D.far;late

18.The       temperature of a person is about 37℃

    A.formal        B.normal         C.common        D.usual

19.I’m always very       when I was asked to recite the text in class.

    A.curious       B.nervous        C.mysterious    D.sad

20.It Was       impossible for her to get the 9 o’clock train,I know she got up at

9:15.

    A.quite         B.very           C.too           D.much

 

(六)主谓一致

1.His Selected Poems      first published in 1965.

   A.were       B.was       C.has been       D.have been

2.Twenty dollars      enough for the coat.

   A.is         B.are       C.has            D.have

3.Learning about Travel News and Sports News in China Daily       his great interest.

   A.is         B.are       C.cause          D.gives

4.His family       very big and all of his family       music.

   A.are;1ove     B.are;1oves     C.is;have     D.is;1oves

5.It      Jack and Frank who      been murdered.

   A.are;have     B.is;are        C.is;have     D.is;has

6.Writing stories  and  articles        what  I  enjoy most.

   A.is            B.have been      C.was          D.were

7.The poor woman with her two children       in a street corner.

   A.was seen beg                B.were seen beg

   C.Was seen bagging            D.were seen begging

8.―Is there anybody in the classroom?

   ―No,the teacher as well as the students       to the playground.

   A.go       B.went       C.has gone       D.have gone

9.Three-fourhs of the land       by forest and grass.

   A.has covered                 B.has been covered

   C.have been covered           D,are to be covered

10.―Have you heard about the new school?

    ―No,when and where to build the new one      

   A.is not decided              B.aren’t decided

   C.has not decided             D.haven’t been decided

11.E-mail,as well as telephones,       an important part in daily communication.

    A.is playing     B.have played     C.Was playing     D.play

12.Not even one of the hundred students who took the test       passed.

    A.has            B.have            C.is              D.are

13.The worker and poet       to the party the other day.

    A.is invited &n