1、高考英语 单项选择题精选八英语：2012年高考单项选择题精选（八）1Look！There are _ grazing over there.Atwo cattles Btwo head of cattleCtwo cattle Dtwo heads of cattle答案与解析：Bcattle是牛的总称，集合名词，two head of cattle两头牛是固定短语。2Their _ grief turned to crazy laughter in a minute.Aapparent BcrazyCstable Dinvaluable答案与解析：Aapparent表示“显然的，外观上的”。
2、句意：他们那假意的哀伤很快就变成了一阵阵狂笑。crazy“疯狂的；狂热的”；stable“稳定的”；invaluable“无价的”。3Oh，dear.What happened?I _ on the shiny floor and fell.Askipped BjumpedCattacked Dslipped答案与解析：Dslip“滑倒”。答句句意：我滑倒在发亮的地板上了。skip“跳跃”；jump“跳跃”；attack“攻击”。4The digging will seem easier if you divide up the garden by marking _ small sectio
3、ns with your spade(铲子)Adown BupCout Dwith答案与解析：Cmark out“划线标出的界限”。5The agreement indicates that the two companies will_ with each other again.Ateam up Bturn upClook up Dpick up答案与解析：Ateam up with“与合作或一起工作”为固定搭配。turn up“出现；露面”；look up“向上看”；pick up“捡起”。6After questioning the man for six hours，the poli
4、ce _ the information they wanted.Aseized BrecoveredCappealed Dobtained答案与解析：Dobtain“获得；得到”，本题指警方从审讯中获取了他们想要的信息，此处obtain可用get替代。7My persistence finally _ when they called me in for an interview.Apaid back Bpaid upCpaid off Dpaid for答案与解析：Cpay off“得到好结果，取得成功”；根据题意知是“我”的坚持最终有了回报，故选C项。8A good idea came
5、to her _ she could live with her best friend in that city during the holiday.Aif BwhenCthat Dwhich答案与解析：Cthat引导的从句作a good idea的同位语。if不能引导同位语从句；when与which引导名词性从句含有疑问意义，与题意不符。9Though they dont live in the same city now，he manages to be informed _ how Tony is getting along.Aat one time Bfor a timeCat n
6、o time Dfrom time to time答案与解析：Dfrom time to time“不时地；偶尔地”，相当于sometimes。10The scientists are able to _ accurately when the spaceship will reach the moon.Aaccumulate BcalculateCappoint Destimate答案与解析：Bcalculate“计算”。句意：科学家能精确地计算出飞船何时抵达月球。accumulate“积累”；appoint“任命，约定”；estimate“估计”。11The story is so fun
7、ny that she could hardly _.Achallenge to laugh Bresist laughingCchallenge laughing Dresist to laugh答案与解析：Bresist此处意指“忍住”，后面跟动名词结构。句意：这个故事太滑稽了，以至于她真忍不住要笑。12Would you please give us an example _ your opinion on“Two Olympics，equal splendor”？Ain charge of Bin want ofCin favor of Din honor of答案与解析：Cin fa
8、vor of在这里表示“支持”。句意：请你举个例子来证明你的“两个奥运，同样精彩”的观点好吗？in charge of“负责”；in want of“需要，缺少”；in honor of“向表示敬意”。13Scientists have made a great _ in the treatment of cancer.Aprinciple BbreakthroughCconclusion Dintroduction答案与解析：Bbreakthrough“突破”。句意：科学家在癌症治疗方面取得了重大的突破。principle 原则，原理；conclusion 结论；introduction 介
9、绍，入门。14You dont have to be angry.He _ wanted to know the truth.Anearly BhardlyCmerely Dmostly答案与解析：Cmerely“仅仅，只不过”。句意：你不必生气，他只不过是想知道事实的真相。nearly“几乎”；hardly“几乎不”；mostly“大部分”。15_ afterwards，the police stopped the car and both men were arrested.AImmediately BPromptlyCDeliberately DShortly答案与解析：Dshortly
10、“很快，不久”。句意：过了没有多久，警察截住了那辆汽车，两个贼都被抓获了。immediately作连词用，意为“一就”，相当于as soon as；promptly 敏捷地；deliberately 蓄意地。均不合句意。16I have no idea of what is in fashion nowadays，so my choice might be quite _.Aabundant BarbitraryCambitious Daggressive答案与解析：Barbitrary“随意的”符合题意。17The new chairman was quite familiar with t
11、he _ for conducting a meeting.Aprocedure BproblemCquestion Dpeople答案与解析：Aprocedure“程序，流程”符合题意。problem“问题；毛病”；question“问题”；people“人们”。18I have mended that cup for you.Thanks，but you neednt have _.I bought a new one this morning.Ahelped BrequiredCwasted Dbothered答案与解析：D由“我”今早刚买了一个新的杯子可知“我”认为对方没必要修理打破的
12、那个。bother to do sth“麻烦做某事”符合题意。19Most businessmen are more interested in the _ success of their products than their educational values.Acommercial BculturalCclassical Dcriminal答案与解析：Acommercial“商业的”，商人们追求商品的商业利益这是常识。cultural“文化的”；classical“古典的；经典的”，criminal“犯罪的；刑事的”。20How do Canadians like to be cal
13、led?Most of them dont object _ them their first names.Athat you call Bfor callingCto your calling Dto call答案与解析：Cobject to意为“反对”，to为介词，故C项正确。21We _ to paint the house at dawn but finished only the front part till dark.Aset out Bset offCset about Dset aside答案与解析：Aset out to do sth.“开始做某事”，相当于begin to
14、 do sth.。22A healthy life is frequently thought to be _ with the open countryside and homegrown food.Atied BrelatedCinvolved Dassociated答案与解析：Dbe associated with.“和有关”。tie和relate意为“和有关”时，常与to连用；be involved与in搭配。23The twins were so much alike that it was impossible to_ one from the other.Adistinguish
15、 BseparateCidentify Drecognize答案与解析：A根据题意应是不可能把这对双胞胎区分开，故选A项。distinguish.from.“把和区别开”。separate.from.“把和分隔开”；identify“识别”；recognize“认出”。24Have you decided which house to buy?No，not yet.I must find a house that is _ for all kinds of transportation.Aconvenient BappropriateCavailable Dcontent答案与解析：Aconv
16、enient“方便的；便利的”，其主语通常是物，符合题意。25Teachers pay more attention to the _ skills and show students the way to catch the main ideas.Ameaningful BcarefulCpractical Dacceptable答案与解析：Cpractical“实用的”符合题意。meaningful“有意义的”；careful“仔细的”；acceptable“可接受的”。26If Newton lived today，he would be surprised by what has be
17、en _ in science and technology.Adiagnosed BdiscoveredCignored Ddetermined答案与解析：Bdiscover“发现”。句意：如果牛顿活到现在，他将会对迄今为止在科技上的发现惊讶不已。diagnose“诊断”；ignore“忽略”；determine“决定”。27I call him _；even when there is not much to say.Anow and then Bby and byCstep by step Dmore or less答案与解析：Anow and then表示“不时地，偶尔”。句意：我不时
18、给他打个电话，尽管有时候也没有太多的话要说。by and by表示“不久，马上”；step by step表示“逐步地”；more or less表示“大约”。28Mike seldom asks _ questions in class，but today he raised _ fairly good one.A/; a Bthe; aC/; the D/; /答案与解析：A此题考查冠词。question是复数形式，根据语境可知在课上，Mike很少问问题，泛指，故前面是零冠词，后面一空用不定冠词a修饰。one泛指今天他提了一个相当不错的问题。29Ive already told you n
19、ever to _ my things.Amess up Bput upCclean up Dmake up答案与解析：Amess up“搞糟，弄乱”。句意：我早已经告诉过你不要乱动我的东西！30She _ great importance _ regular exercise.Aties; to Bputs; toCattaches; to Dlays; on答案与解析：Cattach importance to 重视。句意：她非常重视定期锻炼。31Jack almost fell off the cliff，but managed to _ until help came.Akeep on
20、 Bcatch onCcount on Dhang on答案与解析：Dhang on 牢牢抓住，抓紧不放。句意：杰克差点从悬崖上掉下来，但他努力抓住不放直到获救。keep on(doing sth.)继续(做)；catch on 理解；count on 指望，依赖。32_ everyone can hear the speaker，there is no_ to turn up the radio.ANow that; point BEven if; pointCNow that; need DEven if; need答案与解析：Cnow that 引导让步状语从句；there is no
21、need to do sth.是一个固定句型，意思是“做某事没有必要”。33I cant bear _，so I hope you can come on time.Ato keep waiting Bto keep to waitCbeing kept waiting Dbeing kept to wait答案与解析：Cbear 表示“忍受”时，后可跟名词、动名词或不定式作宾语。keep 作使役动词使用，后面不跟不定式作主语补足语。34We found the meeting room thoroughly _ and everything _ in good order.Acleaned;
22、 arranged Bcleaned; arrangingCcleaning; arranged Dcleaning; arranging答案与解析：Acleaned 和arranged 皆为过去分词在句中作宾语补足语，表示状态。35Id better _ now.The water is boiling in the kitchen.Goodbye.Aring off Bring up Chold on Dring back答案与解析：A根据语境应是“挂断电话”，故答案为A。ring up 意为“打电话”；hold on 意为“不挂断”；ring back 意为“回复电话”。36Mr.Mc
23、Coy was homeless and had to put his child up for _.Aadoption BadaptationCdevotion Deducation答案与解析：A句意为：Mc Coy先生无家可归只得把他的孩子寄养给别人。adoption“收养，采纳”；adaptation“修改，改编”；devotion“奉献”；education“教育”。37Eshopping，when properly _，can save us a lot of time and energy.Adone Bis doneChaving done Ddoing答案与解析：Awhen p
24、roperly done是when it is properly done的省略，Eshopping与do之间是被动关系。38The book has been well received，but _ actual sales，it hasnt been very successful.Ain terms of Bin case ofCas a result of Din face of答案与解析：A句意为：这本书很受欢迎，但至于实际销量，它并不是很成功。in terms of根据，从方面；in case of 万一；as a result of 因为；in face of面对。39That
25、wasnt the first time he _ us.I think its high time we _ strong actions against him.Abetrayed; take Bhad betrayed; tookChas betrayed; took Dhas betrayed; take答案与解析：B在句型It/This/That is/was the first/second.time从句中，从句谓语动词用完成时。主句中有is，从句用现在完成时；主句中有was，从句用过去完成时。在It is(high)time从句中，从句谓语动词常用should动词原形或过去式，故
26、结合前一空选B。C项第一空不对。40The boy looked at his mother in_，not daring to believe its true.Aamazement BabsenceCsurprised Dastonished答案与解析：A句意为：那个男孩子吃惊地看着母亲，不敢相信这一切是真的。in amazement“吃惊地”in surprisein astonishment。C和D项词性错误。41After years of try and hard work，_ smiled on him finally.Amisfortune Bfortune Cmisfortu
27、nes Dfortunes答案：B42(2011安庆联考) Hello.You_68442936.Im sorry Im unable to answer your call right now.Areached Bhave reachedCare reaching Dhad reached答案：B43The veteran workers are doing their best to pass _ their technical knowhow(技能)to the younger generation.Aoff BonCaway Dthrough答案与解析：Bpass on 传授；pass
28、 off 逐渐消失；冒充；pass away 去世，消磨掉；pass through 穿过；通过；经历。44We_certain living things as birds not because they have long legs or short legs，but because they all have feathers.Asuppose BclassifyClook Dinsist答案与解析：Bclassify.as.“把归类为”。45A teacher must see to it that every one of his students develops_.Afairly BproperlyChurriedly Dextremely答案与解析：Bproperly“适当地，相当地”符合题意。46Shanghai and Nanjing are among the most important cities in China_their size and population.Ain favor of Bin case ofCin honor of Din terms of答案与解析：Din terms of“就来说；从角度”符合题意。47Lang Lang is my f
