2018年高考英語練習(xí)試題及答案(14)
Ⅰ.單項(xiàng)填空
1.The bag ________on the table is brought in the shop ________in the east of the city.
A.laid;lying B.lying;laid
C.lies;lay D.laying;lain
答案 A [考查詞義辨析。lay(laid,laid,laying)放置;產(chǎn)卵;lie(lay,lain,lying)躺著,位于……;lie(lied,lied,lying)撒謊。句意:放在桌子上的包是從位于本市東部的一家商店買的。]
2.I ________him to take the train,but he wouldn't.
A.managed to persuade B.tried to persuade
C.failed to persuade D.persuaded
答案 B [try to persuade sb意為“試圖說服某人,結(jié)果他就是不聽”;manage to persuade意為“成功說服了”。根據(jù)句意,選B。]
3.My money ________.Could you please lend me some?
A.has run out of B.has run out
C.was run out of D.has been run out
答案 B [run out用光,耗盡,是不及物動詞短語,所以無被動語態(tài),主語一般是物,而run out of雖然也表達(dá)相同的意思,但是它是及物動詞短語,主語一般是人。]
4.Kathy ________ a lot of Spanish by playing with the native boys and girls.
A.picked up B.took up
C.made up D.turned up
答案 A [考查短語辨析。pick up學(xué)到……;獲得……;take up從事……;占據(jù)(時(shí)間,空間);make up虛構(gòu);化妝;turn up調(diào)高;出現(xiàn)。]
5.Tom felt that he himself,rather than the girls,________for the failure of the football match.
A.were to blame B.was to blame]
C.were to blamed D.was to be blamed
答案 B [考查blame的用法。句意:湯姆感覺到是他自己而不是那些女孩們應(yīng)該為足球比賽的失敗受到譴責(zé)。to blame for為……而受到責(zé)備、譴責(zé),歸咎于……。故選B。]
6.When he came back,his ________look on his face,he failed in the interview.
A.disappointed B.disappointing
C.encouraged D.encouraging
答案 A [考查v.ing形式的形容詞與v.ed形式的形容詞的辨析。句意:當(dāng)他回來時(shí),臉上滿是失望的表情,他面試失敗了。這種表情是主語自己產(chǎn)生的,故選A。]
7.Please go on trying.I’m sure the efforts you are________will pay off.
A.doing B.giving
C.making D.sparing
答案 C [考查定語從句和動賓搭配。句意:請繼續(xù)努力,我相信你付出的努力一定會有回報(bào)。efforts后是定語從句,根據(jù)搭配make efforts就可判斷選擇C。]
8.There is still a long way to go to solve all the problems ____conservation of natural resources.
A.concerning B.concerned
C.concerning about D.concerned about
答案 A [concerning是介詞,相當(dāng)于about,意為“與……有關(guān),關(guān)于”。]
9.—You should have prepared your speech for the meeting,Mrs Smith.
—Yes,I know.But how could I________the meeting date fixed so soon?
A.while B.as
C.after D.with
答案 D [考查句式。在所給的選項(xiàng)當(dāng)中,只有as與with有“由于、因?yàn)椤敝,而as是連詞,其后必須跟從句,所以不能用。只有with符合這一用法,構(gòu)成復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu),用作表示原因的狀語,代詞I之后省略了動詞prepare。答語后句句意為:因?yàn)闀h日期確定得太快了,我如何能準(zhǔn)備好呢?]
10.As these new products are not selling well,the members of the board have decided to ________production.
A.cut down B.cut down to
C.cut down on D.cut off
答案 C [cut down on 和cut back on可以互換,意為“削減,減少”。符合句意“由于這些新產(chǎn)品銷量不佳,董事會成員決定削減產(chǎn)量”。]
11.The top leaders of the two countries are holding talks in a friendly ________.
A.atmosphere B.state C.situation D.phenomenon
答案 A [in a friendly atmosphere在友好的氛圍中。state狀態(tài);situation情況,形勢;phenomenon現(xiàn)象。]
12.In those days,our ________concern was to provide people who were stopped by
the snowstorm with food and health care.
A.normal B.constant C.permanent D.primary
答案 D [primary主要的,第一位的;primary concern 意為“主要關(guān)心的”。其他選項(xiàng)均與句意不符。]
13.Look,heavy clouds are gathering.A terrible storm is________.
A.under way B.in the way
C.by the way D.in a way
答案 A [考查介詞短語。句意:看,烏云在聚集。一場可怕的暴風(fēng)雨就要來了。under way正在進(jìn)行,展開;in the way擋路;by the way順便說一聲;in a way在某種程度上。故選A。]
14.I’d appreciate________if you would turn out the lights.I’m sleepy.
A.one B.that
C.this D.it
答案 D [考查appreciate的用法。句意:如果你能把燈關(guān)上我將不勝感激。我困了。appreciate/like/hate/need等+ it+從句,該句型中只有it才可以作形式賓語。其中的從句為真正的賓語。故選D。]]
15.At minus 130°C,a living cell can be ________for a thousand years.
A.spared B.protected C.preserved D.developed
答案 C [preserve意為“保存,貯存”。句意:在零下一百三十?dāng)z氏度下,一個(gè)活細(xì)胞可以保存一千年。]