2016届高三英语二轮专题演练：单项填空20
1．(2011辽宁高考)______ around the fire，the tourists danced with the local people.
A．GatherB．To gather
C．Gathering
D．To be gathering
解析：句意：那些旅行者们聚在篝火周围和当地人一起跳舞。本句没有连词，可判断本题考查非谓语动词作状语，故首先排除A项；不定式作状语且置于句首时常作目的状语，不符合句意，故排除B、D两项；本题设空处作伴随状语，只有C项符合要求。
答案： C
2．(2011安徽高考)If you ______ faults but you still want the bicycle，ask the shop assistant to reduce the price.
A．come across
B．care about
C．look for
D．focus upon
解析：考查动词短语辨析。句意：如果你发现你想要买的这辆自行车有瑕疵，但是你仍想买这辆，就让服务员降价。come across发现，碰到；care about 在意，关心；look for 寻找；focus upon集中注意力于。
答案：A
3．(2010福建高考)Drunk driving，which was once a ______ occurrence，is now under control.
A．general
B．frequent
C．normal
D．particular
解析：考查形容词词义辨析。句意：酒后驾车，以前是经常发生的事，现在已得到控制。frequent“经常的”，与语境相符。general“一般的，大体的”；normal“正常的”；particular“特殊的”，均与语境不符。
答案：B
4．—Sorry，I have to ______ now.It’s time for class.
—OK，I’ll call back later.
A．hang up
B．break up
C．give up
D．hold up
解析：考查动词短语辨析。由空后的“该上课了”和答语中的call back later可知这里表示“我得挂电话了”。hang up挂掉电话。break up停止，散开，拆开，分解；give up放弃；hold up举起，耽搁，延迟。
答案：A
5．This is the first time we ______ a film in the cinema together as a family
A．see
B．had seen
C．saw
D．have seen
解析：考查时态。It/This is the first/second time(that)．..该句型的从句部分用现在完成时，但如果是It/This was the first/second time(that)．..则从句需要用过去完成时。
答案：D
6．The wish of fully making use of the natural resources will eventually(最终)_____ _．
A．come into being
B．come into effect
C．come into power
D．come true 7．As soon as she heard the ______ news of his death，she ______tears.
A．shocked；burst out
B．shocking； burst into
C．shocked；burst into
D．shocking；burst out
解析：句意：当她听到他死亡的这个令人震惊的消息时，她大哭起来。shocking 令人震惊的，一般修饰物；burst into tears 突然哭起来。
答案：B
8．—Why did you ________the third paragraph of your rewritten composition?
—Because I thought it was off the point.
A．put out
B．make out
C．figure out
D．leave out
解析：考查动词短语辨析。句意：——你为什么把重写作文的第三段去掉了？——因为我认为它离题了。put out 扑灭；make out 弄明白，辨别出；figure out 搞清楚；leave out 省去，漏掉，不包括在内。
答案：D9．(2012余杭模拟)It suddenly ______ to me that we could use the computer to do the job.
A．struck
B．occurred
C．happened
D．saw
解析：句意：我突然想起我们可以用电脑来做这个工作。“It occurred to sb.that...”某人突然想起……，符合句意；It strikes sb.使某人想起；而happen，see无此用法。
答案：B
10．(2012绍兴模拟)______ you are a college student，you should learn to be independent of your parents’ help.
A．Now that
B．WhileC．Unless
D．Even though
11．—We’d like a table for five，please?
—Have you ______？
A．preserved
B．reserved
C．applied
D．subscribed
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：——我们想要五个人的桌子。——你们预订了吗？preserve保护，维护；reserve预订；apply应用，申请；subscribe订阅。
答案：B
12．We tried to ______ Jim ______ climbing the mountain without a guide.
A．discourage；to
B．encourage；from
C．persuade；to
D．discourage；from
解析：句意：我们设法劝吉姆无向导不要去爬山。discourage sb.from doing“阻止某人做某事”；encourage sb.to do sth.“鼓励某人去做某事”；persuade sb.to do sth.“说服或劝服某人做某事”。答案：D
13．I’ve a lot of sympathy for her.______by her husband，she lost her child as well.
A．Quitted
B．Appreciated
C．Abandoned
D．Appealed
解析：考查动词词义辨析。quit 停止；离开；appreciate 欣赏；感激；abandon 放弃；appeal 呼吁。句意：我很同情她，被丈夫抛弃，孩子也丢了。答案：C
14．Sun Tao is ______ to go to a key university，but ______ about not passing the College Entrance Examination.
A．eager；eager
B．eager；anxious
C．anxious；eager
D．anxious；anxious
解析：be eager to do“渴望去做”；be anxious about...“对……感到担忧”。
答案：B
15．—I think he should be punished for doing that.—I agree with you ______.
A．in a way
B．in the way
C．on the way
D．by the way
解析：考查短语辨析。A项意为“从某种程度上说”；B项意为“妨碍，挡路”；C项意为“在路上”；D项意为“顺便说一下”。后句句意：在某种程度上，我同意你的观点。
答案：A16．Iron ______ when it is heated. A．extends
B．spreads
C．widens
D．expands
解析：句意：铁受热时会膨胀。expand指由于内部或外部的力量使物体扩大。
答案：D
17．The book was written in 1946，since when the education system______ great changes.A．witnessed
B．has witnessed
C．had seen
D．saw
解析：句意：这本书写于1946年，从那时起教育制度见证了巨大变化。在定语从句中，由since when 为时间状语可知，谓语动词应用现在完成时。答案：B
18．His proposal is ______ to all of us and you do not need to tell us more about it.
A．apparent
B．practical
C．reasonable
D．abrupt
解析：考查词义辨析。句意：他的建议对我们所有人来说很明显，你不必过多地告诉我们。apparent明显的，符合句意；practical实用的；reasonable合理的；abrupt突然的。
答案：A
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19．—I can’t repair these until tomorrow，I’m afraid.
—That’s OK，there’s ______.
A．no problem
B．no wonder
C．no doubt
D．no hurry
解析：句意：——恐怕要到明天我才能修理这些东西。——可以，不必着急。there is no hurry意为“不必着急，不忙”，符合句意。there’s no wonder意为“难怪”；there’s no doubt意为“毫无疑问”；there’s no problem意为“没问题”。
答案：D
20．—I’d like to invite you to have a dinner at my home this Sunday，Miss Black.
—______.
A．I’d rather stay at homeB．Oh， no，let’s not
C．I’m very sorry，but I have other plans
D．Oh，no.That’ll be too much trouble