语法单选题系列21
1．It is normal for kids to feel anxious and not to be able to ______ their studies just before a quiz or an examination. Parents should try their best to help them relax within their power.
A. settle down
B. devote to
C. get down for
D. settle down to
【答案】D
【解析】这题考查固定短语：settle down to“静下心来做某事
2．Friendship can’t be ________in terms of money but money is an effective means to ______ how strong the friendship is.
A. measured; test
B. weighed; weigh
C. measured; measure
D. tested; measure
【答案】A
【解析】第一空填measure“衡量”，第二空填test是“考验”句意是：友谊不能用钱来衡量，但钱是有效的检验友谊有多牢固的方法。选A。
3．While listening carefully,
the students＿＿＿ what their teacher said.
A. set down B. turned down
C. got downD. calmed down
【答案】A
【解析】本题考查动词辨析。句意：学生边认真听，边记下认老师说
4．Sam always pronounces my name wrong.
Do you think he does it＿＿＿＿ ?
A. on purpose B. at present
C. at an endD. right away
【答案】A
【解析】本题考查介词短语。句意：Sam总是把我的名字读错，你认为他是故意的吗？on purpose 故意；at present 目前； at an end 结束；right away 马上。
5．My father told me that he had＿＿＿ hard life in his childhood.
A. calmed down B. gone through
C. added upD. set down
【答案】B
【解析】本题考查动词短语辨析。句意：我的父亲告诉我他童年时他经历的艰苦生活。go through 经历；经受。大多指痛苦的事情。
Dennis＿＿＿the warning and put his hand into
the lion’s cage.
A. accepted B. decided
C. ignored
D. concerned
【答案】C
【解析】本题考查动词辨析。句意: Dennis没有理睬警告，把手伸进了狮子的笼子内。accept接受；decide决定；ignore忽视，不理睬；concern担忧，涉及，关系到。
7．＿＿＿your score and you will make sure if you have passed the exam.
A. Add up toB. Add to
C. Add up D. Add
【答案】C
【解析】本题考查add短语辨析。句意：把你的得分加起来确定你是否已经通过考试add up 把……加起来；add to 增加；add up to 加起来总共是。
8．In the class of the computer information,
there weren’t enough computers for every student,
so we＿＿＿.
A. had got to saveB. had to separate
C. had to share D. had got to divide
【答案】C
【解析】本题考查动词辨析。save的意思是“储存，积蓄，节省”，而separate和divide则指把个体或整体分成几个部分。此处share是“共用，分享”的意思，符合题干的语境。
9．When ＿＿＿ why she cried,
the woman still kept＿＿＿.
A. asked; calm B asking;
still
C. being asked;
quiet D. asked;
silent
【答案】D
【解析】本题考查非谓语动词和形容词。第一个空考查状语从句省略(she was); 第二个空考查keep silent 不作声，不说话。still不动的强调“静止状态”quiet安静的宁静的calm 指人“沉着，镇定”指自然“无风无浪”。
This novel was concerned＿＿＿＿the Second World War, while most teenagers are more concerned＿＿＿ the hero’s love story.
A. with; for B. with; with
C. for; about
D. about; with
【答案】A
【解析】本题考查介词。句意：这本小说讲的是第二次世界大战，然而大部分青少年更加关注英雄们的爱情故事。be concerned with与……有关；be concerned for关心。
11．After the long journey,
the three of them went back home, ＿＿＿＿＿＿ .
A. hungry and tiredly B. hungry and tired
C. hungrily and tiredly
D. hungrily and tired
【答案】B
【解析】本题考查形容词作状语。形容词短语作状语。句意为：经过长途跋涉后，这三个人回到家，又累又饿。故用B(hungry and tired)。
12． —My spoken English is poor,
what shall I do?
—＿＿＿an English language club to practice,
and you’ll be good at it.
A. Take part in
B. Attend
C. Join D. Join in
【答案】C
【解析】本题考查动词辨析。加入某社会团体，用join，不可用join iattend一般指参加出席会议、报告等活动take part in参加(群众性活动、会议等)，起一份作用。
The teacher told us that the sun ＿＿＿ in the east and ＿＿＿ in the west.
A. raised;
setB. rose;
set
C. rise;
set D. rises;
sets
【答案】D
【解析】本题考查时态。此处从句表示的是客观事实、永恒真理，用一般现在时。
14．The girl told me that she ＿＿＿ beaten and she
＿＿＿telephone the police.
A. was;
would B. has been;
will
C. had been;
wouldD. had been;
will
【答案】C
【解析】本题考查时态。此句是间接引语，由主句谓语动词told 可推断：第一个空应用过去完成时；第二个空应用过去将来时。所以答案为。
Guangzhou Asian Games has reached our common goal—＿＿＿ Asian game that is more beautiful and harmonious(和谐的).
A. the B. a C. an D. /
【答案】C
【解析】本题考查冠词。句意：广州亚运会已经达到了我们的目标:一个更加美丽而和谐的亚洲盛会。故选C。用an(Asian game)泛指“一个(亚洲盛会)”。
16．—The water was running all night long.
—Yes. It seemed that John ______ . He was the last one to leave the lab.
A. was to be blamed
B. was to blame
C. had been blamed
D. should be blamed
【答案】B
【解析】本题考查blame用法。sb. be to blame for sth.表示“某人因为某事该受到责备或者是某人的责任”。 用主动形式表示被动意义。
17．The speech by the mayor of Shanghai before the final voting for EXPO 2010 is strongly impressed _______ my memory.
A. to
B. with
C. over
D. on
【答案】D
【解析】本题考查介词。固定搭配sth impress on sth else, be impressed on/upon sth“给……留下了印象”。
A. took up
B. saved up
C. kept up
D. drew up
【答案】A
【解析】本题考查动词短语辨析。take up 拿起，开始从事，专注于，继续; save up 储蓄，贮存; keep up 不低落，维持，继续; draw up 草拟，写，部署。这句话的意思是“Rogers退休以后，他专注于画画一段时间，但是很快就失去了兴趣。”由此可知，该题的正确答案应该为A项。
19．Mr. Smith was very disappointed to see the car he had had _____ went wrong again.
A. to be repaired
B. repaired
C. it repaired
D. it
【答案】B
【解析】本题考查句式结构和非谓语动词。句意：Mr. Smith看到他修好的车又坏了很失望。该题考查的是“have sth. done”结构。题干中的the car went wrong again为 see 后的宾语从句，he had had (the car) repaired 为 the car 所带的定语从句；定语从句谓语含have sth. done 结构，为过去完成时。因先行词car 在句中作 had 的宾语，故关系代词 that 或 which 被省掉。故答案为 B.
20．Tom rushed out in a hurry, ______ the door ______.
A. leaving; unlocked
B. leaving; unlocking
C. left; unlocked
D. to leave; unlocking
【答案】A
【解析】本题考查非谓语动词。leaving作结果状语，unlocked过去分词作宾，表示被动
21．This computer doesn’t work properly, because the operating system has
.
A．broken up
B．broken down
C．broken out
D．broken away
【答案】B
【解析】本题考查动词短语辨析。句意：因为操作系统出了故障。”break down“破坏；出故障”。
22．—May I book two tickets for the football match on August 8 ?
—Sorry, sir. But we have no tickets
A．spare B．useful C．available D．suitable
【答案】C
【解析】本题考查形容词辨析。意为: 对不起，我们没有票了（票卖完了）。available意思为 “可得到的；现成有的”,可用作后置定语。spare意思为“多余的；空闲的；剩余的”，一般不用作后置定语；但可用to spare。
23．The amount of money _____ for the ten provinces in southern China suffering the snowstorm was soon collected．
A．to need
B．needing
C．needed
D．which needed
【答案】C
【解析】本题考查非谓语动词。句意：华南遭受雪灾的十个省份所需钱数很快收集。
24．Come and see me whenever _______.
A．you are convenient
B. you will be convenient
C．it is convenient to you
D. it will be convenient to you
【答案】C
【解析】本题考查convenient的用法。whenvever引导的时间状语从句用一般现在时表将来; 注意convenient一词只能由物作主语只能说it is convenient to sb
25．It is reported that there are over 20,000 persons for the torch relay of the 2008 Olympic Games, ____it the biggest in the Games' history．
A．making
B．make
C．to make
D．made
【解析】本题考查非谓语动词。句意：据报道，超过20000人2008奥运会的火炬接力，成为奥运会历史最大的。making 做结果状语，表示意料之中的事。
26．When you are ______ about something, you are ______ to do whatever you can to get it．
A. anxious; likely
B. eager; possible
C. enthusiastic; likely
D. concerned; probable
【答案】C
【解析】本题考查形容词辨析。句意：当你对某件事情充满热情，你会尽你所能去得到它be enthusiastic about 意为“热衷于……”；只有likely才可以用作表语构成be likely to do sth句型
27．Only in this way ______ progress in your Japanese.
A. you make
B. you be able to make
C. can you make
D. you can make
【答案】C
【解析】本题考查倒装。此句中，副词only+介词短语位于句首作状语时，引起部分倒装。
he manager and general engineer _____ very strict _____ his employees and ____ his work as well．
A．is; with; in
B．are; with; in
C．is; with; with
D．are; in; in
【答案】A
【解析】本题考查主谓一致和介词。由后面的his可知manager and general engineer指的是同一个人，故谓语动词应用单数形式；be strict with sb. 对某人严格；be strict in sth. 。
combination of parties to form a new government tried out to be
______ failure, but as we know, success often comes from _____ failure．
A．a; a
B．/; /
C．a; /
D．/ ; a
【答案】C
【解析】本题考查冠词。failure 在表示“失败”时，是抽象名词，不可数。
在表示“失败的人或事”时，被具体化，是可数名词。失败 不可数。
’ve already offered, which is the only way to broaden the appeal of the website.
A. regardless of
B. in addition to
C. in exchange for
D. according to
【答案】B
【解析】词义辨析。A不管；B除…之外；C交换；D根据;结合句意可知B正确，除了我们已经提供的之外，我们已经给用户一些新的东西。这是仅有的拓宽网站吸引力的一个方法。
31．We have a high regard for Mr. Black because he always tries to ________ his principles.
A. live up to
B. look forward to
C. catch up with
D. put up with
【答案】A
【解析】短语辨析。A不辜负；B盼望；C追上，赶上；D认识；结合句意可知A正确。句意：我们对布莱克先生有很高的评价，因为他总是坚持原则。
32．Only lately
about the dark secrets behind the seemingly-happy
marriage of the golf star Tiger Woods.
A. the public have known B. were the public known
C. have the public known D. the public knew
【答案】C
【解析】考察Only的倒装句。Only放在句首，且强调状语时，后面主句使用部分倒装句。本题的lately与完成时连用，故C正确。
33．—I phoned you at 7 yesterday evening but nobody answered.
— Oh, I ______ my dog in the park then.
A. walked B. was walking C. had walked D. would walk
【答案】B
【解析】考察时态。根据then可知是指在过去的某个时间点，那么应该使用过去进行时表示在过去某个时间点上发生的事情。故B正确。
34．So far all cloned animals have suffered from some different serious disorders, ______ dying soon after birth.
A. many of which B. many of whom C. many of them D. many of that
【答案】C
【解析】考察独立主格结构。独立主格结构不是句子，是短语，但是它的作用相当于句子。many of them dying soon after birth= and many of them are dying soon after birth.本句题干中缺少连词，说明后面不是句子，排除AB. that指代单数名词，而这里的them指代的all cloned animals，应该使用复数形式。
35．The fog was so heavy this morning that drivers could hardly ______ the
things just ten meters away from them.
A. figure out
B. look out
C. make out
D. rule out
【答案】A
【解析】短语辨析。A搞清楚，弄明白；B当心；C理解；D排除；结合句意可知A正确：句意：今天早上的雾是如此的大以至于司机几乎不能看清楚10米以外的东西。
36．I ______ a flu when I was on a spring outing with my classmates.
A. caught up
B. picked up
C. took up
D. brought up
【答案】B
【解析】短语辨析，A抓住，赶上；B捡起，无意中得到；C占据，从事于，开始做；D抚养，抚育；呕吐；结合句意可知B正确。句意：当我和同学春游的时候我无意中染上了流感。
37．The weather that day may not be as good as expected, in ________ case we will have to put off the event.
A. what B. that
C. this D. which
【答案】D
【解析】考察定语从句关系代词的用法。Which在本句中作定语修饰case，in which case指在那种情况下。句意：那一天的天气也许不像预料的那么好，在这种情况下，我们将推迟这项活动。
38．Chemical pollution will bring about a threat to agriculture and food chain, and ________ to human health.
A. frequently B. significantly
C. steadily
D. consequently
【答案】D
【解析】副词辨析。A频繁地；N重要地；C稳定地；D所以，因而，因此；结合句意可知D正确。句意：化学污染给农业和食物链产生很大的威胁，因而对人类的健康也会有很大的威胁。
39．Mr. Smith doesn’t like all that empty talk between Susan and Joan, which he thinks will definitely get them ________.
A. anywhere B. anything
C. nowhere
D. nothing
【答案】C
【解析】词义辨析。A任何地方；B任何事物；C无处；D没有任何事情；结合句意可知C正确。句意：史密斯先生不喜欢Susan和Joan之间的空谈，他认为这样的空谈是没有任何价值的。
40．In spite of the fact that soccer is the most popular international sport, it isn’t what most girls ________.
A. go in for B. make up for
C. do away with
D. put up with
【答案】A
【解析】短语辨析。A从事，喜欢；B弥补；C废除；D忍受；结合句意可知A正确。句意：尽管足球是最受欢迎的国际运动，但是它表示大部分女孩子喜欢的运动。