语法单选题系列26
1．Tangjialing was, until recently, _____ home to about 50,000 members of _____ant tribe ― low-income graduates, often born and raised in other cities.
A. 不填; a
B. a; the
C. 不填; the
D. a; a
【答案】C
【解析】本题考查冠词。（be ）home to……的故乡/所在地/发源地ant tribe特指后面的low-income graduates。
2．It was not until the 1960s and 1970s
archaeologists made real progress in understanding the script.
A. when
B. which
C. how
D. that
【答案】D
【解析】考查固定句型。It was not until …that …这是对not until…句型的强调句。故选that。
3．The couple are at the same age, but
, the husband looks much older than his wife.
A. in addition
B. in reality
C. in contrast
D. in detail
【答案】C
【解析】考查短语辨析。A除此之外；B 实际上 C 相比之下
D 详细地 这对夫妇是同岁的，但相比之下，丈夫看上去比妻子老了很多。
4．After so many hardships, the scientist
his motherland at last.
A. set on his foot
B. set foot on
C. set feet on
D. set his feet on
【答案】B
【解析】考查固定短语。set foot on踏上。 在经历了这么多艰辛之后，这个科学家终于踏上了祖国的土地。
5．Sarah pretended to be cheerful,
nothing about the argument.
A. says
B. said
C. to say
D. saying
【答案】D
【解析】考查非谓语动词。saying现在分词作状语，补充说明她假装高兴的状况。因为逻辑主语Sarah和say之间是主动关系，故用现在分词。
6．Some forms of algae have
to growing on ice.
A. adopt
B. adapt
C. advocate
D. addict
【答案】B
【解析】考查动词辨析。adopt 采用，收养 adapt 适应，改编 advocate 提倡者；提倡 addict使上瘾
一些藻类已经适应在冰上生长。
7．Antarctica holds 90% of the world’s ice, and most of its fresh water (70%) is in a frozen
.
A. state
B. condition
C. situation
D. solution
【答案】A
【解析】考查名词辨析。state 状态
condition 条件
situation 形势
solution 解决方法 in a frozen state处在冻结状态。
8．She has
a lot of things, so she knows exactly how to deal with such a person.
A. gone through
B. gone on
C. gone by
D. gone into
【答案】A
【解析】短语辨析。go through 经受；仔细检查；经历 go on继续 go by经过 go into进入
根据意思：他已经经历了许多事情，因此他完全知道怎样来对付那样一个人。
9．Parts of the cave have been badly affected by rain and
to the air.
A. express
B. excavate
C. exposure
D. expand
【答案】C
【解析】考查单词辨析。A 表达 B挖掘 C暴露 n. D 扩张 根据意思：部分的洞穴已经受到雨和暴露上空气中的影响。
10．By the time Jack returned home from England, his son
from college.
A. graduated
B. has graduated
C. had been
D. had graduated
【答案】D
【解析】考查时态题。by the time +从句（过去时），主句用过去完成时。故答案选D。
11．The Naxi believe that they came from a creature called Tabu,
help them hatch from magic eggs.
A. who
B. whom
C. that
D. which
【答案】A
【解析】考查定语从句。that不能引导非限制性定语从句，故排除。关系代词在定语从句中做主语，故排除B；因为先行词是人，故用A。
12．Hardly
Mike picked up the ball when another player took it form him.
A. have
B. has
C. had
D. have been
【答案】C
【解析】Hardly ….when…句式中前面应是过去完成时，后面是一般过去式。故答案为C。
13．The teacher propose that Jack
___ maths or physics instead of English because he was quick at numbers.
A. must study
B. could study
C. studied
D. study
【答案】D
【解析】考查情态动词。propose引导的宾语从句，谓语动词应用should+动词原形，故答案为D。
14．This is a very serious matter and the Chinese Academy of Sciences is trying to
public awareness about it.
A. lift
B. rise
C. raise
D. arise
【答案】C
【解析】考查动词辨析。raise public awareness 提高公共意识 life举起 rise升起v. arise引起
15．Not only I but also Jane and Mary
tired of having one examination after another.
A. is
B. are
C. am
D. be
【答案】B
【解析】考查主谓一致。就近原则，靠近谓语的是Jane and Mary,故用复数。
16．They want a house,
we would rather live in a flat.
A. and
B. whereas
C. so
D. when
【答案】B
【解析】考查连词辨析。他们要一间房子，然而，我们宁愿住在公寓里。
17．________ in a red dress, she was easy to _______ in the big crowd.
A. Being dressed; pick out
B. Dressed; pick out
C. Dressed; be picked out
D. Having dressed; pick out
【答案】B
【解析】考查非谓语动词。be dressed in穿着形容词短语做状语表状态，故用dressed。第二格pick out 不必用被动语态，主动代替被动。她在人群中辨认起来是很容易的。
18．Seriously damaged, the bike is no longer
.
A. for use
B. on use
C. in use
D. out of use
【答案】C
【解析】考查use短语辨析。in use在使用中 out of use不被使用，废弃 for use供使用 故答案为C。
19．Passed from father to son, the music has not changed for eight centuries，and among the richer Naxi people, ________ knowledge of this music showed that you were ________real gentleman.
A. a; a
B. the, 不填
C.不填;a
D. the; the
【解析】考查冠词题。这种音乐知识是很广泛的，所以是泛指，而knowledge又是不可数名词，故不填；a real gentleman一个真正地绅士。
20．Sometimes I’m dying ______ him about it.
A. tell
B. to tell
C. telling
D. of telling
【答案】B
【解析】考察固定短语。Be dying to do sth想要做某事，渴望做某事；
21．Wherever such an area is located, it will be immediately ______ by the enemy if armed forces are lacking.
A. taken
B. caught
C. occupied
D. kept
【答案】C
【解析】动词辨析。A拿走；B抓住；C占领；D保持；结合句意可知C正确。句意：如果缺乏武力，这样的地区都会被敌人占领。
22．His hard work paid______ when he got the result.
A. back
B. over
C. off
D. for
【答案】Ｃ
【解析】考察固定词组。Pay off指努力得到回报。结合句意可知C正确。句意：他当得知结果的时候，他的努力工作得到了回报。
23．While typing, Helen has a habit of stopping ______ to give her long and flowing hair a smooth.
A. now and then B. over and over
C. up and down
D. here and there
【答案】Ａ
【解析】词义辨析。Ａ时而不时；Ｂ一再；Ｃ上上下下；Ｄ到处。结合句意可知Ａ正确。句意：在打字的时候，Ｈｅｌｅｎ有时而不时停下来的习惯，让长长的头发顺下来。
24．In order to ______ his muscle, Mike goes to the gym regularly to do exercise.
A. sharpen
B. brighten
C. strengthen
D. deepen
【答案】C
【解析】动词辨析。A使…锋利；B使…明亮；C加强；D加深；结合句意可知C正确。句意：为了加强他的肌肉，麦克去体育馆锻炼。
25．You were my ______ when I was weak; you were my voice when I couldn’t speak.
A. ability
B. strength
C. energy
D. force
【答案】B
【解析】名词辨析。A能力；B力量；C精力；D暴力，武力；结合句意可知B正确。句意：当我虚弱的时候，你是我的力量。当我不能说话时，你是我的声音。
26．Cole Bettles ______ by a number of universities when he received an e-mail from the University of California last month.
A. had been rejected
B. has been rejected C. has rejected D. was rejecting
【答案】A
【解析】考察时态。根据句意可知当他收到加利福尼亚大学的邮件时已经被很多大学拒绝了，received使用了过去时，那么背很多大学拒绝应该是在这之前，是过去的过去，使用过去完成时，故A正确。
27．English is a course for anyone in university, ______ his or her major or previous educational qualifications are.
A. whatever
B. whether
C. however
D. no matter
【答案】A
【解析】考察让步状语从句。Whatever引导起让步状语从句，并作为are后面的表语。结合句意可知A正确。句意：英语是大学中任何一位学生都应该学的科目，无论他的专业是什么。
28．Rare species in the world, ______ by hundreds every year, must be jointly preserved by all countries, or humans will encounter ecological disaster in the near future.
A. disappeared
B. disappearing
C. disappear
D.having disappeared
【答案】B
【解析】考察非谓语动词用法。Rare species与disappear构成主动关系，所以使用现在分词。D项是完成式，本句没有体现出已经完成，故B正确。
29．The joy of life is a deep spring. Only when digging deep ______ clear and sweet water.
A. you can draw
B. did you draw
C. can you draw
D. you draw
【答案】C
【解析】考察倒装句。Only放在句首且强调状语的时候，后面的主句使用部分倒装的形式。本题only放在句首，且强调的是时间状语when digging deep，可知后面使用部分倒装的形式，结合句意可知C正确。句意：只有当你挖掘的更深的时候，你才能找到清洁和甘甜的泉水。
30． The elderly patients still prefer the traditional way, ______ online booking system is supposed to be convenient and fast.
A. while
B. though
C. unless
D. as
【答案】B
【解析】考察连词辨析。A当…时，然而；B尽管；C除非；D因为，一边…一边…；结合句意可知B正确。句意：尽管在线的预定系统很方便迅捷，但是那位年长的病人仍然喜欢传统的方法。
31．What do you think ______ makes the English version of the musical Notre Dame de Paris different from the previous ones?
A. is it that
B. that it is
C. that is it
D. it is that
【答案】D
【解析】考察强调句型。本题是强调句型的特殊疑问句，且句中含有一个插入语do you think，因为插入语已经使用了疑问语序，后面应该使用陈述语序，故D正确。
32．The fact that fun is not equal to happiness may be the opposite of ______ many people actually understand.
A. why
B. that
C. which
D. what
【答案】D
【解析】考察宾语从句。What引导宾语从句what many people actually understand并作为understand的宾语。Which指特定范围内的某一个。故D正确。
33．The threats to the health of astronauts in space are very different from ______ on earth.
A. ones
B. that
C. it
D. those
【答案】D
【解析】考察代词用法。One指代可数名词单数，表泛指；that指代可数名词单数或者不可数名词，后面有定语修饰，表特指。It指代上文出现的同一事物。Those指代可数名词复数，后面有定语修饰，表示特指。本题的those=the threats，后面有on earth修饰。结合句意可知D正确。句意：在太空中对宇航员健康的威胁不同于地球上的威胁。
34．The shop was not far from here, so they went there on foot
by bus.
A. instead
B. instead of
C. more than
D. than
【答案】B
【解析】本题考查副词。instead of代替……，而不是…… instead of后接名词、代词、动名词等。 instead adv.代替，而不是；可置于句首或句末，在句首时常用逗号与后面的句子隔开more than“多于，不只是”
35．In China
graduates go abroad to have a further study every year.
A. a great deal of
B. the number of
C. many a
D. a great many
【答案】D
【解析】本题考查“许多”的表达方式。。句意为：在中国，每年都有很多毕业生到国外深造。 “许多的”，修饰可数名词，符合题意。a great deal of只修饰不可数名词；many a后只接单数名词。
– How do you find this film? - It is the best film
.
A. that I had seen
B. which I have ever seen
C. which I saw
D. that I have ever seen
【答案】D
【解析】本题考查定语从句。根据句意可知，这部电影是我曾经看过的最好的电影。空格部分作film的定语，当先行词被最高级修饰时定语从句用that而不用which引导，故答案选D。
A. that
B. which
C. whose
D. of which
【答案】C
【解析】本题考查冠词。分析句子结构可知，该空所填词用来引导定语从句，且在从句中作定语，所以答案为C项。关系代词whose在从句中作定语指物时，可与of which转换。即：物+whose+名词=物+of which + the +名词=物+the+名词+of which.
38．He trusts you. Maybe you are able to
him to give up that foolish idea.
A. advise
B. make
C. have
D. persuade
【答案】
【解析】本题考查动词。句意为：他信任你，也许你能说服她放弃这种愚蠢的想法。persuade?sb.??to?do?sth.?说服某人做某事。make和’不能用不定式作宾补；。
A. because
B. as
C. as a result
D. after all
【答案】C
【解析】本题考查副词短语。as a result “因此,结果”,在句中作状语,其前常有一个表示原因的句子。
40．He stood
to the painting and studied it
A. close; close B. closely; closely C. closely; close D. close; closely
【答案】D
【解析】本题考查副词。close既可以作为形容词用也可以作为副词用，而closely只有副词一种词性，现讲一下close和closely作副词时的区别：
??? close 指距离、场所、地点等的“接近，靠近，紧紧地”，表示具体的概念。例如：
closely多用于比喻意义，表“亲密地，严密地，密切地，仔细地”，常表达抽象的概念，它多用来修饰动词或过去分词