2016届高考英语单项选择精华训练：（4）

　　1.The bad economic situation set people 　 why so many banks and companies are left 　 down one by one. 

　　A.thinking;closing B.thinking;to be closed

　　C.to think;closing D.to think;closed

　　答案:A

　　解析:set sb.doing sth.“使某人做某事”;leave在本句中用于被动句,close down “(工厂、公司等)关闭,倒闭”,在本句中为不及物动词短语,用现在分词作主语补足语。

　　2.James 　 in China for ten years.Now he has got a job in Australia. 

　　A.worked B.is workingC.had worked D.was working

　　答案:A

　　解析:根据第二句可知,詹姆斯先生现已在澳大利亚找到一份工作,故他在中国工作这一动作发生在过去,所以用一般过去时,选A项。

　　3.The earthquake was so terrible that in only fifteen seconds a large city lay 　. 

　　A.in tears B.in ruins

　　C.in progress D.in difficulty

　　答案:B

　　解析:lie in ruins “成为废墟”。在此短语中in ruins为固定的表达形式,意为“遭到严重破坏,成为废墟”。in tears “流着泪,含着泪”;in progress “在进行中,在发展中”;in difficulty “处境困难,处境艰难”。

　　4.—We 　 hope you will get a nice result on the National Games. 

　　—Thank you very much.

　　A.rapidly B.properly

　　C.gradually D.sincerely

　　答案:D

　　解析:第一句句意:我们真诚地希望你在全运会上取得好的成绩。sincerely “真诚地”,符合句意。rapidly “很快地”;properly “适当地”;gradually “逐渐地”。

　　5.Jack doesn’t smoke now,but he 　 for almost twenty years. 

　　A.was smoking B.smoked

　　C.has smoked D.had smoked

　　答案:B

　　解析:根据“Jack doesn’t smoke now”可知,杰克抽烟只是发生在过去的一个动作,故用一般过去时。

　　6.　the years go by,China is earning more and more understanding and respect of the world. 

　　A.Though B.As

　　C.Once D.Unless

　　答案:B

　　解析:as 引导时间状语从句, 意为 “随着”。句意:随着时间一年一年过去, 中国正赢得世界越来越多的理解和尊重。

　　7.　 seems as if there will be an examination this week. 

　　A.What B.That

　　C.This D.It

　　答案:D

　　解析:句意:好像这周有次考试。It seems as if ... “好像是……, 似乎是……”。

　　8.—I was walking on the street and all of a sudden,a car cut in and knocked me down.

　　—You can never be 　 careful in the street. 

　　A.very B.too

　　C.so D.much

　　答案:B

　　解析:can’t/can never...too...“再怎么……也不过分,越……越好”,这里的意思是无论怎么小心都不过分。

　　9.You are,how shall I 　,not lazy but not devoted to the job. 

　　A.put it B.make it

　　C.mean it D.get it

　　答案:A

　　解析:句意:怎么说呢,你不是懒而是对工作不专心。put “表达,说”,how shall I put it表示“怎么说呢”。

　　10.　,the headmaster rose to indicate that the conversation was 　. 

　　A.At an end;in an end B.In the end;at an end

　　C.In an end;at the end D.At an end;in the end

　　答案:B

　　解析:in the end “最后,终于”,at an end “结束,终结”,常用作表语。句意:最后,校长站起来暗示谈话结束。

　　11.He won the FIFA World Player of the Year award,though 　 of the fans seemed to agree. 

　　A.each B.no one

　　C.every D.not all

　　答案:D

　　解析:考查不定代词及部分否定的用法。no one表示完全否定, not all表示部分否定, 根据题意可知应选D项。

　　12.On New Year’s Eve,New York City holds an outdoor 　 which attracts a crowd of a million or more people. 

　　A.incident B.event

　　C.case D.affair

　　答案:B

　　解析:句意: 除夕,纽约举办一项户外活动,吸引了一百万甚至更多的人。incident指发生的较小的事件,事变;event指发生的较大的或重要的事件或运动项目;case “事例,实例,事实,真相”;affair “私人事务,个人事情”。由句意可知应选B项。

　　13.I 　 myself in my studies.In return,I gained great success. 

　　A.placed B.had

　　C.laid D.buried

　　答案:D

　　解析:bury oneself in sth.相当于be devoted to sth.意思是 “全心致力于……”。

　　14.If you have some books on how to learn English well,I’d like to borrow 　. 

　　A.any B.it

　　C.one D.that

　　答案:C

　　解析:要借的是很多书中的一本, 故用one。句意:如果你有一些有关如何学好英语的书, 我想借一本。

　　15.—Alas!I have left my key to the office in my car.

　　—Don’t worry.I 　 it for you.Wait a minute. 

　　A.get B.am going to get

　　C.will get D.am getting

　　答案:C

　　解析:答语意为“别担心,我帮你去取。等一下”。此处用will表示“将要做临时决定的事情”。

　　16.The typhoon caused 　damage that the farmers nearly had nothing to harvest. 

　　A.so serious much B.so much serious

　　C.such much serious D.such serious

　　答案:B

　　解析:在so/such...that句型中,so一般修饰形容词或副词,such一般修饰名词。如果被修饰的是复数可数名词或不可数名词,且该名词前有many,much,little(少),few修饰时,只能用so...that...。

　　17.My schedule is quite 　 —I could arrange to meet with you any day next week. 

　　A.regular B.heavy

　　C.reliable D.flexible

　　答案:D

　　解析:根据后半句可知,我的计划表非常灵活(flexible)。heavy “重的”;regular“有规律的”;reliable“可靠的”。

　　18.As a devoted teacher,he cares a lot 　his students’ study and health. 

　　A.of B.for

　　C.about D.with

　　答案:C

　　解析:考查介词。care for“喜欢,想要;照顾”;care about“在乎,介意;关心”。句意:作为一名敬业的老师,他非常关心学生的学习和健康。

　　19.Hearing the news,she burst into 　 and burst 　the room. 

　　A.crying;out B.tears;in

　　C.crying;into D.tears;out of

　　答案:D

　　解析:本题考查动词burst的用法。burst into tears=burst out crying“突然大哭”。同时结合语境“听到那个消息,她大哭并冲出了房间”,D项正确。

　　20.The number of students in our school 　about 30,000 and 　them study hard. 

　　A.is;a large amount of B.are;a number of

　　C.are;large amount of D.is;a large number of

　　答案:D

　　解析:the number of“……的数量”,修饰名词作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。a large number of意为“许多,大量”,修饰可数名词复数形式。