2016届高考英语单项选择精华训练：（25）

　　1.—It’s reported that there is 　 big breakthrough in the cancer treatment. 

　　—If only my wife could be brought back to 　 life. 

　　A.a;/ B./;a

　　C.the;the D.a;the

　　答案:A

　　解析:breakthrough“突破”,可数名词,其前有形容词修饰,表泛指。应用不定冠词a修饰。bring back to life为固定短语,意为“使复活”。

　　2.—What was the speaker saying?

　　—Sorry, I was so tired that I couldn’t 　 what she was saying. 

　　A.take up B.take in

　　C.take on D.take away

　　答案:B

　　解析:根据答语 “不好意思, 我刚才太累了, 没听懂她在说什么”可知take in 符合句意。take in在此意为 “理解, 领会, 明白”。take up “从事, 占用 (时间), 占据 (空间) ”;take on “呈现 (面貌等)”;take away “拿走”。

　　3.I’ve tried very hard to improve my English.But by no means　with my progress. 

　　A.the teacher is not satisfied

　　B.is the teacher not satisfied

　　C.the teacher is satisfied

　　D.is the teacher satisfied

　　答案:D

　　解析:by no means位于句首时, 句子要用倒装语序, 排除A、C两项;由but可知后一句表示否定, 排除B项。

　　4.Many students strongly objected to　 school at weekends. 

　　A.attend B.attending

　　C.attended D.having attended

　　答案:B

　　解析:句意:许多学生强烈反对周末上课。object to短语中to是介词, 后接名词或动词-ing形式作宾语, 故排除A、C两项;此处不强调完成, 故排除D项。

　　5.It should be 　 that the civil servant should be dismissed for drunk driving. 

　　A.out of control B.out of practice

　　C.out of place D.out of question

　　答案:D

　　解析:句意:公务员醉驾毫无疑问应该被免职。out of question“毫无疑问”,符合句意。out of control“失去控制”;out of practice“生疏”;out of place“不合适的”。

　　6.　 is believed 　 more and more people would fly to the moon in the future. 

　　A.That;like B.This;as

　　C.It;that D.Man;when

　　答案:C

　　解析:句意:人们都相信越来越多的人未来会飞向月球。It is believed that...是固定句型,表示“人们都相信……”。

　　7.It never 　 me that he might be in trouble. 

　　A.happened to B.adjusted to

　　C.belonged to D.occurred to

　　答案:D

　　解析:句意:我从没想到他可能会遇到困难。It occurs to sb.that...“某人想起……”。happen to sb.“碰巧发生在某人身上”;adjust to“调节以适应”;belong to“属于”。

　　8.Lucy has changed a lot since she got her new job.Recently she 　 her work quite well. 

　　A.has been doing B.has done

　　C.did D.had done

　　答案:A

　　解析:句意:自从露西获得了她的新工作,她变了很多。最近她一直都很出色地完成她的工作。根据“Recently”可知,此处应用现在完成进行时,表示动作从过去某一时间开始一直延续到现在且现在还在进行。故答案为A项。

　　9.—Do you all feel like going out tonight?

　　—　.Everything depends on you. 

　　A.I’m easy B.No, I don’t

　　C.No problem D.Forget it

　　答案:A

　　解析:句意:——今晚你们都想出去吗?——我随便。一切由你们决定。I’m easy意为 “我随便, 我好办, 我无所谓”, 表示接受对方提出的任何建议, 符合“Everything depends on you.”这一语境。

　　10.After questioning the man for six hours, the police　the information they wanted. 

　　A.seized B.recovered

　　C.appealed D.obtained

　　答案:D

　　解析:句意:警察审问了这个男人6个小时后, 才得到了他们想要的信息。seize “抓住”;recover “恢复”;appeal “呼吁, 控诉”;obtain “得到, 获得”。D项符合句意。

　　11.He hoped the audience were satisfied and the performers’ efforts 　. 

　　A.pay off B.were paid off

　　C.paid off D.have paid off

　　答案:C

　　解析:句意:他希望表演能让观众满意, 表演者的付出能得到回报。pay off作 “得到回报, 得到好结果” 讲时, 通常不用于被动语态。

　　12.The police found few people 　at the station and all the buses 　. 

　　A. staying; gone B. stayed; gone

　　C. staying; have gone D. to stay; had gone

　　答案:A

　　解析:分析句子可知, 句子的谓语是found, few people是宾语, 要填的词作宾语补足语。由于people 和stay之间为主动, 故第一个空用现在分词; 第二个空填gone, 表示完成。

　　13.—What do you know from the signpost?

　　—It　the direction to London from this place. 

　　A.announces B.explains

　　C.points D.indicates

　　答案:D

　　解析:announce “宣布”;explain “解释”;point (to) “指向”;indicate “标示”。答句句意:它标示了从这里去伦敦的方向。

　　14.His speech had given us food for 　,so the later discussion turned into a heated debate. 

　　A.thought B.notice

　　C.fun D.attention

　　答案:A

　　解析:句意:他的演讲引起了我们深深的思考,因此后来的讨论变成了激烈的辩论。 food for thought“引人深思的事物”,是固定搭配,符合句意。

　　15.The manager is to blame for the accident,not the workers.They just carried out the order 　. 

　　A.as told B.as are told

　　C.as telling D.as they told

　　答案:A

　　解析:第二句句意为“他们只是按照指示执行”。补充完整后为They just carried out the order as they were told,因as 从句的主语与主句一致,故将主语和系动词一起省略。

　　16.It is easy to be thankful for the good things,　a life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are also thankful for the setbacks. 

　　A.that B.which

　　C.while D.when

　　答案:C

　　解析:考查连词用法。句意:对美好的事物感恩很容易,然而,硕果累累的人生属于那些对挫折也心存感激的人。此处while意为“然而”,表示对比。

　　17.His parents,　,did not look after him very well—the elbows of his jacket and his boots were badly worn. 

　　A.generally B.gradually

　　C.actively D.apparently

　　答案:D

　　解析:考查副词。句意:他的父母显然没把他照顾好,他的衬衫的肘部和靴子都破了。apparently“明显地”。

　　18.Be 　—you can’t expect me to finish all this work in so little time. 

　　A.reasonable B.confident

　　C.creative D.grateful

　　答案:A

　　解析:考查形容词。reasonable“合理的,公平的”;confident“自信的”;creative“有创造力的”;grateful“感激的”。由“finish all this work in so little time”可知他很不满,要求讲道理。be reasonable为祈使语气,意为“要讲道理”。

　　19.I 　 it to my teacher that I was admitted into my ideal university. 

　　A.owe B.belong

　　C.give D.donate

　　答案:A

　　解析:考查动词辨析。句意:我上了理想的大学,我将这归功于我的老师。owe...to...“归功于……;感激……”,符合语意要求。

　　20.Britain 　many other industrial countries,　major changes over the last 100 years. 

　　A.together with;have experienced

　　B.as well as;have experienced

　　C.in common with;has experienced

　　D.instead of;has experienced

　　答案:C

　　解析:考查主谓一致。in common with意为“和……一样”,谓语动词单复数跟前面的(名/代词)主语保持一致。句意:与其他工业化国家一样,英国在过去100年里经历了重大的变化。A、B两项均错在第二空;D项instead of“而不是”。