备战高考错题集（100易错题）

备战高考错题集（100易错题）
备考错题集
I. Vocabulary
1. A nation can never isolate itself; it must _____ with other nations.
A. contact
B. reunite
C. combine
D. communicate
2. Sea water can be changed into ______ drinking water by removing the salt in it.
A. fresh
B. clean
C. pure
D. clear
3. In China it is necessary that a senior high school graduate take an entrance examination to be ______ to a university.
A. appointed
B. admitted
C. accepted
D. agreed
4. The banana was ______ to the Americans by the Portuguese who found it in Africa.
A. brought
B. fetched
C. passed
D. spread
5. He has been in bed for a few days, so he has no _______ to get up by himself.
A. energy
B. force
C. power
D. strength
6. These children never feel tired. Just a little rest restores their _______.
A. vigour
B. life
C. nerve
D. force
7. Some bicycle riders _______ the traffic regulations as if they did not exist.
A. neglect
B. ignore
C. avoid
D. miss
8. Doctors of that time knew very little about causes of diseases of ways of ____ them.
A. avoiding
B. preventing
C. refusing
D. rejecting
9. Oil _______ when it is poured on water.
A. flows
B. flies
C. flutters
D. floats
10. If you want to learn a new language, I suggest you _______ classes regularly.
A. follow
B. present
C. attend
D. assist
11. In today's newspaper it is _____ that the new hovercraft will make its first flight
next Monday.
A. said
B. printed
C. published
D. expressed
12. An _____ diet is highly necessary for one's health.
A. efficient
B. adequate
C. effective
D. advanced
13. --Have you decided to take the job?
--No, I haven't. You see, accepting the job ____ staying abroad for three or four months a year.
A. involves
B. composes
C. consists
D. includes
14.From reports that ____ in the newspapers we know what happen around the
world.
A. print
B. publish
C. carry
D. appear
15. Your oral English leaves much to be _______.
B. advanced
C. developed
D. demanded
16.The woman was frightened to see _______ coming from the roof of the house.
A. flames
B. fuels
C. fumes
D. fires
17. The customer angrily _____ to see the manger to complain about the poor service
of the shop.
A. insisted
B. required
C. demanded
D. persevered
18. Rice is the ______ food of the people in most Asian countries.
A. principle
B. principal
C. dominant
D. normal
19. Tree planting will greatly _______ the threat by the strong winds from the deserts.
A. punish
B. relax
C. relieve
D. reduce
20. The plane crashed into the sea when its engines ______.
B. stood
C. struck
D. damaged
31. The sports meet will start next Thursday. What _____ have you entered for?
A. programs
B. items
C. sports
D. events
22. A holiday is very _____ after a long period of work.
A. welcomed
B. welcome
C. a welcome
D. welcoming
23. Why are you always finding _______ with my job? You might mind your own
business.
A. blame
B. wrong
C. fault
D. trap
24. Keep up your courage, and you will accomplish your goal _______.
A. eventually
B. essentially
C. purposefully
D. especially
25. I took that ______ TV set back to the shop where I'd bought it and asked if l could
change it for another one.
A. faulty
B. mistaken
C. wrong
D. sick
26. Be careful! Don't _____ your drink on the table.
A. spill
B. spread
C. flood
D. flow
27. The opening _______ of the play is set in the Paris of the 1930's.
A. sight
B. view
C. site
D. scene
28. -- The drawer is ______. I can’t open it.
-- Shall I try to open it for you?
A. struck
B. striken
C. stuck
D. stricken
29. Whether or not you like some kind of modern hair style is a matter of ______.
A. manner
B. taste
C. habit
D. custom
30. -- I’m going in the same ____ as you. Could you give me
a lift?
-- All right.
A. way
B. route
C. course
D. direction
II Grammar
31 .-- When is the meeting supposed to begin?
-- It is ______.
A. about to begin
B. to begin
C. already begun
D. about beginning
32. As he was sitting there thinking, he felt a big hand _____ on his shoulder.
A. lay
B. lain
C. lied
D. laid
33.We have ____ many people consider ____ the best daily newspaper in the English
language -- China Daily.
A. what / that
B. that / to be
C. what / to be
D. that / what
34. ____ to leave the classroom made him feel shame.
A. Asked
B. Being asked
C. Having asked
D. To have asked
35. Life in the future will certainly be different from what it is now, ____ point of
view people may take.
A. however
B. what
C. which
D. whatever
36. Though expensive, a coat made of synthetic material last longer than _____ made
of cloth.
A. one
B. which
C. those are
D. that is
37. -- You did lock the door, I suppose?
-- Well, yes. And ____, I'd left the keys inside.
A. however
B. on the other hand
C. what's worse
D. therefore
38. Clever as he was, the boy found ____ difficulty in solving the problem.
A. not a little
B. not little
C. not a bit
D. none less
39. One cannot learn a foreign language overnight ____ he can eat a meal in one
mouthful.
A. no more than
B. any more than
C. just as
D. as if
40. Space travel has been made ____ with the rapid development of modern
technology.
A. it possible
B. to be possible
C. that being possible
D. possible
41. --We need ____ to play the violin for our English Evening. Can you suggest
____?
--Try Xiao Li. She plays the violin fairly well.
A. one / one
B. anyone / someone
C. someone / anyone
D. someone / one
42. ____ I admit that the problems are difficult, I don't agree that they can’t be
solved.
A. While
B. Since
C. Until
D. If
43. The man caught hold of the side of the lifeboat and narrowly escaped ____.
A. to be drowned
B. from drowning
C. being drowned
D. from being drowned
44.You like John. He ____ be a little annoying, I believe, but I think you'll get on
well with him.
A. could
B. must
C. shall
D. should
45. It ____ be pretty cold here even in spring.
A. will
B. can
C. shan't
D. has to
46. I'm busy now. ____ my brother do it for you?
A. Will
B. Shall
C. Must
D. May
47. Some people laugh at others ____ themselves laughed at.
A. and only find
B. only finding
C. only to find
D. to find only
48. Though I was a newcomer, I was sure of myself and no doubt I could do better
than ____ of the clerks in the other office.
A. any
B. any other
C. anyone
D. every
49. ____ a computer failure, there are other reasons that the plane didn't take off on
time.
A. But for
B. Except for
C. Rather than
D. In addition to
50. -- How do you like the essays written by the students?
-- ____.
A. Amazing satisfactorily
B. Amazingly satisfactory
C. Amazing satisfactory
D. Amazingly satisfactorily
51. Since he had won a scholarship, he ____ a part-time job in his leisure hours then.
A. didn’t need to do
B. needn't have done
C. needn't do
D. needed not do
52. Nowhere can you find ____ hotels, not even in Boston.
A. so good
B. the best
C. better
D. the better
53. ____few weeks I spent in college were the happiest in my life.
A. A
B. The
C. /
D. Quite
54. Children under sixteen are not permitted to see such films _____ bad for their
mental development.
A. as
B. that are
C. as they are
D. as are
55. Come ____, boys! Let’s go over and br ing in those chairs in case it rains.
A. up
B. to
C. along
D. across
56. He is strong ____ others are weak.
A. so that
B. since
C. unless
D. where
57. I got the same result ____ I did the problem.
A. whichever way
B. all the way
C. however
D. whatever
58. -- Mladam, you've given me two copies ____ few.
-- Sorry, I'II give you two ____.
A. too / more
B. so / other
C. too / another
D. so / more
59. ____ to stay up to let me in -- just give me a key.
A. There's no need for you
B. You needn't have
C. You are unnecessary
D. It doesn't need
60. We'll drink coffee without sugar ____ put you to the trouble of fetching some.
A. otherwise
B. instead
C. rather than
D. or rather
61. Their car was caught in a traffic jam, thus ____ the delay.
A. caused
B. to cause
C. causing
D. which caused
62. However____ you hate them, you must work with them.
A. very much
B. too much
C. much too
D. much
63. -- Shall I give the dog a chocolate?
-- It’s better __.
A. not
B. not to give
C. not to
D. to not
64. I can't open the lock. There must be ____ key that will open it.
A. some
B. other
C. certain
D. some other
65. So much ____ about his studies that he couldn't sleep at night.
A. worried he was
B. he was worried
C. did he worry
D. he did worry
66. ____ your team is taking in John as your goalie? He's awful!
A. How come
B. How about
C. Why on earth
D. For what
67.-- Will Mary enter for the speech contest?
-- ____.
A. Possibly not
B. Not possibly
C. Not possible
D. Possible
68. ____ amount of money can buy true friendship.
A. No
B. Not
C. Never
D. Not only
69. No matter is ____ small ____ escape his attention.
A. so / to
B. too / to
C. very / to
D. so / as to
70. I ____ be very grateful if you ____ mail this parcel for me.
A. should / should
B. might / could
C. ought to / might
D. would / could
71. I can see most of the children waiting in the room. But where are ____ children
who are to take part in the dance?
A. the few other
B. the other few
C. a few other
D. another few
72. ____ not many months since I arrived here to work in this hospital.
A. It was
B. It is
C. There was
D. There are
73. ____ when he heard the bell for class.
A. Away the boy hurried
B. Away did the boy hurry
C. Away hurried the boy
D. Hurried away the boy
74. -- How long have you been here?
-- Only about five minutes. Henry and Simon ____ here with me.
A. have walked
B. were walking
C. had walked
D. walked
75. -- In the future, the computer will be part of our life.
-- Yes. People just can't do without computer in the office ____ at home ____
even in cars.
A. and / and
B. either / nor
C. or / or
D. nor / no
76. The work ____ the revised edition of the dictionary was under way.
A. at
B. of
C. on
D. about
77. Harding and his wife want to move to their native town, but ____ of their children
wants to.
A. no one
B. not anyone
C. nobody
D. no one else
78. -- Could I have some sort of social life now, daddy?
--No, ____ you have reached the age of eighteen.
A. up to
B. not until
C. till when
D. as far as
79. He was well prepared for the interview; ____, he couldn’t help stammering before
the examiner.
A. therefore
B. on the other hand
C. what 's more
D. nevertheless
80. ____ require a great effort to give up smoking?
A. Does one
B. Does it
C. Is there
D. Is it to
81. Make sure that you keep ____ the timetable strictly.
A. to
B. up
C. on
D. in
82. Contrary ____ we had expected, he didn't try his best.
A. to what
B. as
C. to that
D. on which
83. ____ may point out our mistakes in the work, ____ he is.
A. Whoever / anyone
B. Anyone / whoever
C. one / whichever
D. Whenever/who
84. I suppose ____ something and ____ it understood and accepted is satisfactory.
A. write / have
B. writing / having
C. to write / having
D. writing / to have
85. -- It will be the first time I ____ the subject.
-- Don't worry. It'll be a bit difficult the first time you ____ it.
A. have taught / teach
B. teach / have taught
C. will teach / will teach
D. have taught / will teach
86. -- I regret ____ you again, Jimmy.
-- I’ll be glad to be of any help.
A. having troubled
B. to have to trouble
C. to have troubled
D. having to trouble
87. -- Have you received a Christmas card from the Carlsons?
-- We haven't got __ yet this Christmas.
A. many mails
B. any mail
C. much of mail
D. any of mails
88. Try____ the new device for some time and you will see how well it works.
A. on
B. for
C. up
D. out
89. Such a comment on Jerry, whom we know ____ so kind and thoughtful, is unfair.
A. as
B. being
C. to be
D. for
90. 0ne can’t think of Africa without thinking of Egypt, ____
of Egypt without the
Nile.
A. and
B. either
C. too
D. nor
91. ____ that morning that the highway was blocked.
A. So was the snow heavy
B. So heavy the snow was
C. So heavy was the snow
D. Was the snow so heavy
92. The po1ice concluded that the bosses themselves were as much ____ as anybody
for the accident.
A. blame
B. to be blamed
C. blaming
D. to blame
93. -- ____ doesn’t seem to be any possibility that they will win the game.
-- No，____ what I can’t understand.
A. It / that’s
B. there / that’s
C. That / there’s
D. There / here’s
94. Cars moved very slowly in the ____.
A. 1920
B. 1920s’
C. 1920 year
D. 1920’s
95. I glanced at my watch，and ____ was earlier than I had thought.
A. it
B. time
C. which
D. that
96. ____ as the top student on her campus made her parents very happy.
A. Jane was chosen
B. Jane’s being chosen
C. Jane chosen
D. Jane to be chosen
97. P1ease go back and make sure that all the lights ____ off.
A. will be
B. are
C. had been
D. would be
98. Steve had a wish ____ he would travel round the country after he retireD.
A. which
B. that
C. when
D. in which
99. ____ who enjoys sports likes to take part in them.
A. None
B. Not everyone
C. No everybody
D. Not anyone 100. Mr. Bello is efficient. He does ____ anyone else.
A. twice as much work as
B. twice work as much as
C. twice much work as
D. much work twice as
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