高考英语专题冲刺 专题20 单项填空之名词和冠词(含解析)

专题卷二十
单项填空之名词和冠词
1.It can’t be a (n) ______ that four jewelry stores were robbed in one night.
A. coincidence
B. chance
C. incident
D. circumstance
【答案】A
【题型】单项选择
【难度】一般
2. The actor’s absurd behavior put an end to the last traces of ______ his fan s had for him.
A. appreciation
B. motivation
C. affection
D. expectation 【答案】C
【解析】考查名词辨析。

A. appreciation欣赏，鉴别，增值，感谢；B. motivation动机，积极性，推动；C. affection喜爱，感情，影响，感染；D. expectation期待，预期，指望。

句意：那个演员荒谬的行为结束了他的粉丝们对他的喜爱。

故答案选C。

【题型】单项选择
【难度】一般
3.Some people think it ________ privilege to study abroad, but it doesn't make _______ sense
if you go when you even cannot look after yourself.
A. a; 不填
B. a; the
C. the; 不填
D. the; a 【答案】A
【解析】考查冠词用法。

privilege是可数名词，意为“特权，荣幸”，并且此处表示泛指，故应用不定冠词a。

make sense是固定短语“有意义，讲的通”，故答案选A。

【题型】单项选择
【难度】一般
4. The school, more than 90 percent of whose graduates are usually admitted into key
universities, enjoys an excellent _______.
A. occupation
B. reputation
C. contribution
D. foundation 【答案】B
【解析】考查名词辨析。

A. occupation 职业，占用；B. reputation 名声，名誉；C. contribution 贡献；D. foundation 基础，根据。

句意：那所90%以上的毕业生被重点大学录取的学校享有极佳的声誉。

根据句意，答案选B。

【题型】单项选择
【难度】一般
5. Out of __________ question, it’s______ great fun to explore new places-----it feels like an adventure, even when you know you’re not the first to have been there.
A. the; a
B. the; 不填
C. 不填; a
D. 不填; 不填【答案】D
【题型】单项选择
【难度】一般
6. Smoking in places where it is not allowed is an example of bad ____________.
A. habits
B. activities
C. manners
D. movements 【答案】C
【解析】考查名词辨析。

名词habit习惯；activity活动；manners礼貌；movement运动，活动；短语good不填bad manners有不填无礼貌。

句意：在禁止吸烟的地方抽烟是一个没有礼貌的例子。

其余三项与上下文语义不搭配。

故C正确。

【题型】单项选择
【难度】一般
7. A club is a place where you can make frequent ________ with your friends.
A. contact
B. contract
C. contrast
D. content
【答案】A
【解析】考查名词辨析。

名词contact联系；contract合同，契约；contrast对比，对照；差异；content内容，目录。

句意：俱乐部就是你能够经常和朋友接触的地方。

短语make contact with打交道; 和…接触。

故选A。

【题型】单项选择
【难度】一般
8. Florida is blessed with ______ warm climate, which makes it _____ suitable place for old people to live in.
A. a; 不填
B. 不填; the
C. a; a
D. the; a
【答案】C
【解析】考查冠词的用法。

句意：佛罗里达州幸运的享有温和的气候，使它成为一个适宜老人居住的地方。

Climate为可数名词，一种什么样的气候，为泛指，因此用a；place为可数名词，一个适宜居住的地方用不定冠词a。

故C正确。

【题型】单项选择
【难度】一般
9. —Simon will listen to music every time he comes across a maths problem.
—You know, music is the source of ______ in life.
A. inspiration
B. identification
C. reaction
D. recreation
【答案】A
【解析】考查名词词义及句意理解。

句意：--Simon每次遇到数学难题都会听音乐。

--你知道，音乐是生活的灵感。

A.灵感，启发；B.识别，鉴定； C.起作用；D. 修养，娱乐，故A正确。

【题型】单项选择
【难度】一般
10. He made great achievements in spite of his lowly _______.
A.resource
B. belief
C. origin
D. source 【答案】C
【题型】单项选择
【难度】一般
11. At the end of the historic area, Wilmington displayed its____ as a working port city: large
ware-houses and a few other dated office buildings.
A. achievement
B. reputation
C. character
D. standard
【答案】C
【解析】考查名词辨析。

名词achievement成就，功绩，完成，达到；reputation名声，名誉，名气；character性格，角色，人物，字符；standard标准，规范，规格；句意：在这片老师地域的尽头，威明顿市曾经扮演了一个港口城市的角色，到处都是大的仓库和一些老旧的办公楼。

根据句意可知C正确。

【题型】单项选择
【难度】一般
12. On Saturdays, students are very proud to be on the street to guide passers-by to obey traffic rules.
A. characters
B. volunteers
C. operators
D.
graduates
【答案】B
【解析】characters人物，性格，volunteers志愿者，operators接线员，操作员， graduates 毕业生，句意：在星期六，学生很自豪能做街上的自愿者指导行人遵守交通规则。

根据句意选B。

【题型】单项选择
【难度】一般
13. The article in The Times gives us a real ______ into the causes of the present
economic crisis.
A. enquiry
B. admission
C. insight
D. division
【答案】C
【解析】考查名词词义及句意理解。

句意：这篇发表在时代周刊上的文章，对于目前的经济危机给了我们一个透彻的分析。

A询问；B.承认，录用； C洞悉，透视；D. 分割，分开，故C正确。

【题型】单项选择
【难度】一般
14. The development of industry has been gradual process
throughout human existence, from stone tools to modern technology.
A. a；不填
B. the; the
C. a; a
D. a; the
【答案】A
【题型】单项选择
【难度】一般
15．In a recent study, some scientists looked at the monkey’s brain activity th rough a computer
system, which changed the brain __________ into digital motor commands.
A.sign
B. signal
C. assignment
D. statistics
【答案】B
【解析】考查名词辨析。

名词sign手势，符号，signal信号，暗号， assignment任务，工作，statistics统计。

句意：在一项最新的研究中，一些科学家通过计算机系统观察猴子的脑部活动，这样可以把脑部信号转化成数字化的运动指令。

根据句意可知B正确。

【题型】单项选择
【难度】一般
16．Jane's grandmother had wanted to write children's book for many years, but one thing or another always got in way.
A. the; a
B. the; the
C. a; a
D. a; the【答案】D
【题型】单项选择
【难度】一般
17．I just heard bank where Dora works was robbed by
gunman wearing a mask.
A. the; a
B. the; the
C. a; a
D. a; the【答案】A
【解析】句意：我刚听说Dora 工作的银行被一位蒙面持枪歹徒抢劫了。

第一空为特指，表示“Dora 工作的那家银行”，第二空为泛指，表示“一位蒙面持枪歹徒”。

【题型】单项选择
【难度】一般
18．The parents were shocked by news that their son needed operation on his knee.
A. the; an
B. the; the
C. a; a
D. a; the【答案】A
【解析】考查冠词。

句中的news指的是that从句的内容，所以此处的news是特指，要用定冠词the；第二空处意为“需要做一次手术”，为泛指，要用不定冠词。

【题型】单项选择
【难度】一般
19．Life is like ocean：Only strong－willed can reach the other shore.
A. the; a
B. the; the
C. a; a
D. an; the
【答案】D
【解析】考查冠词。

句意：生活就像一个大洋，只有那些意志坚强者才能到达彼岸。

此句中的ocean是可数名词且是第一次出现，故用an；第二个空中the＋adj.表示一类人。

【题型】单项选择
【难度】一般
20．The paper is due next month，and I am working seven days week，often long into night.
A. the; a
B. the; the
C. a; a
D. a; the
【答案】D
【题型】单项选择
【难度】一般。