高考单选易错题

2009高三英语模拟试题单项填空错题集

1. ______ of the truth of the reports, he told his colleagues about it.

A. Convincing

B. Convinced

C. To convince

D. Having convinced

2. Thank you for the great difficulty you have had ______ me with my designing work.

A. helping

B. to help

C. with helping

D. to have helped

3. ______ to the sunlight for long will do harm to your skin.

A. Exposed

B. Being exposed

C. Having been exposed

D. Exposing

4. ______ every day, our web provides readers with latest news.

A. To update

B. Update

C. Updating

D. Updated

5. ______ by the rising price of gas, many car owners use their cars less frequently.

A. Driven

B. Being driven

C. To drive

D. Having driven

6. A hurricane swept through my village. Just as we were beginning to lose hope, it suddenly stopped. It is really “______”.

A. All‟s well that ends well

B. Lightening never strikes twice in the same place

C. It never rains but it pours

D. A friend in need is a friend indeed

7. The boss ______ department Ms Li worked ten years ago looks down upon women.

A. in which

B. in that

C. in whose

D. whose

8. The great moment came in the early 1930s ______ famous writers translated both novels and poetry into Chinese.

A. while

B. as

C. when

D. that

9. Please tell me how the accident ______. I am still in the dark.

A. came by

B. came upon

C. came to

D. came about

10. Your account about the event doesn‟t ______ what the police have found out.

A. consistent with

B. connect with

C. correspond to

D. relate to

11. ______ by the moving scene, the young man determined to ______ his ways and be good.

A. Being touched; repair

B. Touched; mend

C. Having been touched; find

D. To be touched; fix

12. The bird flu ______ through Asia has jumped from birds to humans at least 20 times so far, ______ 16 persons.

A. sweeps; killed

B. swept; killing

C. sweeping; to kill

D. sweeping; killing

13. —It‟s so late. Our son ______ be back!

—Don‟t worry. I dare say he ______ have some extra work to do.

A. can; must

B. will; might

C. should; must

D. must; may

14. —Are you going to take the job?

—Certainly, though the salary is not so good. ______, you know.

A. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush

B. A golden key can open any door

C. Actions speak louder than words

D. Better late than never

15. In the past few years, the fast food restaurant has improved the cooking skills and ______ different customers‟ popular demands.

A. applied to

B. catered to

C. contributed to

D. turned to