高中英语单项选择 15 题(一)带详解

高中英语单项选择15题带详解

1. It is a night view of _________ National Stadium, called ___________ “Bird’s Nest”, in Beijing.

A. /; the

B. the ; /

C. a ; the

D. / ; /

答案：B 考查冠词。第一空表示特指，所以用定冠词the; 此题确定了第一个空即能解出来。

2. He _____ football regularly for many years when he was young.

A. was playing

B. played

C. has played

D. had played

答案：B 考查时态。时间状语是when he was young表示过去的时间，因此，用一般过去时态。

3. John, if your leg _______become more painful, do not hesitate to call me.

A. may

B. would

C. could

D. should

答案：D 考查情态动词的特殊用法。should作为情态动词，可以用在条件状语从句中，表示较强的假设，译作”万一；竟然”，这时也可将should置于从句之首，即放在从句主语的前面，而省略从属连词if。

4. Mary wrote an article on ______ the team had failed to win the game.

A. why

B. what

C. who

D. that

答案：A 句意：Mary写了一篇有关那个对为何在比赛中失败了的文章。D项是易错项，that引导的从句只能做in, but, except等介词的宾语从句，因此此题不选that。

5. Remember that the birthday _____ we spend happily each year was just _____ our mothers suffered bitterly.

A. when; that

B. that; when

C. when ; what

D. that; what

答案：B 第一个空是that引导的定语从句，修饰先行词birthday; 第二个空when引导的从句用作表语从句。句意：请记得你每年愉快的度过的生日就是当时你妈妈很受罪的时候。

6. Engines are to machines ______ hearts are to animals.

A. what

B. that

C. as

D. which

答案：A 考查固定句式：A is to B what C is to D “A对B之关系犹如C对D之关系”。句意：发动机对机器之关系犹如心脏对动物之关系。

7. Why not try your luck downtown, Bob? That’s ______ the best jobs are.

A. where

B. what

C. when

D. why

答案：A where引导的从句作表语。句意: 那里就是最好的工作所在地。

8. About 170 people were killed and dozens more ______ after a flood hit an Indonesian town last week.

A. are still missing

B.were still missing

C. are still missed

D. were still missed

答案：A 尽管前一个分句中用的是过去时态，但后一个分句表示的是现在存在的状态，因此用一般现在时。

9. The successful launch of Chang’e I is a powerful________ to our country’s achievements, which has __________ our country’s status in the world.

A. evidence; submitted

B. witness; promoted

C. abundance; increased

D. insurance; improved

答案：B 考查词义辨析。evidence”根据，证据”；witness”作证，证据”；abundance”丰富，丰度”；insurance”保险”；submit”递交，主张，屈服”；promoted”促进，提高”。句意：嫦娥一号的成功发射证明了我国取得的巨大成就，这提高了我国的世界地位。

10. –What’s wrong with him?

--The picture he came across__________ his memory of a sad story in his childhood.

A. put off

B. took off

C. set off

D. gave off

答案：C set off此处意为”触动，激起某人的某种情感”。句意：他见到的那幅画是他想起了童年的伤心事。

11. As is known to all, Montreal is the second largest French-speaking city in the world,__________.

A. Paris is the largest

B. Paris to be the largest

C. Paris the largest

D. Paris be the largest

答案：C 考查省略。句意：蒙特利尔是世界上第二大说法语的城市，巴黎第一。Paris the largest 承前省略，补全为：Paris is the largest French-speaking city in the world.