高考英语新题型训练8

2012高考英语新题型训练8

第八篇

1. It snowed for the first time of the year last night, which announced the _____ of winter.

A. approach

B. prediction

C. organization

D. appointment

2. ---Have you invited Mr. Smith to our party?

--- I certainly have, but I can't _____ that he will be present.

A. determine

B. order

C. recommend

D. ensure

3. Although he was badly ill, he decided to insist that she not _____ him.

A. follow

B. accompany

C. assist

D. comfort

4. I am not a _____ reader of this newspaper. I only read it every now and then.

A. contemporary

B. regular

C. major

D. usual

5. _____, her work has been good, but this essay is anything but satisfactory.

A. In common

B. In the wild

C. In general

D. In a row

6. We all believe that Tom will make a first-class tennis player. It's simply a _____ of time.

A. matter

B. problem

C. question

D. plan

7. There're many comments about the earthquake on the Internet, _____ that people are concerned about it.

A. declaring

B. indicating

C. announcing

D. demanding

8. When you get stuck, you need to _____ the problem from different angles, which will lead to a solution.

A. handle

B. face

C. narrow

D. meet

9. Faced with inflation, the government is _____ all possible ways to control the continuous rise in prices.

A. classifying

B. inspiring

C. engaging

D. employing

10. We can't be defeated at any time as long as we could set aside disagreements and _____.

A. hold on

B. hold together

C. hold up

D. hold out

11. John was requested to _____. his business in the office before he went home.

A. establish

B. settle

C. enrich

D. swap

12. When Jim returned home ten years later, we found he had changed so much that we could hardly _____ him.

A. remember

B. refuse

C. recognize

D. remind

13. Because the young man was very _____ in speaking this strange dialect, we asked him to help us communicate with the villagers here.

A. official .

B. correct

C. fluent

D. native

14. More and more people _____ the campaign which aimed at protecting the endangered animals.

A. set up

B. joined in

C. made up

D. majored in

15. A true friend can't be someone who _____ you well because you are rich but leaves you when you are unlucky.

A. makes use of

B. gets tired of

C. pays attention to

D. gets along