专题24单项填空之介词和介词短语-2017年高考英语冲刺专题卷

1.— Does the young man standing there ______ the company?

— No, the company is ______ his father.

A. in possession of; in possession of

B. take possession of; in the possession of

C. take possession of; in possession of

D. in the possession of; in possession of

【答案】B

【题型】单项选择

【难度】一般

2.He was born in a Chinese immigrant family who made their living_____ duck farming and fruit trading.

A. against

B. in

C. from

D. for

【答案】C

【解析】考查介词的辨析。A. against反对；B. in 在……里面；C. from从，来自make one’s living from=make one’s living by靠……谋生；D. for为；ABD没有这个意思，故排除。句意：他出生于一个靠养殖鸭子和卖水果谋生的中国移民家庭。

【题型】单项选择

【难度】一般

3.The study of natural history is not something to be left to biologists. In fact, their capacity _____ the time they can spend away from their offices is very limited.

A. in terms of

B. in search of

C. in view of

D. in spite of

【答案】A

【解析】考查介词短语意思。句意：自然历史的研究不是要留给历史学家的东西。事实上，说起他们能离开办公室的时间，其能力是有限的。A.谈及，涉及；B.寻找； C. 看到；D.尽管，故A正确。

【题型】单项选择

【难度】一般

4. He is very tired, so he needs some time __________ duty for relaxation and rest.

A. through

B. from

C. with

D. off

【答案】D

【解析】考查介词，句意：他太疲惫了，因此他需要离开工作去休息和放松一阵子。on/off duty 分别译为“值日；放工”，因此选择off。

【题型】单项选择

【难度】一般

5.We strongly advise yo u ______ eating your meal so late. It’s not healthy.

A. on

B. against

C. from

D. over

【答案】B

【难度】一般

6. ---Could you please show me which boy in the photo is Patrick?

---The one _____ red hair.

A. in

B. over

C. of

D. with

【答案】D

【解析】考查介词辨析。本句中介词with短语做定语修饰the one。句意：—你能告诉我照片里哪个男孩是Patrick吗？—有红色头发的那个。故D正确。

【题型】单项选择

【难度】一般

7. AlphaGo, an artificial intelligence machine outperformed Lee, which made the five-match score 4-1 ___________ AlphaGo.

A. in support of

B. in favor of

C. in defense of

D. in need of

【答案】B

【解析】考查介词短语。介词短语in support of支持；赞成；in favor of赞成(支持,有利于,较大) ；in defense of为...辩护；为保护....；in need of需要；句意：人工智能AlphaGo在5场比赛中以4:1较大的优势战胜了李世石。本句中in favor of意为“较大地优势战胜......”。故B正确。

【题型】单项选择

【难度】一般

8. The dictionary is ______: many words have been added to the language since it was published.

A. out of control

B. out of date

C. out of sight

D. out of reach

【答案】B

【解析】句意：这本字典过时了：自从它被出版，很多单词被增加到这个语言中。A.失去控

制；B.过时的；C看不见的；D.够不着的。根据句意可知选B。

【题型】单项选择

【难度】一般

9. That you ng man is honest , cooperative , always there when you need his help .______, he’s reliable.

A. Or else

B. In short

C. By the way

D. For one thing

【答案】B

【解析】句意：这个年轻人是诚实的，有合作精神的，当你需要他的帮助的时候，他总是在那里。简言之，他是可靠的。A.否则；B.简言之；C.顺便说一下；D.首先。故选B。

【题型】单项选择

【难度】一般

10. The study suggests that the cultures we grow up _______influence the basic processes by which we see world around us.

A. on

B. in

C. at

D. about 【答案】B

【难度】一般

11. Last year was the warmest year on record, with global temperature 0.68 ℃____ the average.

A. below

B. on

C. at

D. above