高考英语二轮考前增分特训 活页练36 单项填空+阅读理

活页练(三十六) 单项填空＋阅读理解＋短文填词

Ⅰ.单项填空

1．Growing up in a tough environment，the brothers went ________ thick and thin together.

A．over B．across

C．with D．through

答案 D

解析go through thick and thin不顾艰险，同甘共苦。

2．Although Lily is usually easy­going，she ________ be sometimes quite annoying.

A．must B．need

C．can D．should

答案 C

解析句意为：尽管Lily通常很随和，但有时也相当讨厌。can有时会。

3．The students st arted their exciting journey in balloons ________ by jets of hot gas.

A．drove B．to drive

C．driven D．driving

答案 C

解析drive 与balloons是动宾关系，所以选择过去分词driven，构成过去分词短语作后置定语。

4．Michael was set free very soon because of a lack of ________ that he was guilty.

A．doubt B．conclusion

C．evidence D．belief

答案 C

解析doubt怀疑；conclusion结论；evidence证据，证明；belief相信，信念，信任。

句意为：Michael很快就被释放了，因为缺乏证明他有罪的证据。

5．—Could I borrow the book by Mo Yan?

—________.

A．By all means B．You’re welcome

C．Yes，you could D．I am afraid so

答案 A

解析By all means当然可以；You’re welcome不客气；问句中could是委婉的用法，不用Yes，you could来回答；I am afraid so恐怕是这样的。

6．Five of the twelve bronze animal heads ________ to China till now，with seven other ones still missing.

A．return B．had returned

C．have been returned D．returned

答案 C

解析句意为：十二生肖青铜头像中五个已经被送回中国……。由句意知用完成式的被动语态。

7．Most of what has been said about the Greens ________ also true of the Kings.

A．are B．is C．being D．to be

答案 B

解析句意为：关于格林一家的大部分言论对Kings一家也是一样的。most是句子的主语， of what has been said about the Greens是定语修饰most，而what引导的从句作介词of的宾语。

8．There was a time when some western travel agencies were once forced to ________ their tour prices as much as 33% because of European debt crisis.

A．decrease B．decline

C．discount D．deposit

答案 C

解析decrease减少；decline下降，衰落；discount打折；deposit使沉积，存放。

句意为：有一段时间由于欧债危机，西方旅行社被迫打折33%。

9．In the room above the store，where a party ________，some workers were busily setting the table.

A．was to be held B．has been told

C．will be held D．is being held

答案 A

解析由语境可知应该是将来的动作，而且是过去将来时。

10．After dinner he gave Mr.Richardson ________ ride to ________ Capital Airport.

A．the；a B．a；the

C．/；a D．/；the

答案 B

解析give sb.a ride让某人搭车，此处ride是可数名词，表示“搭车”；第二空后Capital Airport为专有名词，故用定冠词the。

11．I don’t think ________ possible to master a foreign language without much memory work.

A．this B．that

C．its D．it

答案 D

解析此处it用作形式宾语，真正的宾语是后面的动词不定式“to master a foreign language without much memory work”。

12．Her sister has become a lawyer，________ she wanted to be.

A．who B．that

C．what D．which

答案 D

解析句中先行词 a lawyer在此指一个人的职业，并非指“人”本身，故关系词用which，而不用who。

13. ________you’ve experienced it，you can’t understand how I felt.

A．Once B．Because

C．Unless D．While

答案 C

解析考查状语从句。句意为：如果你没体验过，你不会知道我的感受。unless＝if not 如果不，引导条件状语从句。

14．We should keep in mind that the earth is our only home and only by saving the environment________ourselves.

A．we can save B．can we save

C．we must save D．must we save

答案 B

解析此处意为“只有通过拯救环境，才能拯救我们自己”。only所修饰的状语置于句首，故应用部分倒装，因此选B。

15．He noticed that the straight part of the dance was different in the afternoon from ________ it had been in the morning.

A．that B．where

C．what D．which

答案 C

解析介词from后是宾语从句，但从句中it had been后面少表语，所以what符合语意。

Ⅱ.阅读理解

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