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英语高考真题

一、单选

（2014）

21. Her ______ for writing was a desire for women to get the right to higher education.

A. motivation

B. qualification

C. talent

D. technique

22. When Richard said, “You are much more agreeable and prettier now,” Joan’s face turned red

at the unexpected ______.

A. command

B. comparison

C. compliment

D. contribution

23. Seeing the big crowd coming towards him, he started to run down the hill, but ______ and

went down on his hands and knees in the melting snow.

A. slipped

B. skied

C. signalled

D. sank

24. The old rules have to be ______ because they only applied to the circumstances that existed

when they were made a hundred years ago.

A. developed

B. established

C. observed

D. revised

25. I’ve been trying to phone Charles all evening, but there must be something wrong with the

network; I can’t seem to ______.

A. get through

B. get off

C. get in

D. get along

26. Is this your necklace, Mary? I ______ it when I was cleaning the bathroom this morning.

A. came across

B. dealt with

C. looked after

D. went for

27. What was so ______ about Jasmine Westland’s victory was that she came first in the

marathon bare-footed.

A. awful

B. essential

C. impressive

D. obvious

28. Instead of blaming the child who had broken the vase, she gave him a ______ smile and let

him go.

A. cautious

B. grateful

C. tolerant

D. wild

29. Hardly had Sabrina finished her words when Albert said ______, “Don’t be so mean,” pointing

a finger of warning at her.

A. dreadfully

B. guiltily

C. indirectly

D. sharply

30. Check carrots, potatoes, onions and any other vegetables ______ and immediately use or

throw away any which show signs of rotting.

A. in demand

B. in store

C. on loan

D. on sale

21. A 22. C 23. A 24. D 25. A 26. A 27. C 28. C 29. D 30. B

（2013）

21. Poetry written from the ______ of the urban youth tends to reveal their anxiety over

a lack of sense of belonging.

A. perspective

B. priority

C. participation

D. privilege

22. Carbon dioxide, which makes a ______ between us and the sun, prevents heat from getting out of the atmosphere easily, so the earth is becoming warmer.

A. difference

B. comparison

C. connection

D. barrier

23. While intelligent people can often ______ the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple.

A. sacrifice

B. substitute

C. simplify

D. survive

24. According to the law, all foreigners have to ______ with the local police within two