单项选择精讲

《新课标》高三英语（人教版）第二轮复习专题讲座

第二讲单项选择

指导考生怎样做好高考单项选择题:

要从结构和语义两方面去分析题干，选出结构正确、意义完整的选项。对结构复杂的句子要用化简的方法找出句子的主干，对倒装句、疑问句、强调句等要利用还原句子结构的方法弄清结构；对省略句要用补全句子的方法弄清省略的成分。这样就能排除干扰，正确答题；另外，要学习常用情景的一些交际用语。

精讲精练:

1．_______, you can gently improve your spoken English in a short time.

A．On the way B．In this way C．By the way D．In the way

2．Without a sure supply of water, farming in that area remains at the _______of the weather.

A．disposal B．risk C．cost D．mercy

3．His composition was so confusi ng that I could hardly make any ________of it what’s over.

A．meaning B．message C．information D．sense

4．She had a guilty________ about not telling the police what had actually happened.

A．consciousness B．conscience C．consequence D．confusion

5．People like to shop in the supermarket because they are interested in the __________ of goods

on offer and can buy whatever they want.

A．price B．variety C．value D．amount

6．As we all know, the Internet will let people have ______ to huge amounts of information from their own homes.

A．entrance B．way C．means D．access

7．In the of proof , the police could not take action against the man .

A．lack B．shortage C．absence D．failure

8．—What about ____ book?

—It’s too difficult ____ book for beginners.

A．the; the B．a; a C．a; the D．the; a

9．As far as I know, they spent _______ winter of 1999 in _______ UK.

A．the… the B．/…/ C．the… / D．/… the

10．I wonder what it feels like to be one of ______ really rich. The Brows already have Rolls Royce and now they are buying________ thirD．

A．the; the B．不填; a C．the; a D．不填; the

11．—Do you feel like ________ there or shall we take a bus?

—I’d like to walk. But since there isn't much time left, I'd rather we________ a taxi.

A．walking; hire B．to walk; hire C．to walk; hired D．walking; hired 12．—Miss White has decided to explore in the forest by herself.

—She________ask her boyfriend to if she ________go walking in the forest.

A．needn't to; dares to B．doesn't need; dares

C．need not to; dare to D．needn't; dare

13．His failure in the exam suggested that he __________ the teacher’s instructions.

A．can’t have followed B．needn’t have followed

C．mustn’t have followed D．shouldn’t have fo llowed

14．No one ____ that to his face.

A．dares say B．dares saying C．dare say D．dare to say

15．—The research on the new bird flu virus vaccine is challenging and demanding. Who do you think can do the job?

—____ my students have a try?

A．Shall B．Will C．Could D．Should

16．—Why do you look so worried?

—Fred left the company half an hour ago. His work _______ unfinished since.

A．left B．was left C．has left D．has been left

17．Salley________Beijing for Shanghai and________there ever since. You can go and pay her a visit on your way to Hangzhou.

A．has left; worked B．left; worked

C．has left; had worked D．left; has worked

18．I ____ to go for a walk, but someone called and I couldn’t get away.

A．was planning B．planned C．had planned D．would plan

19．We _______ on it for several hours but we have not yet reached any conclusion.

A．work B．are working C．have been working D．have been worked

20．—Why were you not at the concert?

—I________ a close game between two European football teams.

A．watched B．had watched C．was watching D．have been watching 21．—May I speak to your manager Mr.Williams at five o’clock tonight?

—I’m sorry. Mr. Williams ________ to a conference long before then.

A．will have gone B．had gone C．would have gone D．has gone

22．His letter was especially welcome as I ____ from him for long.

A．haven’t heard B．would not heard C．hadn’t heard D．didn’t heard

23．It seems oil from this pipe for some time, we’ll have to take the machine apart to put

it right.

A．had leaked B．is leaking C．leaked D．has been leaking

24．I want to buy that kind of cloth because I _____ the cloth _____ well.

A．have been told; washes B．have told; washes

C．was told; washed D．have been told; is washed

25．Hello. You 68442936. I’m sorry I’m unable to answer your call right now. A．reached B．are reaching C．have reached D．had reached

26．Some areas, ____ their severe weather conditions, are hardly populated.

A．due to B．with regard to C．but for D．in spite of

27．Shortly after the book Uncle Tom's Cabin________, the Civil War of America________.

A．came about; broke away B．came out; broke out

C．came on; broke up D．came up; broke down

28．Today, when I think of my friend, I remember the way her face _____ when she saw the picture