英语测试题库

英语测试题库

1.It _______ me three years to draw the beautiful horses.

A. took

B. paid

C. spent

D. cost

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】cost 的主语通常是事或物(包括形式主语 it)；spend 的主语只能是人，不能是事或物；take 的主语可以是事或物(包括形式主语 it)，也可以是人。cost 的宾语通常是钱，take 的宾语通常是时间，而 spend 的宾语则可以是时间或钱。这句话运用的句型是it take sb sth to do sth。

2.They prefer to _______ the rest of the morning walking in the garden.

A. spending

B. spent

C. be spending

D. spend

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】本句运用的是prefer to do sth这种用法。

3.Is it Shakespeare Theatre _______ you are going to watch the play The Merchant of Venice?

A. where

B. that

C. which

D. as

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】where引导的定语从句修饰先行词Shakespeare Theatre。此处并非强调结构，将“Is it去掉后，可以看出，这个句子缺少介词，所以，如果在原句中Shakespeare Theatre的前面加上介词in或at，则成为强调句。

4.The central theatre has a seating ________ of more than 3, 000 people.

A. capability

B. capacity

C. ability

D. facility

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】【译文】中央剧院能容纳3000多人就座。

【试题分析】词义选择题。

【详细解答】 A （实际）能力，才能，性能

例：No one doubts her capability for the job. 没人怀疑她担任这一职务的能力。

B 能力，容量，容积 capacity后常接 of doing sth.

例：The fuel tank has a capacity of 12 gallons. 这个燃料箱的容量为12加仑。

The elevator’s capacity is thirteen. 这部电梯乘载13人。

C 能力，技能，才智 ability 后常接 to do sth.

例：She has got a remarkable ability to get things done.在办事方面，她显示了非凡的能力。

D 能力，才干，方便，设施较正式用法，后常接 in, with.

例：his facility in/with languages 他的语言才能

5.Please remind me _______ her this note.

A. leave

B. to leave

C. leaving

D. left

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】remind sb to do sth：提醒某人做某事。

句意：请提醒我留给她这张纸条。

6.They are eager _______ abroad.

A. travel

B. travelled

C. to travel

D. travelling

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】be eager to do sth：渴望做某事。句意：他们盼望出国旅行。

7.The boy complained _______ a pain in his stomach.

A. with

B. for

C. in

D. of

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】complain of：抱怨，说自己有病。句意：这孩子说他肚子痛。

8.The book fair has received a positive ________ from readers.

A. result

B. response

C. settlement

D. solution

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】【译文】书市受到读者的积极的反响。

【试题分析】词义选择题。

【详细解答】A 结果，效果 B 反应，回答

C 解决，协议

D 解决，解答

9.At any rate I did not succeed _______ myself understood by you.

A. making

B. made

C. to make

D. in making

【正确答案】D

【答案解析】succeed in doing sth: 成功做某事。

10._______ for your laziness，you could have finished the assignment by now．

A. Had it not been

B. It were not

C. Weren’t it

D. Had not it been

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】句意：要不是你懒惰，到现在你就能完成任务了。本题是一个省略if的虚拟条件句，主句用could have done表示与过去事实相反，条件从句应用had done形式，had要提前构成倒装。

11.The meeting _____ next week will be of great importance.

A. to be held

B. held

C. holding

D. is held

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】谓语动词用了将来时态，所以选不定式作定语，表将来。

12.Water is composed _______ hydrogen and oxygen.

A. of

B. with

C. for

D. about

【正确答案】A

【答案解析】be composed of：由…组成。句意：水是由氢与氧化合而成的。

13.Charles Smith, ______ was my former teacher, retired last year.

A. which

B. who

C. that

D. as

【正确答案】B

【答案解析】that不能引导非限制性定语从句, 可以用which和who引导, 其中, who代替的先行词是人。句意为：查理•史密斯去年退休了, 他曾经是我的老师。

14.The new discovery _______ be of great service to mankind.

A. is bound to

B. is bound for

C. be bound to

D. be bound for