【20套精选试卷合集】贵州省贵阳市第一中学2019-2020学年高考英语模拟试卷含答案

高考模拟英语试卷

1. 单项填空 (共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分)

1.The lecture,at 700 pm last night, was followed by an observation of the moon with telescopes.

A. starting

B. being started

C. to start

D. to be started

2.hard you try, it is difficult to lose weight without cutting down the amount you eat.

A. However

B. Whatever

C. Whichever

D. Whenever

3.—I remember you were a talented pianist at college. Can you play the piano for me?

—Sorry, I the piano for years.

A. don’t play

B. wasn’t playing

C. haven’t played

D. hadn’t played

4. Care of the soul is a gradual process even the small details of life should be considered.

A. what

B. in what

C. which

D. in which

5. All the scientific evidence that increasing use of chemicals in farming ______ damaging our health.

A. show; are

B. shows; are

C. show; is

D. shows; is

6. Happiness and success often come to those ________ are good at recognizing their own strengths.

A. whom

B. who

C. what

D. which

7. “What do you want to be?” asked Mrs. Crawford. “Oh, I ________ president,” said the boy, with a smile.

A. have been

B. am

C. was

D. will be

8. You must learn to consult your feelings and your reason ________ you reach any decision.

A. although

B. before

C. because

D. unless

9. Around two o’clock every night, Sue will start talking in her dream. It somewhat ________ us.

A. bothers

B. had bothered

C. would bother

D. bothered

10. The sun began to rise in the sky, ________ the mountain in golden light.

A. bathed

B. bathing

C. to have bathed

D. have bathed

11. If nothing ________, the oceans will turn into fish deserts.

A. does

B. had been done

C. will do

D. is done

12. — Have you heard about the recent election?

— Sure, it ________ the only thing on the news for the last three days.

A. would be

B. is

C. has been

D. will be

13. Do not let any failures discourage you, for you can never tell ________ close you may be to victory.

A. how

B. that

C. which

D. where

14. Y ou cannot accept an opinion ________ to you unless it is based on facts.

A. offering

B. to offer

C. having offered

D. offered

15. Every day ________ a proverb aloud several times until you have it memorized.

A. read

B. reading

C. to read

D. reads

16. ________ warm at night, I would fill the woodstove, then set my alarm clock for midnight so I could

refill it.

A. Staying

B. Stayed

C. To stay

D. Stay

17. He ________ sleep, although he tried to, when he got on such a hunt for an idea until he had caught it.

A. wouldn’t

B. shouldn’t

C. couldn’t

D. mustn’t

18. The university estimates that living expenses for international students ________ around $8,450 a year,

which ________ a burden for some of them.