2013高考英语二轮(单项选择)能力提升演练(03)及答案
.单项填空
1.As there is less and less coal and oil,scientists are exploring new ways of making use of ________ energy,such as sunlight,wind and water for power and fuel.
A.primary B.alternative
C.instant D.unique
解析:选B。考查形容词辨析。既然石油和煤都越来越少,人们只好使用一些其它可替代这些燃料的东西,alternative 有“可选择的,可替代的”之意,符合句意。primary“首要的,初期的”,instant“立即的,迅速的”,unique“独特的”。
2.When I saw Jane,I stopped and smiled,but she________me and walked on.
A.refused B.ignored
C.avoided D.missed
解析:选B。考查动词词义辨析。句意为:当我看到简时,我停下来笑了笑,但她没注意到我,继续走了。refuse拒绝;ignore忽视;avoid避免;miss错过。
3.The hotel was awful!________,there was no TV.Then we found that the shower didn’t work.
A.To start with B.After all
C.In reality D.As a whole
解析:选A。考查介词短语辨析。由语境及下面的“Then”可知A项正确。to start with开始;after all毕竟;in reality实际上;as a whole总的来说。
4.The good thing about children is that they ________ very easily to new environments.
A.adapt B.appeal
C.attach D.apply
解析:选A。该句的意思是“对于孩子们来说比较好的是他们能够非常容易适应新的环境。”adapt to 适应;appeal to 呼吁,使感兴趣;attach to粘贴;apply to 申请,所以答案为A。
5.—How I wish I________to go to the gas station before we left.
—Do you mean we’re out of gas?
A.didn’t forget B.wasn’t forgetting
C.wouldn’t have forgotten D.hadn’t forgotten
解析:选D。在wish后的宾语从句中使用虚拟语气,表达与过去事实相反的假设时,从句谓语为过去完成时;与现在事实相反的假设时,从句谓语为一般过去时。由句中“before we left”可知“I wish...”所表达的愿望与过去的事实相反,故应使用过去完成时。
6.(2012·南京金陵中学月考)The reason for some people’s failure is that they don’t bother to________the skills they need to succeed.
A.adopt B.associate
C.accumulate D.acquire
解析:选D。考查动词词义辨析。句意:一些人失败的原因是他们不愿去获得成功的技能。acquire the skills获得技能,指经过一段时间的艰苦努力获得。
7.I think Ma Linlin will________a good monitor,so I’m going to vote for her.
A.remain B.make
C.get D.grow
解析:选B。考查动词辨析。句意:我认为马琳琳会成为一名好班长,所以我要投她的票。make a good monitor意为“(有条件)成为一个好班长”。
8.The seller would sell the purse for forty?five dollars,but the customer________only fifteen dollars.
A.asked B.charged
C.sold D.offered
解析:选D。ask“要求”;charge“要价,索价”;sell“卖”;offer“出价”。根据题意可知应选D项。
9.Military helicopters dropped food and medicine to the earthquake survivors that remained________in remote mountain villages.
A.laid off B.paid off
C.put off D.cut off
解析:选D。句意:军用直升机为那些地震中的幸存者抛投食物和药品,这些幸存者仍在偏远山村,他们与外界的联系被中断。lay off意为“解雇”;pay off意为“付清,获得成功”;put off意为“推迟”;cut off意为“切断,中断”。故选D。
10.The water in the lake is so clean and calm that the ________ of the trees in the water was very clear.
A.mirror B.sight
C.reflection D.shadow
解析:选C。考查名词辨析。reflection此处意为“映在水中的倒影”,而不是“影子”或“阴影”,故不能用shadow。其他选择均不合题意。句意:湖中的水是如此的清澈平静,以至于里面树的倒影是如此的清晰。
11.(·复旦附中调研)—How do you feel about taking the job in Los Angeles?
—________It’s the biggest company in the country.
A.How about you? B.How should I feel?
C.How do you? D.What?
解析:选B。考查交际用语。句意:——你对到洛杉矶接受这份工作有何感想?——我该作何感想?它是那个国家最大的公司。根据答语的后半句可知答话人愿意接受那份工作,于是选B。
12.Frank put the medicine in the top drawer to make sure it would not be ________ to the kids.
A.accessible B.relative
C.acceptable D.sensitive
解析:选A。本题考查形容词辨析。be accessible to 为……能够接近;be relative to 和……有关系; be acceptable to 为……所接受 ;be sensitive to 对……敏感,易接受。
13.Although he likes playing tennis,he is________but a good tennis player.
A.anything B.something
C.nothing D.everything
解析:选A。考查固定搭配。句意:尽管他喜欢打网球,但他绝不是个好的网球球员。anything but意为“绝不是”,而nothing but意为“仅仅,只是”。
14.In order to pass the driving test,I am going to practice ________.
A.drive B.driving
C.to drive D.driven
解析:选B。句意:为了通过驾照考试,我要去练习驾驶。practice doing sth.“练习做某事”。
15.My son is very shy,but can you imagine________at the English party?
A.him sing B.his singing
C.him to sing D.his to sing
解析:选B。考查imagine的用法。句意:我儿子非常害羞,你能想象到他在英语晚会上唱歌吗?imagine后常接?ing形式或?ing形式的复合结构作宾语。
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Ⅰ.单项填空
1.(2012·福建省莆田一中高三月考)Have ________on him, because he is only a boy.
A.pitiness B.mercy
C.kindness D.courage
解析:选B。考查固定搭配。have mercy on (upon) sb.为固定搭配,意思是:对……表示同情,故选B项。
2.It is difficult to ________ these results to any known cause.
A.relate B.connect
C.take D.fix
解析:选A。句意为“这些结果很难与任何已知的原因相关联”。所以用relate...to...结构。
3.(2012·浙江省宁波效实中学高三月考)That’s________video game that almost every one of us is attracted by it at once.
A.so an interesting B.such an interesting
C.so interesting D.such interesting a
解析:选B。修饰名词时应用such,而名词为单数可数名词时应用such a(n)+adj.+n.结构。用so时则应用so+adj.+a(n)+n.结构。
4.China has announced plans to build the world’s highest airport in Tibet by ,________will further accelerate investment into the Himalayan region.
A.what B.as
C.that D.which
解析:选D。考查非限制性定语从句,根据句意,“这将进一步推动……”,应选D项。
5.The ancient vase,________Tang Dynasty,is quite valuable.
A.dated back to B.dating back to
C.dating back from D.dated from to
解析:选B。date back to=date from,但它不可用被动形式,故此处应用动词?ing形式作后置定语。
6.You’ll soon________if you manage to have a good rest.
A.pick out B.turn out
C.pick up D.turn off
解析:选C。pick up此处表示“身体恢复健康”。
7.“After World War Ⅱ,many of the cities across Western European countries________,”our guide said.
A.lied in ruin B.lay in ruins
C.lay in ruin D.lying in ruins
解析:选B。lie in ruins破败不堪,严重受损,成为废墟。分析句子结构及结合句子时态可判断应选B项。
8.(2012·泉州培元中学月考)The children have been playing with my hat—they’ve knocked it out of ________.
A.shape B.size
C.control D.line
解析:选A。句意为“孩子们一直拿帽子玩,玩得都变了形”。
9.(·安阳市高三第二次调研考试)After a long discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of the plan,they finally came to a(n)________that it was practical.
A.decision B.opinion
C.conclusion D.impression
解析:选C。考查名词词义辨析和短语搭配。句意为:对这个计划的优点和缺点进行了很长时间的讨论之后,他们最终认为这个计划是切实可行的。decision“决定”;opinion“意见,观点”;impression“印象”。come to a conclusion“得出结论”,符合句意。
10.The company we didn’t cooperate with seems to do the things________to break down our cooperation with other companies.
A.to the purpose B.on purpose
C.by accident D.in particular
解析:选B。空格后的部分说明前面的动作是有意的,故选B,on purpose故意地。to the purpose中肯地,合适地;by accident偶然;in particular尤其,特别。
11.(2012·西安中学教学质量检测)I don’t trust the man,because he is not ________.He has fooled us for long.
A.anxious B.straight
C.generous D.pretty
解析:选B。anxious忧虑的;straight诚实的;generous慷慨的;pretty漂亮的。句意:我不相信这个人,因为他不诚实,他欺骗了我们好久。
12.(2012·泉州名师中心月考)I like getting up very early in summer.The morning air is so good ________.
A.to be breathed B.to breathe
C.breathing D.being breathed
解析:选B。breathe和air之间虽然是动宾关系,但good后省略了for me,其逻辑主语是I,故用动词不定式的主动形式。
13.If you want to go to college,you must take great ________ to learn.
A.pain B.effort
C.effect D.pains
解析:选D。句意:如果你想上大学,你就必须努力学习。take(great)pains努力。
14.He gained his ________ by printing ________ of famous writers.
A.wealth;work B.wealths;works
C.wealths;work D.wealth;works
解析:选D。句意:他靠印刷著名作家的著作而获得财富。wealth“财富”,是一不可数名词;works意为“作品,著作”。
15.—Do you have much time now?
—Yes,a great ________.
A.much B.many
C.deal D.number
解析:选C。考查固定搭配。根据语境可知,答语是a great deal of time的省略。a great deal of后面要接不可数名词。much不与great搭配;many后接可数名词;a great number of后接可数名词,均不合句意。