2008届高考英语二轮专项复习单项选择题及详解  第十四套

1. —What’s going on?
 —      
A. No, we won’t go on. We need rest.
B. The Times Theatre is on fire.
C. I’m going on telling the story.
D. How about some ice cream?
选B。 “What’s going on?” 意为“出什么事了？”,由此可以得出B与问句意思想一致。而A为一般疑问句的回答不符合。
2. Everything he ______ away from him before he returned to his home town.
 A. took                  B. had been taken
 C. had had been taken    D. had taken
选C。该题的选择具有很强的迷惑性，句子结构较长，这就要求学生在平时学习中，不但要掌握其“形”，而且要掌握其“神”，从理清句子结构入手，判断这个貌似某一结构的句子的真实面目。可以运用简化法，将定语从句中的he had先删除，句子就简单了许多。该句应正确理解为“他所拥有的一切都在他返回家乡之前被拿走了”，故正确答案C中第一个动词had和he组成定语从句，he had表示“他所拥有的”，省略了引导词that。第二个动词had been taken是过去完成时的被动语态，和before所引导的从句在意义和时态上均一致。
3.When I was you age, I dared to go out alone at night,         you?
A. dared     B. dare     C. did     D. didn’t
选B。本题极易错选A或C。从“When I was you age”看说话人问的是“你”现在的情况，因此A、C、D不可以。dare you 是dare you go alone at night 的省略形式，dare在这里为情态动词。
4. —Who are those with the flags?
—A group       itself the League for Peace.
A. called        B. calls    
C. calling       D. is called
选C。可以用补全法做题。calling itself 作定语，修饰group, 表示主动关系，故用-ing形式，若去掉itself则用called修饰group，表示被动。本题完整的句子为：They are a group calling itself the League for Peace.
5.The cell phone I        I      is on the back seat of my car.
A. thought; had lost    B. think; had lost
C. thought; have lost    D. think; lost
选A。本题主要考查从句时态的用法。lost行发生在thought 之前，故应用完成时had lost。
6. The dictionary is to a student       the tool is to a worker.
A. which   B. that   C. what   D. whatever
选C。A is to+ B What C is to D意为“A与B的关系就等于C与D的关系”。又如：Air is to man what water is to fish.空气之于人犹如水之于鱼。
7. They arrived at the farmhouse, in front of which
A. is sitting a boy    B. sat a boy
C. a boy sat           D. a boy is sitting
选B。地点状语放在句首构在完全倒装，即主语与谓语直接颠倒位置，不加助动词。选A、D与主句时态不符，选项C应构成倒装句才对。
8. If we      , we can realize the progress we have made in space research.
A. turn back         B. look back
C. answer back       D. move back
选B。look back在这里是“回顾”的意思，turn back有“转身”的意思，因此B为最佳答案。C没有相关表达；move back表示“搬回”的意思，不符合句子的意思。
9. Many newspapers printed the governor’s statement_    would support a tax cut.
A. and he          B. was that he
C. which he        D. that he
选D。本题考查由that引导的同位语从句的用法。that 在同位语从句中不作成分，但一般不省略,用来说明其内容。
10. If better use is      of your spare time, you’ll make great progress in it.
A. spent    B. made   C. taken   D. thought
选B。本题主要考查动词的固定搭配。make better use of 意思是“对……更好地利用”，故选B。
11.I’d like Jane,        Joan, to go to the farewell party on behalf of (代表) our class.
A. more than        B. less than
C. rather than      D. or other
选C。本题考查固定短语。Would like…rather than…意思是“宁愿……，而不愿……”。该句型相当于I like Jane, not Joan. rather than意思是“而不是”。
12 Which city in England do you think may be called
         Shanghai of       West?
A. a; the         B. the; 不填
C. the; the       D. 不填；the
选C。the West(西方、西洋)是固定搭配；指类似于……的人或物时，专有名词前面冠词，而Shanghai 又受of West修饰，所以用the。
13. Shelly had prepared carefully for her English examination so that she could be sure of passing it on her first        .
  A. intention      B. attempt
C. purpose        D. desire
选B。比较：attempt尝试，企图；intention意图；purpose目的；desire欲望。选B符合语境。
14. It was she that      a sharp whistle, which makes
        possible for us to catch the thief.
A. gave off; this      B. gave out; that
C. gave; it            D. sent out; them
选C。前半句即主句是强调句，强调she；后半句是which引导的非限制生定语从句，it为形式宾语，指代真正的宾语即动词不定式短语to catch the thief.
15.My brother was still studying       into the night while I was       asleep.
  A. late; sound      B. lately; wide
  C. deeply; far      D. far; far
选A。late [deep] into the night 熬夜；sound/fast副词，表示“彻底地”，与asleep 构成习惯搭配。
16. Kate’s little brother kicked the ball to the river; she took great trouble to get in      the river.
A. on             B. from   
C. from on        D. over from
选C。get sth from意为“从……取得某物，on the river指“河上”。注：介词from后可接介词短语，又如：The cat jumped out from under the bed猫从床下跳出来。
17. Your mother      , however, say that to us that day.
A. does  B. did  C. is doing   D. was doing
选B。根据句意及that day 可知谓语动词用一般过去时。其中的did为强调用法,表示“的确，确实”，后面必须接动词的原形，而且要用在肯定句中。
18. The problem just      to be discussed at the class meeting tomorrow.
  A. referred is        B. referred to being
  C. referring to is    D. referred to is
选D。本题的关键在于理解句子结构： referred to 在句中作定语，修饰名词the problem,而谓语动词为is， to be discussed是它的表语，be to do表示将来的动作。
19. I phoned my first teacher time and again when I heard that he was ill, yet couldn’t     .
A. get through     B. get along
C. get over        D. get hold of
选A。由句子的意义可知，说话人得知老师生病，所以再三给老师打电话，但打不通，故应选择A项，表示“打通电话”之意。get along 一般接with表示“相处如何/进展如何”；get over表示“恢复健康，克服困难”；而get hold of表示“抓住”的意思。这三个短语都是及物动词要接宾语，在此均可以排除。
20. —Henry, the phone is ringing . Do you want me to go?
   —No, sit still.       .
A. I’ll get it        B. I am to get it
C. I’m getting it     D. I am about to get it
选A。回答为“不，你坐着，我去”表明一种意愿的行动。B项意为“按约定或责任应该……”；C项为“即要去”；D项为动作即刻发生；而A项侧重表明说话者的意志。