2008届高考英语二轮专项复习单项选择题及详解  第八套

1. Qingdao is _______ most beautiful coastal city and I think I’ll go there for _______ second time.
  A. a;a    B. the; a   C. the; the   D. the; a
选A。本题考查冠词的用法。最高级前面可以用a也可以用the,用a表示“非常”的意思，用the表示比较；序数词前用the表示顺序，用a表示“又一，再一”。本句的意思是“青岛是一个非常优美的海滨城市，我想我会再去那儿一次”。
2.The World Trade Organization (WTO) finally opened its door to China on November 10, ______ our Chinese 15-year wait.
 A. to end              B. ended
 C. ending              D. ends
选C。本题考查非谓语动词的区别与用法。v-ing形式在句中表示结果时，多指“顺理成章的”或“意料之内的”结果。
3. Some famous singers live on the _________ from their record sales.
 A. salary     B. value  C. bill  D. income
选D。 bill(帐单，清单)显然不符合题意；value（价值）是抽象的，不能用来消费；salary（工资，薪水）是按年、月发给相关人的，而本句的record sales并不是他们的工作；income （收入，收益）,通常指一个人收入所得的钱，不仅只是工资部分。结合上下文，应该选D。
4.---Will you please spare me a few minutes to accept my interview, Mr Yang Liwei now?
 ---________. But I’ll be free this evening. Would you mind?
A. No, I don’t     B. Yes, with pleasure
C. I’m afraid not   D. Yes, I’d be glad to
  选C。根据回答可以知道回话的人委婉的拒绝了问话人的要求，此时要用C来表达。
5. Since then I        a member of the family and never        from them.
A. have be come; will I separate
B. have be come; I will separate
C. have been; will be separated
D. have been; I was separated
选C。以since then 为标志，此句应用现在时态。have 后应接持续性动词故不能选，become为中止性动词；never 为标志，应用倒装句。
6. The temperature can fall to －50°C. _____ is, 50°Cbelow freezing point.
A. Which    B. It      C. This     D. That
选D。 That is = That is to say  换句话说，也就是说。
7. ----So you are not spending your holiday in Wuhan this year.
---No, _______.
A. everywhere in Wuhan  
B. somewhere in Wuhan
C. somewhere but in Wuhan  
D. anywhere but in Wuhan
选D。根据答语No, 我们可以推断出选D。 anywhere but in Wuhan 是 “绝对不在武汉,肯定不在武汉” 的含义。
8. We Chinese can work wonders, that is, we can make ____.
A. impossible possible 
B. the impossible possible
C. impossibly possible 
D. the impossible possibly
选B。 the impossible表示“不可能的事”；possible是adj.作宾补。
9. — Shall I go and buy two more bottles of beer?
— No, I’ve already bought twenty. That _____ be enough for us two.
A. can    B. may     C. ought to    D. might
选C。 ought to表示“(按常理，根据一般道理，一般情况下)理应，应当”。
10. We _____ a pleasant journey but for the rain.
A. would have          B. will have
C. had had             D. would have had
选D。 but for the rain = if it hadn’t rained为介词短语表示虚拟的含蓄的表达方式。本句表示对于过去情况的假设虚拟。
11. She took the boy _____ the hand and led him _____ the zero.
A. in…by   B. on…at  C. at…in   D. by…round
选D。take sb. by the hand “牵着某人的手”；round the zero表示“绕着0走”。
12. I went to bed very late last night, _____, early the next morning.
A. or rather              B. at least
C. at most                D. in a word
选A。 or rather “更确切地说”，符合上下文的意思。
13. Whether we’ll hold the sports meet depends on the weather, _____?
A. won’t we               B. shan’t we
C. doesn’t it             D. won’t it
选C。从句作主语，疑问部分主语用it，谓语根据主句谓语动词确定。
14. — Is he said ____ his car lost?
— Yes. He was so foolish ____ leave his car ____.
A. that…that…unlock  
B. to have had…as to…unlocked
C. to have…to…unlock
D. to have…for him to…unlocked
选B。 Sb. is said to do sth. 据说某人干某事；它是It is said that sb. do sth.的变体。so…as to… 如此……以致……；而leave sth. done表示“使某物被…….”，它们之间为被动的关系。
15. — What is that building?
— _____ the garden equipment is stored.
A. There is in which      B. That is where
C. The building that      D. That I got
选B。 where引导表语从句，表示“……的地方”。完整的句子为：That building is where the garden equipment is stored.
16. The College Entrance Examination       near, so you should be prepared for it.
A. is drawing       B. draws
C. drew             D. has drawn
选A。draw near 表示“临近，接近”，draw是趋向性动词，常用现在进行时表示一般将来时。
17. All of us still remember the terrible earthquake that       Tangshan twenty years ago.
A. attacked     B. struck
C. knocked      D. exploded
选B。表示自然灾害“侵害”了某地，我们可以用hit或strike, 但不可以用attack或knock。attack表示“进攻；袭击”，多表示用武力进攻；knock是“敲打”的意思。
18. Whenever I met him, _____ was fairly often, I like his sweet and hopeful smile.
A. what    B. that    C. which    D. when
选C。非限制性定语从句不用that，而应该使用which。本题中的which指代整个主句的内容。
19. Mr Smith,       of the      speech, started to read a novel.
A. tired; boring     B. tiring; bored
C. tired; bored      D. tiring; boring
选A。tired of…是过去分词短语作原因状语，boring 是现在分词作定语，表示speech本身的特点。
20. _____ China’s reform and opening up in late 1978, its quick development has aroused worldwide attention, which has made America anxious about it.
A. When    B. As     C. While     D. Since
选D。 since引导一个时间状语从句，或接一个短语时主句要用现在完成时。