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英语：2012年高考单项选择题精选（四）

1．(2010·陕西西安交大附中上学期期中)This kind of car is not so expensive that it

is ________ the reach of those with average income.

A．over B．beyond C．below D．within

解析：within the reach of“在„„范围之内”。 答案：D

2． is busy these days ________ a new book on how to develop a child's reading

skill.

A．working out B．working on C．working for D．working with

解析：work on“从事，致力于”；work out“算出，解(题)”，由句意选B项。答案：B

3．People in Western countries celebrate Christmas，while people in China ________the

Spring Festival.

A．obey B．congratulate C．observe D．support

解析：observe在此处意为“庆祝”。 答案：C

4．The Opera House of Sydney was ________ designed like seashells floating on the

sea.

A．especially B．naturally C．creatively D．curiously

解析：考查副词词义。creatively designed意为“有创意的设计”。 答案：C

5．—I'd like to book two tickets to Berlin.

—I'm sorry to ________ you，but there aren't any tickets left.

A．bore B．frighten C．disappoint D．interrupt

解析：disappoint sb.“使某人失望”，符合语境。 答案：C

6．Parents should have a proper attitude _______ boys who have suffered so much from

an addiction _____ computer games.

A．toward；to B．about；to C．about；in D．toward；on

解析：attitude to/towards sb./sth.“对某人或某事的态度，看法”；addiction to

sth.“沉溺于„„”。 答案：A

7．(2010·湖北省部分重点中学期中联考)Although he has been studying abroad，his

parents try to keep him ______ of what has happened at home.

A．warned B．told C．reminded D．informed

解析：句意：虽然他一直在国外读书，但是他的父母尽可能使他了解国内发生的事。过

去分词informed作宾语补足语，keep ed of意思是“使某人了 解„„”。 答

案：D

8．You are wasting your is no ________ in persuading him，for he never

changes his mind.

A．need B．point C．doubt D．way

解析：There is no point in “做„„是没意义/作用的”，为固定句

型。 答案：B

9．Don't be too ________ about things you are not supposed to know.

A．strange B．amusing C．curious D．conscious

解析：be curious about“对„„感到好奇”。 答案：C

10．If you are at all worried about your health，you should ________ medical advice.

A．search B．seek C．give D．receive

解析：seek“寻求，征求”，seek medical advice此处指征求医生的意见。at all 起

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强调作用，可译为“真的，的确”。答案：B

11．It has been raining every day so far.I hope tomorrow ________ fine.

A．turns to B．turns up C．turns in D．turns out

解析：turn out (to be)＋n./adj.“结果是，证明是”。 答案：D

12．He was accused of stealing money from her，but in fact it was ________.

A．on the one hand B．on the other hand C．the other way around

D．in case

解析：句意：他被指责偷了她的钱，但事实上相反。the other way around“相反地”，

符合题意。on the one hand“一方面”；on the other hand“另一方面”； in case“万

一，以防万一”，均不符合题意。答案：C

13．She ________ with her roommate about who should do the housework last night，

but she didn't think it was her fault.

A．discussed B．debated

C．argued D．quarrelled

解析：根据句意“昨天晚上她和她的室友关于谁应打扫卫生吵了一架„„”，这 里

要用quarrel with sth.“就(关于)„„与某人发生口角”。discuss“讨

论”，为及物动词，后直接加宾语；debate“辩论”，其宾语常是学术性问题；

argue“争辩”，其程度大于quarrel。

答案：D

14．The rescue team spared no _____ in search of the missing climbers from the great

university，but ended in vain.

A．pain B．force C．efforts D．labour

解析：本题考查动宾搭配。spare no effort(s) to do/in doing sth.“不遗余力做某

事”；spare no pains“不遗余力”，pains为复数形式。 答案：C

15．Do let me stay up late tonight，mummy—________.

A．all at once B．just for this once C．at once D．once in a

while

解析：句意：就让我今晚晚点睡吧，妈妈——就这一次。A项为“同时，突然”； B项

为“就这一次”；C项为“同时，立刻”；D项为“偶尔”。 答案：B

16．The teacher often loses his temper in class，which can't be ________ by most

of the students.

A．tolerated B．ignored C．forgiven D．appreciated

解析：tolerate意为“忍受”，符合题意。 答案：A

17．I knew him quite well，for we live in the same neighborhood and I ________ see

him.

A．gradually B．seldom

C．rarely D．frequently

解析：frequently意为“经常地”，符合题意。

答案：D

18．In the snow disaster of 2008 lots of warmhearted people are ________ glad to

help us out of trouble.

A．less than B．rather than C．more than D．other than

解析：more than意为“非常”。 答案：C

19．Normally I do the computational modeling first，the context，but I might do it

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