高考英语专项练习5

寒假专项练习5

I. Choices

1. They have training and exams, so they will be fully qualified ____ the job at the end of four years. A. with B. to C. on D. for

2. ____ factors should be considered.

A. Such all B. These all C. All such D. Some these

3. That ____ girl is Tony’s cousin.

A. pretty little English B. English little pretty

C. English pretty little D. ittle pretty English

4. Ted has to live with his parents these days because his house ___.

A. is decorating B. has been decorated C. is decorated D. is being decorated

5. E-mail as well as telephone ____ more and more popular in daily communication.

A. have become B. become C. are becoming D. is becoming

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6. I never think that she cares about such things, ____?

A. do I B. does she C. don’t I D. doesn’t she

7. What is ____ worries you most from time to time?

A. it, that B. that, which C. which D. it

8. Only yesterday ____ that his watch was missing.

A. did the boy find out B. the boy found out

C. was it the boy found out D. the boy was found out

9. I was eager to have my sports shoes ____, but ,my mother had me ____ the whole afternoon.

A. mending, reading B. mended, reading C. mended, read D. mending, read

10. The fire was out of control. ____ matters worse, the wind was getting stronger and stronger. A. To make B. Make C. Making D. Having made

11. ____ does wrong to his country or to the people deserves to be punished.

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A. Whoever B. Who C. Anyone D. Those

12. The way he did it was different ____ we were used to.

A. in which B. in what C. from what D. from which

13. He was very angry, ____ he left the room without saying a word.

A. because B. if C. so that D. even though

14. We need an able and ambitious leader, ____ with strong will as well as a kind heart. A. who B. one C. that D. which

15. I asked my mother for some milk, but she said there wasn’t ____ in the fridge.

A. nothing B. anything C. any D. any things

16. He said he was only ____ well aware what sort of people they really were.

A. just B. very C. quite D. too

17. With problems ____ between labour and the management, the workers returned to work. A. being settled B. settling C. to be settled D. settled

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18. This math problem is too difficult for him to work out ____ his own.

A. by B. of C. on D. to

19. We shouldn’t make fun of ____ have made mistakes in speaking English.

A. anyone B. whomever C. those who D. the person who

20. Who reported to the police the accident ____ in the nearby street last Sunday?

A. happened B. happening C. that happened D. which had happened

21. All of us were excited at the news ____ our class team had ____ Class Four.

A. that…won B. which…won C. that…won over D. which…won over

22. This new machine is supposed to save time, but our director is not sure it ____.

A. has B. is C. was D. does

23. Mike doesn’t regret ____ even if it might have up set her.

A. to tell her what he thought B. to tell her that he thought

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C. telling her what he thought D. telling her that he thought

24. Do you think his hesitation means ____ another underwater tunnel here?

A. giving up building B. to give up building

C. giving up to build D. to give up to build

25. This is the first time that your grandpa has been to America, ____?

A. isn’t he B. isn’t it C. hasn’t he D. hasn’t it

26. Tom and John are going swimming with ____ boys this afternoon.

A. little two other B. two other little C. two little other D. little other two

27. After having a drink with my new friends I told them that it was at least ten years ____ such a good drink.

A. since I had enjoyed B. before I hadn’t enjoyed

C. after I had enjoyed D. that I enjoyed

28. Miss Lin felt ____.

A. an honour that she was a teacher B. that she was a teacher an honour

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C. it an honour when she was a teacher D. it an honour that she was a teacher

29. We didn’t have them repaired ____.

A. nor do we know who did it B. we do not know who does it, either

C. nor we know who did it D. nor we had idea who did it

30. Listen! The students of Class Four seem ____ some important matters in the classroom. A. to be discussing B. to have discussed

C. that they are discussing D. to have been discussing

31. I’ll get my wife ____ on the next trip.

A. coming along with me B. come along with me

C. to come along with me D. coming on with me

II. Cloze

Elizabeth Clay decided to go home and spend the holiday with her parents. The next day she drove her old car home along the road. __1__ she found she got a flat. The 22-year-old student __2__ to stop her car by the side of the road in the winter night and opened the trunk. No __3__ tire.

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At this time, a car __4__. Paul and Diane told Clay to __5__ them to a service station near their __6__. They arrived to see that it had no suitable tires to __7__ with her car. \"Follow us home.\" said Paul.

The couple called around to find a tire. No__8__. They decided to let her use their own car, \"here,\" Paul said, handing Clay a __9__ of keys, \"Take our car. We __10__ be using it over the holiday.\"

Clay was __11__. \"But I'm going all the way to South Carolina, and I'll be gone for two weeks.\" she __12__ them.

\"We know.\" Paul said, \"We'll be __13__ when you get back. Here's our number if you need to __14__ us.\"

Unable to believe her eyes, Clay watched at the __15__ put her luggage into their car and then sent her off. Two weeks later she returned to find her old car cleaned inside and out with three new tires and the radio fixed.

\"Thank you so much,\" she said. \"How much do I owe you?\" \"Oh, no,\" Paul said, \"We don't want any money. It's our pleasure.\" Clay realized that while it might have been their pleasure, it was now her duty to pass on their \"do unto others\" spirit.

1. A. Suddenly B. Finally C. Immediately D. Fortunately

2. A. afforded B. wanted C. allowed D. managed

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3. A. spare B. free C. full D. empty

4. A. passed B. stopped C. paused D. started

5. A. help B. push C. take D. follow

6. A. garage B. house C. shop D. hotel

7. A. agree B. match C. go D. deal

8. A. way B. message C. success D. luck

9. A. set B. number C. pair D. chain

10. A. can't B. shouldn't C. mustn't D. won't

11. A. satisfied B. worried C. astonished D. disturbed

12. A. persuaded B. advised C. reminded D. promised

13. A. happy B. here C. away D. busy

14. A. get in touch withB. keep in touch with C. be in touch with D. put in touch with

15. A. repairmen B. cleaner C. friends D. couple

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III. Reading

(A) One of the best-known American writers of children’s books is Alfred Strong, or Doctor Strong, as he is better known to readers everywhere. Now, an art show called “Doctor Strong from then to now” is traveling around the United States. The pictures and drawings show the history of Doctor Strong.

Doctor Strong first became famous almost fifty years ago when his first children’s book was published. Since then, he has written forty-five books that have sold more than hundred million copies around the world.

Doctor Strong’s books are known for their easy use of words and colorful, hand-drawn pictures. These drawings bring life to his imaginary creatures. The Cat in the Hat, Horton the elephant, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, and hundreds of

others.

The San Diego Museum, in California, organized the art show. It included about three hundred Doctor Strong’s original(最早的) drawings and some of his writings.

Most of Doctor Strong’s books, although written in a funny way, have serious messages. For example, in Mc Elligot’s Pool, he describes the danger of pollution. He discusses the arms race in The Butter Battle Book, written in 1984.

Doctor Strong is almost eighty-four years old now. He says he never planned

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to write stories just for children. He says he uses easy words so that everyone, even a child, can understand.

1、Alfred Strong is a famous __________ in the United States.

A. doctor B. artist C. writer D. reader

2、Doctor Strong first became famous in __________.

A. his eighties when an art show was traveling around the United States

B. his fifties when his drawings and writings were published

C. 1984 when his book McElligot’s Pool was published

D. his thirties when his first book was published

3、Doctor Strong’s books are very popular in America because _________.

A. they are stories about animals such as cats, elephants and so on

B. they are written in easy words with colorful pictures

C. he organized the art show in California D. they are written in a funny way

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4、His purpose in writing many such books is _________.

A. to show his original pictures and drawings

B. to organize a special art show of his own

C. to make his readers laugh or smile when they read his books

D. not only to interest people but to expose(揭露) some serious social problems

(B) Early one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell asleep. He had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: It seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle.

Though he was tired, Howe slept badly. He turned and turned. Then he had a dream. He dreamt that he had been caught by terrible savages whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine. When he tried to do so, Howe ran into the same problem as before. The thread kept getting caught around the needle. The king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe. They came up towards him with their spears raised. But suddenly the inventor noticed something. There was a hole in the tip of each spear. The inventor awoke from the dream, realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem. Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle, he should make it run

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through a small hole in the center of the needle. This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build the first really practised sewing machine.

Elias Howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this way.

Thomas Edison, the inventor of the electric light, said his best ideas came into him in dreams. So did the great physicist Albert Einstein. Charlotte Bronte also drew in her dreams in writing Jane Eyre.

To know the value of dreams, you have to understand what happens when you are asleep. Even then, a part of your mind is still working. This unconscious(无意识的), but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day. It stores all sorts of information that you may have forgotten or never have really noticed. It is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send messages to the part you use when you are awake. However, the unconscious part acts in a special way. It uses strange images which the conscious part may not understand at first. This is why dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves”.

1..According to the passage, Elias Howe was________.

A. the first person we know of who solved problems in his sleep

B. much more hard-working than other inventors

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C. the first person to design a sewing machine that really worked

D. the only person at the time who knew the value of dreams

2.The problem Howe was trying to solve was________.

A. what kind of thread to use

B. how to design a needle which would not break

C. where to put the needle

D. how to prevent the thread from getting caught around the needle

3.Thomas Edison is spoken of because________.

A. he also tried to invent a sewing machineB. he got some of his ideas from dreams

C. he was one of Howe’s best friends D. he also had difficulty in falling asleep

4.Dreams are sometimes called“secret messages to ourselves” because___.

A. strange images are used to communicate ideas

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B. images which have no meaning are used

C. we can never understand the real meaning

D. only specially trained people can understand them

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