高考英语选择题突破（16）

十六1.It was great shock to the world that two aero-planes crashed into World Trade Center in New York o September 11th, 2001.A. a; / B. a; the C. the; the D. /; the选B。shock指代具体事情时为可数名词，a great shock意为“一次沉重的打击”；由普通名词构成的建筑类专有名词需加冠词，故答案为B。2. The TV programme has on the children as as the old.A. a good effect; goodB. a positive effect; wellC. a good affect; wellD. affect; well选B。have an effect on“对有影响”；as well as “和一样”。3. , I think, and all the problems could be settled.A. If you make more effortsB. Making more effortsC. A bit more effortD. To have made more efforts选C。句中有并列连词and，故应选择C项。其中名词短语相当于一个祈使句，完整的句子为：Make more efforts, I think, and all the problems could be settled.如选A , and要删去。4 at in this way, the present situation about birds flue doesnt seem so disappointing.A. Looking B. LookedC. Having looked D. To look选B。根据“分词短语作状语，其逻辑主语须与主句的主语保持一致”的原则，因主语the present situation与look at 之间为被动关系，故答案为B。5. you I owe a thousand apologieshaving doubted your ability.A. For; to B. To; forC. For; for D. To; to选B。本句的结构是：owe sb. sth. for doing sth. 或owe sth. to do. for doing sth.。6. He the person referred to be put in prison.A. said B. demandedC. agreed D. thought选B。referred to为过去分词作后置定；be put in prison前省去了should，在宾语从句中作谓语，在四个选项中，只有demand后跟虚拟语气，结构为：(should) + 动词原形。7. It is not enough only the rules of grammar if you want to learn English well.A. keeping in the mindB. to keep in mindC. to keep in your mindD. keeping in your mind选B。keep sth. in mind 为固定短语，意为“记住，记在心里。”only to keep sth. In mind为动词不定式作主语。8. He to the meeting. Have you informed him of it?Sorry. I to.A. hasnt come; am goingB. didnt come; have forgottenC. hasnt come; forgotD. doesnt come; will have选C。第一句话Have you informed him of it?暗示了时间状语so far；而第二句话暗含时间状语then，指当时发生的动作。9. Many people have been ill from a strange disease these days, weve never heard of before.A. one B. that C. it D. this选A。one作同位语，指代前面的disease。10. She stepped into the bedroom quietly she might wake up her roommates.A. for fear that B. so long asC. on condition that D. in order that选A。so long as 只要；on condition that只要；in order that为了；for fear that唯恐，以防。11. Did you look up the time of trains to Shanghai?Yes, the earliest train is to leave at 5:30 am.A. likely B. aboutC. possible D. due选D。be due to do意为“应该/预期的”；be about to do 不和时间状语连用；possible主语应为it；而likely与句意不合。12. Would you rather come on Friday or Saturday? .A. Yes, of course B. The other is betterC. Whats the matter D. Either would suit me选D。句意为：两者中任何一个都合适。13. I want to go to the library but I am afraid I am not in the right . . Go ahead.A. way; No B. distance; NoC. side; Yes D. direction; Yes选D。in the right direction“向着正确的方向”。C项不能构成搭配，其他项与句意不符。14. The man we followed suddenly stopped ad looked as if whether he was going I the right direction.A. seeing B. having seenC. to have see D. to see选D。as if 引导的状语从句是一个省略句，只剩下了目的状语to see。15. Everyone was on time for the meetingChris, whos usually ten minutes late for everything.A. but B. onlyC. even D. yet选C。本句话的意思是：每个人都准时来参加会议了，甚至经常干什么事都迟到十分钟的Chris也准时来了。16. The politician has been warned that he would be getting into great trouble stick to his standpoint.A. were he to B. he willC. he was to D. would he选A。表示对将来情况的虚拟，条件从句的形式是：should + 动词原形；were to + 动词原形或一般过去时态。把if去掉，应使用倒装形式，故答案为A。17. Jane was disappointed that most of the guestswhen she at the party.A. left; had arrived B. left; arrivedC. had left; had arrived D. had left; arrived选D。客人在她arrived之前就已离开；过去的过去，用had left。18. Bruce was killed in a traffic accident. I talked with him yesterday morning!A. What a pity! B. I beg your pardon?C. Sorry to hear that. D. Is that so?选D。答语的后半部分是感叹句，说明惊讶的原因。D项 “Is that so?” 是用问句的语气表示惊讶；C项与后面的语气不一致，是干扰项。19. It was quite a long time I made it out what had happened.A. after B. before C. when D. since选B。“It + be + 时间名词+before / since”从句句型中，连词before 与since 混淆。用before引导时，句意是 “过了多久才”，主句中的be动词为过去时或将来时态；用since引导时，其句间是“自从以来已经多久了”，主句中的be动词多为现在时(或现在完成时)或一般过去时(此时since从句要用过去完成时)。20. It was quite a ser