高考英语单选练习精编

1. Mary wants to train to be a dancer, but her parents __________ of her intentions.

A. disapprove              B. disappear               C. deprive           D. demand

2. Human activities have _________ many animals of their natural habitats.

A. robbed                    B. removed                C. remained                D. deprived

3. The Barbie girl in the shop window was so cute that my sister ________ at it for a long time. 

A. gazed                      B. glanced           C. looked             D. glared

4. As we all know, acid ________ metal.

A. threatens           B. attacks           C. affects            D. invades

5. ______ in the remote area, this small village is inaccessible to bus.

A. Having situated   B. Lied               C. Located         D. Laying

6. It’s generally believed that the North Pole is the ideal breeding _______ for polar bear.

A. place                 B. land                       C. ground           D. base

7. I was absorbed in reading a book and suddenly was patted _________.

A. by my shoulder         B. by the shoulder        C. on my shoulder       D. on the shoulder

8. It is much safer for people to cross the road when it is _________.

A. empty                      B. clean                      C. clear                      D. hollow

9. _______ impressed the tourists most was ______ the workers made with their hands.

   A. What…that              B. That…that              C. What…what         D. That…what

10. --- Were the exercises difficult?

   --- Not at all. Actually, I found _____________.

   A. it easy to do             B. them easy to do        C. easy to do it      D. easy to do them.

11. It was not _______ I saw Helen the next afternoon _______ I felt relieved.

   A. until…that              B. when…that      C. until…when     D. when…then

12. That shop doesn’t have any brown sugar in ______ at the moment, but they expect to have some tomorrow.

A. keep                   B. stock                C. sale                   D. demand

13. Graduates are finding it more and difficult to find _______.

A. position                     B. occupation         C. employment     D. profession

14. The chances of dealing effectively with the problem may be considerably ______.

A. declined                     B. dropped            C. reduced            D. fallen

15. Independent learning gives us the freedom to make our learning fit for our ______ life style.

A. demanding        B. requesting         C. requiring           D. inquiring 

16. As we develop towards an ear of sustainable use, we must give up our deeply held _______ of limitless ocean.

A. notion                B. suggestion         C. proposal            D. expression

17. Wait till you are more ______. It is better to be sure than sorry.

A. inspired                     B. satisfied            C. calm                 D. certain

18. Tylenol is _______ in reducing fever, but it sometimes has some side effects.

   A. principle                    B. principal           C. valuable           D. terrible

19. With plenty of rain and sunshine, the plants are growing with ______.

   A. vigor                         B. strength             C. power               D. force

20. The policemen made all the necessary ______ about the accident and then wrote out the report.

    A. requires                   B. inquiries           C. requests             D. demands

21. He _____ me of the difficulty of the job.

    A. persuaded                 B. advised             C. tried to persuade            D. convinced

22. My father graduated from Beijing University, and now he is an ______ engineer in a big joint venture.

    A. electric                    B. electrician         C. electrical          D. electricity

23. Killer Whales are not born with ________ to hunt sea otters. They have learned that behavior.

A. character                  B. a technique        C. a distinction       D. an instinct

24. If you want to ______ wonders in life, you must persevere.

 A master                B. succeed             C. accomplish              D. strive

25. The film is ______ for adults only, that’s to say that no child will be admitted.

    A. admitted                  B. set                    C. promised                 D. intended

26. He came here to join us in singing only _______, far less frequently than me.

    A. occasionally             B. exactly              C. regularly           D. continually

27. When they saw that resistance was _______, the enemy soldiers stopped fighting.

    A. inadequate         B. useless              C. impossible         D. unnecessary

28. The result of the national football event will appear in every newspaper and every important website _______.

   A. evidently                   B. recently             C. sooner                    D. presently

29. Children are very curious _______.

   A. by nature                  B. on purpose        C. in person           D. at heart

30. The girl likes ______ things like what she will be when she has grown up.

 A. thinking                     B. understanding    C. creating             D. imagining

31. The doctor ______ him thoroughly.

A. checked                     B. examined              C. tested                     D. checked out

32. There are more demands on the market than ________.

    A. that can be satisfied      B. can be satisfied   C. what can be satisfied       D. be satisfied

33. When I was shopping in a department store, a man suddenly_____ my bag and ran away.

   A. took                   B. seized              C. robbed                  D. stole

34. The salesman _____ me that the quality of his vacuum machine is the best.

   A. makes sure          B. insures              C. assures                    D. ensures

35. Having lost his job for nearly 3 months, the man was __looking forward to finding another one to support his family.

   A. hospitably               B. merrily             C. absent-mindedly      D. desperately

36. How many ladies can you see _____in red in the waiting room?

A. to dress        B. dressed           C. dressing            D. be dressed

37. He is not a mean guy. Once you get to know him, you’ll find he is always _____ to everyone.

   A. tender                 B. generous            C. talkative            D. friendly 

38. The look on his face suggested that he ______.

   A. was confused             B. should be confused             C. is confused          D. would feel confused

39. Though ______ of the danger, he still went to climb the mountain.

 A. being warned        B. having warned       C. warned            D. was warned

40. It ______ good manners to say good-bye when you take leave.

 A. is                B. was                   C. are             D. were

41. It seemed only seconds ______ the boy worked out this difficult maths problem..

   A. after                   B. since                 C. when         D. before

42. Perseverance is a kind of quality---and that’s ______ it takes to achieve success.

 A. what                  B. which               C. why           D. that

43. ________, she is quite experienced in the work.

   A. As she is young   B. As young she is      C. Young as she is       D. Young although she is

44. “An eager beaver” is _______ as devoted to work without thinking of rest.

   A. know whom is            B. whoever it is known   C. who is known        D. whoever is known

45. A good watch neither _______ nor loses time.

    A. saves         B. gets           C. gains         D. wins

46. We were very glad to get his reply without ________.

 A. stop             B. pause         C. break         D. delay

47. A lot of people make their ______ through stock exchange.

  A. luck              B. wealth        C. fortune            D. rich

48. Before he left for his vacation he went to the bank to ______ some money.

   A. pull             B. pick           C. take           D. withdraw

49. He is a man who is easy to please. He is not _____ about what he eats and what he wears.

   A. special         B. particular         C. peculiar             D. anxious

50. Betty stood ______ to her teacher and watched _____ what he was doing.

  A. close/closely   B. close/close     C. closely/close     D. closely/closely

51. What’s the ______ temperature in this town in August?

   A. average              B. general              C. common            D. regular

52. The stories are _____ easy for children under 10. They love them.

  A. fairly          B. rather         C. much         D. simply

53. Her trembling voice ________ her nervousness.

   A. released              B. revealed           C. relieved             D. renewed

54. With all the work _______ on hand, he shouldn’t have gone to the cinema last night.

   A. was             B. was being          C. had been           D. /

55. The villager was permitted by the authorities to go to _____ prison once a month to see his cousin who had been thrown into _____ prison for crime.

    A. the…/              B. a…a          C. the…the            D. /…the

56. The _______ from the airport was really tiring because it was situated far from the city.

   A. flight           B. travel         C. voyage              D. journey

57. The thief _______ the handbag out of my hand and ran away.

   A. seized          B. robbed              C. held           D. snatched

58. In China it is necessary that a senior high school graduate take an entrance examination to be ________ to a university.

    A. allowed             B. admitted          C. permitted          D. agreed

59. Her second novel was ______ in New York, where he grew up.

    A. set                    B. come               C. got                D. brought

60. The phone is _______. I’ve dialed the number several times, but I can’t get through.

  A. delayed                B. occupied             C. crowded            D. engaged

61. They also sell man-made bones for pets to chew on so as to _______ good health.

    A. remain             B. stay           C. form          D. maintain

62. The editor-in-chief was about two hours late for the important conference.  What ________ to him?

 A. should have happened         B. can have happened    C. may have happened         D. must have happened

63. Since he had already passed it, the boy _______ the examination again.

  A. needn’t have taken    B. needn’t take    C. didn’t need to take      D. mustn’t take

64. I couldn’t attend the conference myself, so I sent my _________ instead of me.

A. representative               B. specimen                C. representation          D. represent

65. “Stop that, now!” he said, __________ his father.

A. stopping         B. imitating          C. stimulating              D. resembling

66. The album is expected to _________ the best-seller lists. 

A. promote                   B. prevail            C. dominate        D. belong

67. Mr. Smith will _______ his post because he has got a better offer.

A. retire                B. resign             C. dismiss           D. fire

68. Mr. Merry is not well-known now, but he will be _________ some day.

A. significant         B. dominant         C. magnificent      D. prominent

69. I arrived at the station, only to find the train ______.

A. pull in               B. pull out    C. pulling in               D. pulling out

70. When I suggested _______ for an outing, the teacher smiled, which suggested that he _______with me.

A. going…should agree       B. that we must go…agree  C. that we go…agreed        D. to go…agreed

71. The affair severely _______ his reputation.

A. hurt                  B. killed                C. wounded           D. injured

72. “Dreams of the Red Chamber” exercised __________ influence on the classical Chinese literature.

 A. considerate          B. considerable            C. comparative              D. comparable      

73. New mineral resources may be discovered during the Antarctic __________.

 A. exploration       B. voyage                     C. movement         D. tour

74. Nowadays a large number of people buy __________ Christmas trees instead of real ones.

   A. false                   B. sham                 C. fake                 D. artificial

75. The __________ of influenza are fever, headache, and muscular pain.

   A. effects                B. symptoms         C. signs                 D. symbol

76. There are no __________ of life about the house.

   A. signs                  B. sights                C. scenes               D. symptom

77. It is not considered __________ to litter in public.

   A. respectful            B. respected           C. respective          D. respectable

78. The seller would sell the sweater for nine dollars, but the customer_____ eight dollars.

A. charged        B. offered                C. asked             D. sold

79. .Charles Babbage is generally considered_____ the first computer.

A. to invent       B. inventing        C. to have invented      D. having invented

80. We live day by day, but in the great things, the time of days and weeks ____ so small that a day is unimportant.

A. is        B. are        C. has been      D. have been