2012高考英语单选易错50题

2012高考英语单选易错50题

2012年高三英语总复习选择题精选

1. I know you didn’t do well in the recent exams but don’t

let failures ___ you ____ trying harder.

A. put; off

B. fail; in

C. take; away

D. cut; back

2. Bob’s deskmate is too selfish a man, whom we can’t ____

to lend us a hand.

A. suggest

B. desire

C. make

D. hope

3. Mary often does some translation work to earn extra

money, which ____ half of her income.

A. makes for

B. counts for

C. accounts for

D. consist in

4. _____ from media reports, the result has been unclear.

A. Having judged

B. Judged

C. To judge

D. Judging

5. The professor has given the students a list of articles ____

the topic under discussion..

A. relevant to

B. related with C. associated with

D. associated to

6. We collected a lot of money ______ those who were

suffering from flood.

A. in aid of

B. with the help of

C. in the aid of

D. under the help

7. ----What’s wrong with Jane?

---- A call from her mother _____ the attack of home sickness.

A. sent out

B. set off

C. set out

D. sent off

8. Please get my bike mended by 6:00 p.m. And I’ll drop in

to _____ it on my way home from work.

A. fetch

B. take

C. collect

D. get

9. Every year a flood of farmers arrive in Shenzhen for the

money-making jobs they ____ before leaving their hometown.

A. promised .

B. were promised

C. have promised

D. have been promised

10. ---- Has your father returned from Africa yet?

---- Yes, but he _______ here for only three days before his

company sent him to Australia.

A. has been B. was

C. will be

D. would be

11. This beer isn’t bad. I’m beginning to ______ a taste for

it.

A. acquire

B. achieve

C. obtain

D. attain

12. _____ no one has thought of this before.

A. I astonish that

B.It astonishes me that

C. I am astonishing

D. It is astonished that

13. Although the wind has ____, the rain remains steady, so

she still needs a raincoat.

A. turned up

B. gone back

C. died down

D. blown out

14. ----My dog can speak seven languages. ---- No, you are

____ me on.

A. taking

B. letting

C. depending

D. putting

15. They said they had sold large quantities of educational

books. Last year___ they sold five million copies.

A. only

B. merely C. alone

D. just

16. In 1492 Columbus and his crew arrived ______ was so

called the New World by the westerners.

A. in what

B. in which

C. what

D. where

17. The millionaire passed away, leaving his children with a

large _____.

A. luck

B. fortune

C. money

D. amount

18. It is said that some officials in our country _____ their ____

to get illegal profits for themselves.

A. take; direction

B. hold; situation

C. abuse; position

D. occupy; power

19. ------ How does the plan _____ you ?

------ If only it could be carried out smoothly

A. hit

B. beat

C. attack

D. strike

20. He was suddenly ____with a strange illness when he was

about to finish his work.

A. caught

B. hit C. controlled

D. seized

21. I ______ his acquaintance long ago.

A. made

B. had

C. put

D. gave

22. Eric was so foolish. He didn’t even have __common

sense to send for ___a doctor.

A. the; the

B. the; a

C. a; the

D. a; a

23. -------Come on! I know you have ____ gift for music.

-------Sorry. But I’m in ____ bad mood now.

A. /; a

B. the; /

C. a; a

D. the; a

24. We felt ____ to hear the news.

A. taken down

B. put down

C. turned down

D. cast down

25. His name was on the _____ of my tongue but I couldn’t

remember it.

A. tip

B. top

C. edge

D. point 26. The experiment _____ , they left the laboratory.

A. done

B. had been done

C. having done

D. was done

27. With his son _______, the old man felt unhappy.

A. to be disappointed

B. disappointing

C. being disappointed

D. to disappoint

28. The last bus _______, we have to walk home.

A. gone

B. has gone

C. having gone

D. had gone

29. The lady said she would buy a gift for her daughter with

the ______.

A. 20 dollars remained

B. 20 dollars remain

C. remained 20 dollars

D. remaining 20 dollars

30. -----I haven’t got the reference book yet, but I’ll have

a test on the subject next month.

---- Don’t worry. You ______ have it by Friday.

A. could

B. shall

C. must

D. way

31. The car ______ break down just when we were about to

start off.