高中英语单项选择题汇总500题(附答案)(5)

A. how

B. why

C. where

D. which

69. — How do you find the town you visited yesterday?

— The town has changed out of all ______ in the past 20 years, a completely new one in front of me.

A. realization

B. description

C. expression

D. recognition

70. ______, but the idea of having to work more than ten hours a day without weekends discouraged me.

A. Wanting to be a teacher

B. Although I wanted to be a teacher

C. I had wanted to be a teacher

D. To want to be a teacher

71. In all kinds of competitions, Jackie ______ a most excellent athlete. He has won so many golden medals.

A. practises

B.conducts

C. behaves

D. proves

72. The worse working conditions we are looking forward to ______ must have attracted the local government’s attention.

A. see improved

B. seeing improved

C. see improving

D. seeing to improve

73. — How long have you been here?

— Only about five minutes. Henry and Simon ______ here with me.

A. walk

B. have walked

C. walked

D. had walked

74. Unemployment in some western countries is on the crease. A growing number of young people, ______, are finding themselves out of work.

A. in case

B. in short

C. in particular

D. in total

75. —It’s reported in the local newspaper that the murderer was caught in a small town.

— ______

A. Justice has long arms.

B. Lies have short legs.

C. One false move may lose the game.

D. Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.

76.Many Internet users make _____ most of the half-price promotion and it is _____ good opportunity for

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online shopkeepers to get their names known.

A. a; the

B. /; the

C. the; /

D. the; a

77. It puzzles the scientists _____ some mammals produce their young _____ others lay eggs.

A. that; while

B. what; while

C. that; as

D. what; as

78. With the final exams coming, Mark, the top student in our class, is not worried about Chinese, and

_________ English.

A. still more

B. at least

C. least of all

D. better than

79. The retired professor, _____ in his new book in the past three years, hasn’t realized the decline in his health.

A. involved

B. being involved

C. having involved

D. to be involved

80. ---Is everything settled?

---Not yet. _____ I approached the problem, I couldn’t find a solution.

A. Whatever

B. However

C. Whenever

D. Wherever

81. Professor Smith will come here to give a speech. All the preparations must be _____ before 5 o’clock.

A. in time

B. in sight

C. in place

D. in control

82. Most Australians actually don’t seem to do much sport. _____, Australia is generally considered to be a great sporting nation.

A. Though

B. Still

C. Otherwise

D. Thus

83. To his disappointment, not a single gift _____ on his birthday.

A. he received

B. had he received

C. did he receive

D. received he

84. After a talk with his mother, the little boy has seen to _____ that the same mistake doesn’t happen again.

A. one

B. it

C. him

D. himself

85. --- I can’t go for a picnic with you because something urgent has _____.

---What a shame!

A. come up

B. cleared up

C. stayed up

D. ended up

86. Just imagine performing such an opera as Turandot in the Forbidden City---there _____ be a better setting!

A. mustn’t

B. shouldn’t

C. couldn’t

D. needn’t

87. A strange girl entered the room and told me a story of her own, _____ I suspected the truth.

A. that

B. which

C. of which

D. at which

88. ---I had practiced my spoken English, but still failed in the oral test.

---Don’t be discouraged. _____ and you will surely pass it.

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A. Make a bit more effort

B. To make a bit more

C. Making a bit more effort

D. If you make a bit more effort

89. The first decade of the 21st century _____ the breathtaking and non-stop development of China.

A. witnesses

B. witnessed

C. will witness

D. had witnessed

90. ---Currently it is difficult to find a good job in the fierce job-hunting market.

---_____. But highly-qualified graduates are always in great demand.

A. I hope so

B. That’s all right

C. No kidding

D. That sounds reasonable

91. --- Do you have a plan for National Day holiday?

--- I’m going to Thailand with my parents.

--- _____.

A. You don’t say

B. You can say that again

C. Good luck to you

D. I dare say

92. —Can I pay the bill by check?

—Sorry, sir. But it is the management rule of our hotel that payment ____ be made in cash.

A. shall

B. need

C. will

D. can

93.This problem may lead to more serious ones if ____ unsolved.

A. making

B. remained

C. keeping

D. left

94. They will act ______your suggestion and regard the poor old man ______ sympathy.

A. to, as

B. with, by

C. on, with

D. by, of

95. To what extent will future scientific discoveries ________ the prolonging of human life?

A. be made possible

B. make possible

C. make it possible

D. be made it possible

96. Lee ____ in the election, but he began to come from behind in the last week and won in the end.

A. was losing

B. was lost

C. lost

D. had lost

97. After the professor________ out the project made a comment on the report, the media focused on it.

A. was opposed to carry

B. opposed to carry

C. opposed to carrying