2021成人高考高起本英语高频考题练习九

[单选题]He’s a great player I have a lot of respect____him。

　　Aof

　　Bin

　　Con

　　Dfor

　　参考答案：D

　　[单选题]Sometimes men () a record of

　　Adid keep

　　Bshould keep

　　Cwould keep

　　Dwere keeping

　　参考答案：A

　　[单选题]I suppose they have known about it, ()?

　　Aam I

　　Bam not I

　　Chave they

　　Dhaven't they

　　参考答案：D

　　[单选题]

　　Over the summer, my family took a trip to Icelto see the natural beauty of it. Little did I 21 I would wake up one morning to have my eyes swelled up (肿胀) like balloons! I was frightened. So many questions were 22 through my head. Am I allergic (过敏的) to something?Was there some Icelandic disease that I 23 ? The only help I received was some allergy medicine 24 a clinic nearby. Nothing was working.

　　When the trip was over, I went to see my doctor. She gave me eye drops, but clearly they weren"t worth the time or 25 the swelling got worse worse.

　　I finally decided that it would be best for me to 26 being so sad take it easy have fun. It was summer after all. I had a fun night with my friends as if nothing was 27 . The next morning I woke up went to 28 how swollen my eyes were, only to find myself 29 at my normal face. It was a miracle (奇迹). I 30 asking myself why I hadn" t done that earlier. Was being with my friends having fun really the 31 to my problem?

　　To this day I still do not know what I had, 32 do any of the many doctors that I 33 during the summer. I would really like to go back to Icelto see the Northern Lights, 34 I am very much frightened that I am just allergic to the country. I hope I never 35 having such terrible swelling in my eyes ever again.

　　第30题的正确答案是_______.

　　Amissed

　　Bkept

　　Cregretted

　　Dexcused

　　参考答案：B

　　[单选题]In the past, I always thought that being a teacher was an easy job. But I changed my 21 when I became a part-time teacher. About four years ago, Richard asked me 22 I could help teach his students how to make a website about themselves.

　　I 23 because computer is what I do well I didn 't think teaching computer would be that 24 .

　　But when I taught Richard's class, some of the students 25 with their friends while I was explaining how to do something. At first I just got angry with them, 26 Richard taught me to think why they were doing this. He said that if he was 27 a lesson the students were not listening, then he was angry with 28 for not making the lesson clear or interesting for them. I told him that I didn't 29 his idea. He then asked me if I had ever 30 the same thing. That made me stop. Of course I had!

　　If any of my past teachers are 31 this, I want to say sorry if I sometimes played around in the class 32 you were teaching. I didnt think how that would make you feel. I promise I will do my best to be a good 33 in the future. Please help us when we don't understmost 34 , don't be quick to be angry when we fail. 35 of us are perfect but with your help we can be successful.

　　以下选项24题答案为()

　　Adangerous

　　Bwise

　　Cinteresting

　　Dhard

　　参考答案：D

　　[单选题]The cowboy is the hero of many movies.He is,even today,a symbol of courage adventure.But what was the life of the cowboy really like?

　　The cowboy’s job is clear from the word”cowboy”.Cowboys were men who took care of cows other cattle.The cattle were in the West in Texas.People in the cities of the East wanted beef from these cattle.Trains could take the cattle east.But first the cattle had to get to the trains.Part of the cowboy's job was to take the cattle hundreds of miles to the railroad towns.

　　The trips were called cattle drives.A cattle drive usually took several months.Cowboys rode for sixteen hours a day.Because they rode so much,each cowboy brought along about eight horses.A cowboy changed horses several times each day.

　　The cowboys had to make sure that the cattle arrived safely.Before starting on a drive,the cowboys branded the cattle.They burned a make on the cattle to show who they belonged to.But these marks didn’t stop rustlers,or cattle thieves.Cowboys had to protect the cattle from rustlers.Rustlers made the dangerous trip even more dangerous.

　　Even though their work was very difficult dangerous,cowboys did not earn much money.They were paid bally.Yet cowboys liked their way of life.They lived in a wild open country.They lived a life of adventure freedom.

　　Cowboys().

　　Amade a lot of money

　　Bhad a difficult job

　　Cdid not like their way of life

　　Dwere rich

　　参考答案：B

　　[单选题]

　　根据以下内容回答题：

　　The water we drink use is running short in the world .we all have to learn how to stop wasting our limited(有限的) water. One of the steps we should take is to find ways of reusing it . Experiments have already been done in this field.

　　Today in most large cities ,fresh water is used only once ,then it runs into waste system . But it is possible to pipe the used water to purifying factory. There it can be filtered treated with chemicals so that it can be used again ,just as it were fresh from a spring(喷泉).

　　But even if every large purified(净纯) reused its water, we still would not have enough. Then we could turn to the ocean. All we’d have to do to make use of the seawater on earth is to get rid of (去掉)the salt. This process(过程)is called desalinization ，(脱盐)it is already in use in many parts of the world.

　　The following tells us how to reuse the used water which is the right order of the passage?

　　Ato have the used water filtered

　　Bto put chemicals in it

　　Cto pipe it to the users

　　Dto pipe the used water to be purified to a factory.

　　参考答案：A

　　[单选题]

　　Popular British author, Charles Dickens´ (1812--1870)family could hardly make ends meet. They could only afford to send one of their six children to school.Dickens was not that child. His parents chose to send a daughter, who had a talent for music, to an academy. Then at the age of 12, Dickens´ life took another turn for the worse.

　　His father, a clerk, was placed in prison for unpaid debts. And, being the oldest male left at home, Dickens took up work at a factory. His horrible experience there became the fuel for his future writing .His father was freed three months later inherited a small amount of money. Dickens was then sent to school.

　　From 1836 to 1837, he wrote a monthly series of stories. Thus The Pickwick, Papers,came into being, which brought fame to him.

　　Throughout his career, Dickens covers various situations in his novels .He wrote about the miserable lives of the poor in Oliver Twist, the French Revolution in Tale of Two Cities, social reform in Hard Times. He also wrote David Copperfield, a book thought to be modeled on his own life.

　　"I do not write bitterly or angrily, for I know all these things have worked together to make me what I am," he once said. His difficult childhood did indeed shape the person he became, as well as his writing career. There are shades of young Dickens in many of his most beloved characters, including David Copperfield Oliver Twist.

　　Like the author, all these characters come from poor beginnings are able to rise above their setbacks achieve success. "Minds, like bodies, will often fall into an ill-conditioned state from too much comfort," he once wrote .On June 9th, 1870, aged 58, Dickens died, leaving one unfinished work. The words on his tombstone read: "He was a sympathizer to the poor, the suffering the oppressed, by his death, one of England´ s greatest writers is lost to the world. "

　　The book that first called public attention to Dickens was

　　AThe Pickwick Papers

　　BOliver Twist

　　CTale of Two Cities

　　DDavid Copperfield

　　参考答案：A

　　[单选题]请选出下面划线部分wh读音不同的选项( )

　　Awhere

　　Bwhom

　　Cwhose

　　Dwho

　　参考答案：A

　　[单选题]请选出下面划线部分th读音不同的选项( )

　　Atooth

　　Bmonth

　　Cfather

　　Dmethod

　　参考答案：C