高考英语单项选择精英系列训练题（5）
单项选择
21．(·汕头模拟)________ more to be pitied than blamed.
A. Uneducated are
B. Uneducated is
C. The uneducated are
D. The uneducated is
[解析]the＋形容词作主语，谓语动词用复数。
[答案]C
22．(·大庆质检)—Each of the students, working hard at their lessons, ________ the book.
—So have I.
A. is reading
B. has read
C. reading
D. reads
[解析] 作主语，谓语动词用单数。
[答案]B
23．(·浙江八校联考)Nowadays, a large number of women, especially tho from t he countryside, ________ in the clothing industry.
A. is working
B. works
C. work
D. worked
[解析]a large number of 作主语，谓语动词用复数。
[答案]C
24．(·上海模拟)The Palmers cho to buy the hou as its surroundings ________ clean and quiet.
A. was
B. being
C. had been
D. were
[解析]its surroundings 为复数作主语，谓语动词用复数。
监理员职责[答案]D
25．(·杭州质检)The role that China plays in world affairs ________ getting more and more important.
A. ha ve been
B. will be
C. is
D. are花呗如何还款
[解析]the role 作主语，谓语动词用单数。
[答案]C
26．(·大连质检)Our farm is ________ Bill's.
A. twice bigger than
B. twice as bigger as
C. bigger twice than
D. twice the size
[解析]倍数的表达法：倍数＋形容词的比较级＋。
[答案]A
27．(·北京东城高三综合练习)—It is generally ________ that new industries ________ for the southern part of the country.
A. agreed; are needed
B. agreed; to be needed
C. agreeing; are needing
D. agreeing; is needed
[解析]It is agreed that 据同意；new industries 作主语，谓语动词用复数。
[答案]A
28．(·陕西质检)Many a girl ________ fond of playing the piano in my class.
A. are
B. is
社会组织是指什么
C. have
D. has
[解析]many a＋单数名词作主语，谓语动词用单数。
[答案]B
29．(·湖南高三十二校联考一)An exhibition of paintings ________ at the muum next week.
A. are to be held
B. are holding
C. is holding
D. is to be held
[解析]an exhibition 作主语，谓语动词用单数。
[答案]D
30．(·湖南岳阳高三质量检测二)The majority of the students in our class ________ satisfied with the condition.
A. were
B. was
C. had been
D. has been
[解析]the majority 作主语，谓语动词用复数。
[答案]A
31．(·重庆高三联合诊断一)Two hours away from the tall buildings of New York ________.
A. some of the world's largest bears live
B. lives some of the world's largest bears
C. do some of the world's largest bears live
D. live some of the world's largest bears
[解析]some of the world's largest bears 为句子真正的主语。
[答案]D
32．(·河南省示范性高三3月联考)The library along with bookstores ________ reading materials. It's open from 900 a．m. to 400 p．m. on weekdays.
A. provides
B. is providing
C. has provided
D. provided
[解析]along with 作主语，谓语动词采用就前一致原则。
[答案]A
33．(·成都高三二次诊断)The number of people in the world ________ about 6 billion and large quantities of waste ________ each year.
A. total; has been produced
B. totals; is produced
C. totals; are produced
D. total; are being produced撒字组词
[解析]the number of 作主语，谓语采用单数形式；quantities of 作主语，谓语采用复数形式。
[答案]C
34．(·桂林高考一模)Every possible means ________ to prevent the air pollution, but the sky is still not clear.
A. is ud
B. are ud
C. has been ud
D. have been ud
[解析]means 被 every 修饰，该处为单数形式，故谓语动词用单数。
[答案]C
35．It is reported that more than two ________ died in the accident.
A．hundred people B．hundreds people
刑事追诉期限C．hundred peoples D．hundreds peoples
[解析]有些考生认为 two 后面的名词应用复数，于是错选B、C或D。事实上，hundred 为数词，表示确切的数量时，用单数形式；当后面接介词 of 表示概数时用复数形式。people 意为“人们”时本身是复数概念，若加s则意为“民族”。因此正确答案为A。
[答案]A
36．He spoke at the meeting and said that three years in high school ________ not long.
A．be B．are
C．is D．been
[解析]有些考生认为从句的主语是“three years”，谓语动词应用复数形式，于是错选B。其实，表示时间、距离、温度等单位的名词往往被看做一个整体，其作主语时，谓语动词应用第三人称单数形式，故正确答案为C。
[答案]C
37．She collected ________ I did for the Hope Project the other day.
A．three times as many money as
B．three times much money than
C．three times more money than
D．three times many more money
[解析]有些考生可能会认为A项符合倍数的表达方法，从而错选A。事实上，money 为不可数名词，A
、D项首先被排除；B、C中都出现了 than，形容词应用比较级，所以B项不对，故正确答案为C。
[答案]C
38．In our class, Bill is the only one of the students who ________ from America. A．come B．comes
C．have come D．are
[解析]有些考生认为先行词是“students”，从句的谓语动词应用复数形式，从而将答案误选为A、C或D。事实上，当 one of 前面有 the very, the only, the best 等修饰语时，其后的定语从句的谓语动词的形式由 one 来决定，故正确答案为B。
[答案]B
39．Our headmaster and cretary of the Party branch ________ going to Beijing this evening.
A．be B．are
C．is D．will be
[解析]有些考生认为主语是“Our headmaster and cretary of the Party branch”，为两个人，谓语动词应用复数形式，因而错选B。其实，此处“cretary”前没有限定词，故此处主语是指一个人，谓语动词用单数形式，再根据句子结构可知此处用 is going to 表示“将要去”，故正确答案为C。
[答案]C
40．Each boy and each girl ________ to help the old man.
A．want B．is wanting
C．are wanting D．wants
[解析]“each＋单数名词＋and each＋单数名词”作主语时谓语动词用单数形式。再根据语境可知此处应用一般现在时，故正确答案为D。句意：男孩、女孩都想帮助那位老人。
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1.— You must be excited about going to Japan for schooling.
—__________ , but I'm afraid I can't do well becau Japane is poor.
A. Never mind
B. Well, I ought to
C. I don’t know yet
D. Certainly not
2. —What do you think of your nephew?
—He__________ be very naughty but at the same time you poor.
A. will ; will
B. won't; can't
C. may ; may
D. can; can't
3. Exerci is__________ as any other to lo unwanted weight.
A. so uful a way
B. as a uful way
C. as uful a way
D. such a uful way
4. —____________ you_________ the editor at the airport?
—No, he__________ away before my arrival.
A. met; has driven
B. met; was driven
C. meet; had been driven
D. met; had driven
5. —Why didn't you answer my phone when I phoned you at about 11 p. m. yesterday?
—
I ___________and failed to hear the phone.
A. might have slept
B. must be sleeping
C. might be sleeping
D. must have been sleeping
6. His parents meant him_____________ scientific rearch, but he showed no interest and turned poet.
A. going in for
B. to have gone in for
C. to go in for
D. having gone in for
7. —What would you wish to do if you were a college student again?
—That's very hard to say, but I wish I when I was a college student.
A. has not studied biology
B. did study biology
C. had studied biology
D. studied biology
8. He___________ when the bus came to a sudden stop.
A. was almost hurt
B. was to hurt himlf
C. was hurt himlf
D. was hurting himlf
9. with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain doesn't em high at all.
A. When compared
B. To compare
C. While comparing
D. It compared
10. If you want to e a doctor, fix the date with him ahead of time. This is
a common ___________ in the USA.
A. habit
B. law
C. rule
D. custom
11. Nothing__________ after the terrible fire which had been caud by someone smoking in bed.
A. left
B. was remained
C. remained
D. continued
12. Although motor car has been with us for almost a century, I have never been able to drive __________American one.
A. the ; an
B. was remained
C. a; the
D. the ; the
13. It was not a good idea to go skating. You __________your leg.
A. can break
B. could break
C. could have broken炸鱼丸子
D. could have been broken
