高三英语单项选择题精选(13)

高中英语单项选择题精选（13）
1.We could have asked you for help, but we ___to manage on our own. That was why we failed.
A. had hoped
B. hoped
C. would hope
D. might have hoped
2. ---What did Joe do?
---He ____ asleep all morning.
A. lain
B. laid
C. lay
D. lies
3.I _____ a novel written by Ernest Hemingway last night and another night I’ll finish it.
A.read
B. have read
C. hadread
D. was reading
4.____ many times, but the engine still couldn’t work.
A. Having repaired
B. Having been repaired
C. It was repaired
D. Being repaired
5.I didn’teven speak to him, ____ discuss my problems with him.
A. much more
B. after all
C. much less
D. at most
6.---Don’t press the button,John?
---What if I ____?
A. did
B. done
C. will
D. would
7.The girl didn’t buy ___ of the dictionaries and left empty-handed without choosing a third one.
A. any
B. all
C. either
D. both
8.There ____ nothing t talk about, everyone in the room remained silent.
A. was
B. had
C. being
D. having
9.Understanding the cultural habits of another nation, especially ____ containing as many different cultures as the United States is a different thing.
A. which
B. one
C. that
D. it
10.Such a thing had happened, Jimmy,but ____ it a little better.
A. might have done
B. can have done
C. should do
D. must do
11.You go ahead and I’ll ____ here until the others come up
A. wait on
B. stand on
C. hold on
D. get on
12._____,and all the doors will be knocked.
A. Another hour
B. After an hour
C. In an hour
D. An hour later
13.Don’t mention that at the beginning of the story, ______ the shocking ending.
A. give out
B. give off
C. give up
D. give away
14.Be careful about the news about red fire ants ---_____ measures to prevent the possible spread of them.
A. take
B. to take
C. taken
D. taking
15.He is constantly ____ not to do that, but he still goes on doing it all the same.
A. telling
B. being told
C. told
D. to tell
16.Thinking that you know ____ in fact you didn’t is a seri ous mistake.
A. what
B. that
C. when
D. however
pared to the parents’ expectation, what he has achieved is ____ little.
A. so far
B. far too
C. too far
D. far from
18.He wanted a job, ____ that he has never experienced before.
A. another
B. the one
C. it
D.one
19.I did have some adventures on the sea. Our ship was ____ the waves.
A. at the mercy of
B.at the strike of
C. in charge of
D. at risk of
20.I do think it is a good rule to _____.
A. go along
B. go by
C. go with
D. go through
21.Which do you enjoy ____ your weekends, fishing or watching TV？
A.spending
B. to spend
C. being spent
D. spend
22.My watch ____ 20 seconds. Would you be so kind as to set it backwards for me?
A. wins
B. gets
C.gains
D. loses
23.The Frenchman asked me_____ to call that in Chinese.
A. whether
B. how
C. which
D. what
24. ---Did your classmate accept your invitation?
---No, he ______ refused.
A. as far as
B. as well as
C. as soon as
D. as good as
25.I spent the whole day reparing the motorbike. The work was ____ simple.
A. nothing but
B. anything but
C. something of
D. all except
26.Wouldn’t you rather your child ____ to bed early?
A.go
B. would go
C. went
D. to go
27.---May I speak to your mansger Mr. Williams at five o’clock tonight?
---I’m sorry. Mr. Williams ____ to a conference long before that.
A. had gone
B. would have gone
C. has gone
D. will have gone
28.---Where does Mr. Johnson come from?
---I’m not sure,but his English ___America.
A. suggests
B.sounds
C. refers
D. proves
29. A nest is to a bird ___ a house to a man.
A. what
B. how
C. that
D. which
30.You’re ___ by law to stop your car afteran accident, otherwise you will be forbidden driving all your life according to the law.
A. demanded
B. required
C. ordered
D. wanted
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