英语阶测1
阶测1 unit1-3
一、单项选择题
1. Would you like ___ down and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?
A、get
B、getting
C、to get
D、got
正确答案：C
解析：would like to do固定搭配，想要做某事/愿意做某事。答案选C。
2. The water ___ all over the desk.
A、is spilt
B、was spilt
C、spilt
D、spill
正确答案：C
解析：题目意思：水洒了一桌子。spill有“（使）洒出”之意，故不用被动，排除AB；water是不可数，谓语不用spill原形；spilt是spill的过去式，答案选C。
3. It is no use arguing ___ the plan because it has been rejected.
A、with
B、against
C、for
D、on
正确答案：C
解析：argue作动词时，意为“争论；争吵；争辩”。argue for意为“为……辩护”；argue with sb about / over sth指“就某事和某人争论”；argue against意为“据理反对；争辩……”。根据句意，应该用for。
4. The boy complained ___ a pain in his stomach.
A、with
B、for
C、in
D、of
正确答案：D
解析：complain of：抱怨，说自己有病。句意：这孩子说他肚子痛。
5. It ___ me three years to draw the beautiful horses.
A、took
B、paid
C、spent
D、cost
正确答案：A
解析：cost 的主语通常是事或物(包括形式主语 it)；spend 的主语只能是人，不能是事或物；take 的主语可以是事或物(包括形式主语 it)，也可以是人。cost 的宾语通常是钱，take 的宾语通常是时间，而 spend 的宾语则可以是时间或钱。这句话运用的句型是it take sb sth to do sth。
6. We are all concerned ___ her safety.
A、about
B、in
C、of
D、with
正确答案：A
解析：be concerned about：关心，担心。句意：我们大家都担心着她的安全。
7. Please remind me ___ her this note.
A、leave
B、to leave
C、leaving
D、left
正确答案：B
解析：remind sb to do sth：提醒某人做某事。句意：请提醒我留给她这张纸条。
8. The two girls competed with each other ___ the highest mark.
A、for
B、with
C、to
D、against
正确答案：A
解析：compete for：比赛……夺取
compete against/with：和……竞赛
句意：这两个女孩互相竞争，以取得最高分。
9. ___ for your laziness, you could have finished the assignment by now.
A、Had it not been
B、It were not
C、Weren’t it
D、Had not it been
正确答案：A
解析：句意：要不是你懒惰，到现在你就能完成任务了。本题是一个省略if的虚拟条件句，主句用could have done表示与过去事实相反，条件从句应用had done形式，had要提前构成倒装。
10. It took me a month to get rid ___ the cough.
A、for
B、as
C、of
D、over
正确答案：C
解析：get rid of：摆脱掉，处理掉
11. They are eager ___ abroad.
A、travel
B、travelled
C、to travel
D、travelling
正确答案：C
解析：be eager to do sth：渴望做某事。句意：他们盼望出国旅行。
12. Is it Shakespeare Theatre ___ you are going to watch the play The Merchant of Venice?
A、where
B、that
C、which
D、as
正确答案：A
解析：where引导的定语从句修饰先行词Shakespeare Theatre。此处并非强调结构，将“Is it去掉后，可以看出，这个句子缺少介词，所以，如果在原句中Shakespeare Theatre的前面加上介词in或at，则成为强调句。
13. After months of voyage, Columbus arrived in ___ later proved to be a new continent.
A、where
B、which
C、what
D、that
正确答案：C
解析：注意，本句话并非定语从句，而是宾语从句。因为在介词in 后面，应该用what引导的宾语从句，what在宾语从句中作主语。
15. While ___ the book, he nodded from time to time.
A、reading
B、read
C、is reading
D、is read
正确答案：A
解析：从句中动作的发出者和主句相同，用现在分词短语作时间状语。题意为：他一边看书，一边不时地点头。
16. Two-thirds of his property ___ lost in the fire.
A、was
B、were
C、are
D、have been
正确答案：A
解析：以分数限定的名词做主语时，谓语的单复数应同该名词保持一致，而不管分数是单数还是复数。此句中property（财产）是单数不可数名词，故用单数形式的动词。
17. I wished it ___ but it did．
A、had not occurred
B、occurred not
C、did not occur
D、would not occur
正确答案：A
解析：本题考查的是虚拟语气的用法，表示的是与过去相反的情况，要用过去完成时，答案为A。
18. ___ a little earlier, I would have caught the train.
A、Did I leave
B、Would I leave
C、Had I left
D、Have I left
正确答案：C
解析：本题考查的是if引导的虚拟条件句，省略了if要把had提前。
19. Very few people understood this contract, ___ was very obscure.
A、the language
B、the language of which
C、all it said
D、which it had said
正确答案：B
解析：本题考查定语从句。在非限制性定于从句中which和whom常可和of或其他介词连用。译文：只有很少的人能看明白这份合同，合同的用词含糊不清。
20. The meeting ___ next week will be of great importance.
A、to be held
B、held
C、holding
D、is held
正确答案：A
解析：谓语动词用了将来时态，所以选不定式作定语，表将来。
21. Water is composed ___ hydrogen and oxygen.
A、of
B、with
C、for
D、about
正确答案：A
解析：be composed of：由……组成。句意：水是由氢与氧化合而成的。
22. They prefer to ___ the rest of the morning walking in the garden.
A、spending
B、spent
C、be spending
D、spend
正确答案：D
解析：本句运用的是prefer to do sth这种用法。
23. He was ___ to withdraw from running for the presidency.
A、trusted
B、credited
C、convinced
D、believed
正确答案：C
解析：句意：他被说服退出竞选总统。convince使相信；信服；说服。
24. Charles Smith, ___ was my former teacher, retired last year.
A、which
B、who
C、that
D、as
正确答案：B
解析：that不能引导非限制性定语从句，可以用which和who引导，其中 who代替的先行词是人。句意为：查理·史密斯去年退休了，他曾经是我的老师。
25. Look at this group of people ___ beach volleyball.
A、played
B、is played
C、playing
D、is playing
正确答案：C
解析：现在分词作定语，表示正在进行的动作。
26. It is important to ___ your skin from the harmful strong sunlight.
A、protect
B、prevent
C、stop
D、keep
正确答案：A
解析：protect ... from ...意为“保护……免受……”
27. The new discovery ___ be of great service to mankind.
A、is bound to
B、is bound for
C、be bound to
D、be bound for
正确答案：A
解析：be bound to：注定要，一定会。本题中主语是The new discovery，所以谓语动词要用is。句意：这项新发现对于人类必定大有用处。
28. Sarah hopes to become a friend of ___ shares her interests.
A、anyone
B、whomever
C、whoever
D、no matter who
正确答案：C
解析：本题句子的意思是：Sarah希望跟自己有共同爱好的人交朋友。疑问词+ever引导的名词性从句与no matter+疑问词引导的从句的区别是：前者既可以引导名词性从句也可以引导让步状语从句；后者只能引导让步状语从句。首先排除A和D，从句中需要的是主语，所以whomever也不行。
29. At any rate I did not succeed ___ myself understood by you.
A、making
B、made
C、to make
D、in making
正确答案：D
解析：succeed in doing sth：成功做某事。
