成考精选试题20道及参考答案
1. She has managed to obtain a temporary work _______ in Britain.
A permit B permission C permissiveness D permissible
2. The football players need total concentration during _________.
A match B game C play D perform
3. Involved in a bribery scandal, the President had to ________ his resignation.
A do B catch C offer D find
4. When I go out in the evening I use the bike __________the car if I can.
A rather than(而不是，宁愿) B regardless of C in spite of D other than(除了)
5. Some plants are very _________ to light; they prefer the shade.
A sensible B flexible C objective D sensitive
6. Don’t let the child play with scissors _________he cuts himself.
A in case B so that C now that D only if(用于句首，后接从句主位倒装)
7. Without proper lessons, you could______ a lot of bad habits when playing the piano.
A keep up B pick up C draw up D catch up
8. We should always bear in mind that _________ decisions often result in serious consequences.
A urgent(紧急的，急迫的) B instant(立即的，即刻的)
C prompt(敏捷的，速度的) D hasty(匆忙的)
9. The computer can be paid for in ten monthly________ of 100 dollars.
A pay B pays C payment D payments
10. American linguist Noah Webster was among the first to the growing difference between American and British usages of English.
A. realize B. recognize C. research D. reckon
11. The ________ driver thinks accidents only happen to other people.
A. average B. common C. usual D. normal
12. Even if they are on sale, these refrigerators are equal in price to, if not more expensive than, _______ at the other store.
A. the one B. others C. that D. the ones
13. Conversation becomes weaker in society that spends so much time listening and being talked to _______ it has all but lost the will and the skill to speak for itself.
A. as B. which C. that D. what
14. _________ for the timely investment from the general public, our company would not be so thriving as it is.
A. Had it not been B. Were it not C. Be it not D. Should it not be
15. Asia ___________ by most experts to be the cradle of human civilization.
A. has been always considered B. has always been considered
C. always has been considered D. has been considered always
16. An old woman was badly hurt in ____ the police describe as an apparently motiveless attack.
A. that B. what C. whatever D. which
17. Paul Samuelson revolutionized ______ by presenting his students with the most advanced economic thinking at an introductory level.
A. to teach economics B. teaching that economics is
C. the teaching of economics D. economics is taught
18. If you find this item too difficult to _______, it is advisable to leave as it is and move on to the next one.
A. work out B. work on C. work for D. work at
19. You and I could hardly understand, ________?
A. could we B. couldn’t you C. couldn’t we D. could I
20. There was an accident ______ the crossroads at midnight last night.
A. in B. on C. at D.by
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成人高考英语试题及答案解析
1. We ________ to move but are still considering where to go to.
A. are deciding B. decided
C. have decided D. had decided
2. I left my pen on the desk and now it’s gone; who ________ it?
A. took B. has taken
C. will take D. had taken
3. They won’t buy any new clothes because they ________ money to buy a new car.
A. save B. were saving
C. have saved D. are saving
4. I ________ your last point — could you say it again?
A. didn’t quite catch B. don’t quite catch
C. hadn’t quite catch D. can’t quite catch
5. —Are you a teacher?
—I ________, but now I am working in a company.
A. is B. am
C. was D. had
6. I feel sure I ________ her somewhere before.
A. was to meet B. have met
C. had met D. would meet
7. —Does Liu Hui serve in the army?
—No, but he ________ in the army for three years.
A. served B. has served
C. is serving D. would serve
8. —Tom came back home yesterday.
—Really? Where ________ at all?
A. had he been B. has he been
C. had he gone D. has he gone
9. Unfortunately, when I dropped in, Professor Smith ________, so we only had time for a few words.
A. has just left B. had just left
C. just left D. was just leaving
10. —I’m sorry; I shouldn’t have been so rude to you.
—You ________ your temper but that’s OK.
A. have lost B. had lost
C. did lose D. were losing
11. —You must have met him the other day.
—Oh, no, I ________.
A. hadn’t B. mustn’t
C. haven’t D. didn’t
12. —Will you go to the park now?
—Not until I ________ my physics exercises.
A. will finish B. have finished
C. will have finished D. had finished
13. —Did you enjoy the film?
—Yes, it’s the best one I ________ these years.
A. had B. have had
C. had had D. would have
14. —Did Alan enjoy seeing his old friends yesterday?
—Yes, he did. He ________ his old friends for a long time.
A. didn’t see B. wouldn’t see
C. hasn’t seen D. hadn’t seen
15. When I called you this morning, nobody answered the phone. Where ________?
A. did you go B. have you gone
C. were you D. had you been
16. She ought to stop working; she has a headache because she ________ too long.
A. has been reading B. had read
C. is reading D. read
17. —Why do you look worried?
—Fred left the company half an hour ago. His work ________ unfinished since.
A. left B. was left
C. has left D. has been left
18. —You could have asked Mr. Johnson for help. He is kind-hearted.
—I ________ that. A whole day ________.
A. forget; wastes B. forgot; was wasted
C. forgot; had wasted D. forget; was wasted
19. You’d better not phone the manager between 7 and 8 tomorrow evening; he ________ an important meeting then.
A. will have B. would have
C. will be having D. will have had
20. —I’m sorry, but the boss isn’t here yet. Shall I have him call you when he comes back?
—No, I’ll call him back. If I call again in half an hour, do you think she ________ ?
A. had arrived B. has arrived
C. will arrive D. will have arrived
21. —What’s wrong with your coat?
—Just now when I wanted to get off the bus, the man next to me ________on it.
A. sat B. had sat
C. had been sitting D. was sitting
22. —Why weren’t you at the meeting?
—I ________ for a long-distance call from my aunt in America.
A. waited B. was waiting
C. had been waiting D. had waited
23.—Will you attend the meeting this evening?
—But I ________ told anything about it.
A. wasn’t B. am not
C. haven’t been D. won’t be
24. — What did you think of Act I of the play last night?
— I’m sorry. The play ________ when I got there.
A. had been started B. had been on for half an hour
C. was to start D. had begun for half an hour
25. —Why did you come by bus?
—My car broke down yesterday evening and I ________ it repaired.
A. didn’t have B. don’t have
C. won’t have D. haven’t had
26. Work gets done ________ when people do it together, and the rewards are higher too.
A. easily B. very easy C. more easily D. easier
27. My parents have always made me ________ about myself, even when I was twelve.
A. feeling well B. feeling good C. feel well D. feel good
28. He began to take political science ________ only when he left school.
A. strictly B. truly C. carefully D. seriously
29. The final score of the basketball match was 93-94. We were only ________ beaten.
A. nearly B. slightly C. narrowly D. lightly
30. The new group of students is better-behaved than the other group who stayed here ________.
A. early B. earlier C. earliest D. the earliest
1. C。用现在完成时表示影响，即指现在已经作出决定。
2. B。用现在完成时表示影响或结果，即现在笔不见了，是由于某人已经把它拿走了的结果。
3. D。用现在进行时表示现在正在进行的动作。
4. A。从下文的语境看，既然现在叫对方重复一遍，说明“没听清对方的最后一点”应发生在过去(即说此话之前)。
5. C。这时用一般过去时表示过去曾经是老师，但现在不是了。
6. B。before 用作副词时不与具体时间连用，泛指“以前”，通常与一般过去时或现在完成时连用。
7. A。由no是对前句的否定可知现在不在部队服役，是以前“服过役”，故用一般过去时。
8. A。have been to…去过某地(已回来)，have gone to…到某地去了(没回来);又因为问的是Tom回来之前到去过某地，故用过去完成时态。
9. D。从“我们只谈了几句话”可知，当我们去拜访时，Professor Smith“正要”离开了，D是过去进行时表示过去将来意义。
10. C。上句“我本不该对你那么无礼”是对过去情况的自责，答语“你当时的确很生气”，用一般过去时，did 在 lose 前表示强调。
11. D。问句是对过去情况的猜测，所以答句用一般过去时。I didn’t是I didn’t meet him the other day 的省略。
12. B。因为在时间状语从句中要用一般现在时代替一般将来时。若强调从句动作发生在主句动作之前时，用现在完成时代替将来完成时，本题属后一种情况。
13. B。因为 these years 是包括现在在内的，故用现在完成时。
14. D。由于见朋友发生在过去(即昨天)，而很久没有见到朋友自然是昨天的见面之前，即属于过去的过去，故用过去完成时。
15. C。句子的前半句说上午打电话时没有人接电话，而后半句问对方当时在什么地方。显然，句子前后两部分的时间应一致，即用一般过去时。
16. A。从第一句话She ought to stop working 可知“他仍然在学习”，故后面用现在完成进行时态。
17. D。受前一句left的影响，易误选B。题干中的since说明此处应用现在完成时态。从问句中也可看出来，此处强调动作对现在的影响，故要用现在完成时的被动式。
18. B。说话之前“忘了”，故用一般过去时态;第二空应用一般过去时的被动语态形式。
19. C。指将来某时或某段时间正发生的事用将来进行时。
20. D。一般将来时表示将要发生的动作，而将来完成时表示将来某个时间之前已经发生或完成的动作。根据语境可知是强调将来的结果，应用将来完成时。
21. C。意思是：刚才我想下公共汽车时，(我才发现)靠近我坐的那个人一直坐在我的外衣上。表示从过去某一时刻开始一直延续到另一过去时间仍在进行的动作或状态用过去完成进行时。
22. B。该题考查根据语境选用正确时态题。上句说“你为什么没去参加会议”，据此回答“我当时正在等我姑姑从美国打来的长途电话”，说的是“你们开会时”我正在等一个电话。
23. C。指到目前为止还没有人把这件事通知我。相当于在后面省略了so far。
24. B。句意：戏剧在我到达之前就已上演了半小时，即表示“过去的过去”，且短暂性动词不与持续性时间连用，故须将 start→be on 才可与持续性时间连用。
25. D。从昨天坏了一直到今天来时还没有修好，表示从过去某一时刻开始一直延缓到现在的动作或状态要作现在完成时态。
26. C。根据题意可知，说话者是将when people do it together和when people don’t do it together这两种情况比较，故选比较级。注意不要选D，因为在此题是要用副词修饰动词，不能用形容词。另外，根据句末的higher too也可知道此题是考查比较级。
27. D。首先，根据连系动词后要接形容词作表语这一特点，可排除A和C。另外，使役动词make后可接动词原形(不带to的不定式)或过去分词作宾语补足语，但不能接现在分词，故可排除选项B。
28. D。take sth seriously的意思是“认真对待某事”“认真考虑某事”。
29. C。副词narrowly在此表示“勉强地”，又如：He narrowly escaped being run over. 他差点儿被车压死。 The proposal to change the rules was narrowly defeated by 201 votes to 196. 建议改变规则的提议以196票对201票的微弱差额被否决了。本题句意：篮球赛的最后比分是93比94。我们以微弱的劣势输掉了比赛。
30. B。因题目把这组新学生与前面一组学生进行比较，故用比较级。
