2019年成人高考高起点《英语》模拟试题及答案（12）

　　单选题

　　1.What he has done can be praised as a real ___A__.

　　A.adventure

　　2.Mid-autumn Festival is round the __D___ and everyone looks excited.

　　D.corner

　　3."If I hadn't practiced when I was younger," the musician says, "I __A___ able to play so well now."

　　A.wouldn't be

　　4.As soon as he succeeded in stealing, the thief ran into the crowd and __D___.

　　D.vanished

　　5.Homer sat __C___ the dry candy while the Mexican woman talked.

　　C.chewing

　　6.The flock of geese was flying through the sky in perfect formation following __A___ leader.

　　A.its

　　7.Everything __D___ if Albert hadn't called the fire brigade.

　　D.would have been destroyed

　　8.My hand was hurt. Could you do __A___ typing for me?

　　A.some

　　9.___D__ a half hour at lunchtime, there were no breaks in the day to relieve the boring work.

　　D.Except

　　10.Vingo and his family ___A__ in Brunswick, just before Jacksonville.

　　A.used to live

　　11.I slept through her __D___ speech.

　　D.dull

　　12.He is very ___A__ to call on me this afternoon.

　　A.likely

　　13.He was caught parking his car in a wrong place and was fined $ 10 on the __B___.

　　B.spot

　　14.Sam set out to improve __A___ at the shirt factory, but he failed at last.

　　A.efficiency

　　15.Once you ___B__ the knack of it, you will have no further difficulty.

　　B.had had

　　16.The young man is swift __A___ anger.

　　A.to

　　17.Jane had never married again, but had seemed __D___ to live with her daughter.

　　D.content

　　18.That so many advances have been made in __C___ is the most valid argument for retaining the research unit.

　　C.such a short time

　　19.He could see that she ___C__ patient all her life.

　　C.had been

　　20.With __A___ fingers she tore the letter from her husband into little bits.

　　A.trembling

　　21.I should say I come at the __B___ time; I really didn't know you were so busy.

　　B.wrong

　　22.A compass __A___ the captain of a ship to find his direction and keep in the right direction.

　　A.enables

　　23.He got gradually __D___ in the case, though he didn't intend to originally.

　　D.involved

　　24.We must keep away from some __D___, for they will do harm to our health.

　　D.chemicals

　　25.The woman began to sob when Homer was sitting there. He really wanted to get __D___ and run.

　　D.up

　　26.There is a deep love between the young couple __C___ in understanding and support.

　　C.rooted

　　27.He scarcely knew a word of French, __B___?

　　B.did he

　　28.The rocket will weigh about 200 tons when __B___.

　　B.completed

　　29.No one can prove that the earth __C___ not round.

　　C.is

　　30.I shall tell you what he __C___ at three o'clock yesterday afternoon.

　　C.was doing

　　31.When I got there, the train had already __C___ out of the station.

　　C.pulled

　　32.He was just about to jump up when he felt something __C___ near his feet.

　　C.moving

　　33.Now that you __D___, what are you going to do?

　　D.have returned

　　34.At sixty-five Chichester decided to sail __C___ round the world.

　　C.single-handed

　　35.The _____ mother beat her son black and blue, for the boy had said so many __B___ words.

　　B.annoyed … annoying

　　36.You should not be so angry. Anyway, I have only made a __C___ mistake.

　　C.minor