中考英语重难点突破练习2（笔者原创）
1. He made up his mind to study _____ international law after going to _______ university when he was in high school.
A. an; / B. an; a C. the; / D. / ; the
此题选D。
他上高中的时候，去参观了一所大学, 从那之后他就下定决心要学习国际法这个专业。
“国际法”是个“专业”的名称，与English/ Chinese 等学科是一样的，所以是零冠词。go to university 上大学（身份是大学生）， 而go to the university 去大学（身份不是大学生）。他去参观大学的时候是高中生，所以应该用“go to the university”。
2. --- I can"t go to the restaurant because I"m on a tight budget. --- Don"t worry. It"s my_____.
A. time B. treat C. task D. taste
此题选B。
---我最近钱很紧，所以我就不跟你们一起去吃饭了。 ---没事的，今天我请客。
treat请客，招待。It"s my treat. 我请客。
3. He was bitterly disappointed at the result of the game although he tried to put on a brave face.
He had expected ____ to be much better.
A. one B. it C. this D. that
此题选B。
虽然他竭力强装欢笑，但是他对比赛结果极为失望，他原以为它会更好。
由句意可知，此处指代的是上文提到的比赛结果，是特指，故选B.
4. ______ Asian elephants and South China tigers have dropped greatly in the past few decades, which means we still have a long way to go to protect wild animals.
A. A number of B. The numbers of
C. Numbers of D. The number of
此题选B。
在过去的几十年里，亚洲象和华南虎的数量急剧减少，这意味着在保护野生动物方面，我们仍然有很长的路要走。
此题并不难，但学生容易被下列两个过于熟悉的知识点误导：a number of +复数名词，意为“许多”；the number of + 复数名词，意为“数量”，句子动词用三单。此题要注意主谓一致，“have dropped”,所以只能选B，不能选D。
5. _______ you’re here with us, I"m afraid you’d better follow our practice.
A.Though B. Unless C. Since D. Because
此题选C。
既然你现在和我们在一起，恐怕你最好还是听我们的。
此处“since”意为“既然”，practice意为“常规；惯例”。
6. --- Well, you’re _____ tired. Let"s call it a day.
--- But I still have quite _____ trouble with my writing.
A. not a bit; a bit B. not a bit of ; a little
C. not a little; a little bit of D. not a little bit; a little of
此题选C。
--- 好了，你很累了，今天到此为止吧。 --- 但我的写作还是有不少问题。
not a bit“一点也不”,可接形容词；not a bit of“一点也没有”，只能接名词；not a little“很，非常”，可接形容词；not a little bit = not a bit;故第一空只能排除选项B。trouble是名词，只能用a little或a (little) bit of 修饰。故此题选C。
7. They were told to remain______ in the meeting room_____ over 500 people.
A. sitting; seated B. sitting; seating C. seated; sitting D. seated; sat
此题选B。
在那个可容纳500多人的会议室里，他们被告知不要离开座位。
remain系动词，保持……状态，sitting = seated, 形容词，“remain sitting/seated”构成系表结构。seat，及物动词，意为“容纳”（sit无此意），seating和the meeting room是主谓关系，所以用现在分词（seating）表主动，做后置定语，修饰前面的the meeting room.
8. I really can"t thank my friends enough for helping me ______ all the difficulties on the way.
A. against B. through C. for D. about
此题选B。
我真的非常感谢我的朋友们一路上帮助我度过了所有的困难。
through意为“通过障碍（此处是指抽象概念：人生路上的障碍）；通过某个阶段（尤指艰难的阶段）”。
9. The boss, together with 20 workers _____ the meeting for over two hours up to now.
A. has begun B.have been on C.has had D. have been held
此题选C。
到目前为止，老板和20名工人已经开会两个多小时了。
句中有together with，谓语动词要与主语一致，故排除B/D。句中有for + 时间段，所以要用延续性动词，可排除A，故选C。
10. She returned a few moments later, only a paper cup _____ in her hand.
A. was holding B.was held C. holding D.held
此题选D。
过了一会儿她回来了，手里只拿着一个纸杯。
此题要注意两句话之间的逗号，而且两句话之间没有连词，逗号前的句子是一个完整的句子，所以判断此空只能用非谓语动词，故排除A/B。此处cup和hold是被动关系， held是动词的过去分词表被动，故选D。
若选C，则后半句要改为holding only a paper cup in her hand.此时she和hold是主动关系，holding是现在分词表主动。
若选B，可改为She returned a few moments later, but only a paper cup was held in her hand.或改为She returned a few moments later. Only a paper cup was held in her hand.
11. --- Andrew bought a big house and a new car, didn’t he? --- I’ve no idea. ______.
A.I don"t care also B.I don"t care neither C. Nor don’t I care D. Neither do I care
此题选D。
---安德鲁买了一幢大房子和一辆新车，是吗？ ---我不知道，我也不在意。
选项A若改为I don"t care either则对；选项B若改为I don"t care either.则对；选项C若改为Nor do I care.则对；故选D。
12. _____ Mary, a working mother, stressed, tired and rushed, really wanted to spend time with her kids, she found it was quite hard to balance work and life.
A. Since B. For C. As D. While
此题选D。
身为职场妈妈，压力大、疲惫不堪、总是匆匆忙忙的，虽然玛丽很想陪伴孩子，但她感到真得很难平衡工作和生活。
Mary really wanted to spend time with her kids.与She found it was quite hard to balance work and life.是转折关系，while此处意为“虽然”，故选D。句中a working mother做Mary的同位语，stressed, tired and rushed是形容词做主语补足语。
13. Robert moved to a new house last week, _______ he invited all of his friends.
A. to which B. to where C. for whom D. from which
此题选A。
罗伯特上周搬到了一所新房子，他邀请了所有的朋友去了那里。
此题考查非限制性定语从句。which指代a new house，invite sb. to some place邀请某人去某地，故选A。
14. Night falling, they lit a fire to ______ the cold.
A.take out B.keep out C. clean out D.look out
此题选B。
夜幕降临，他们点燃一堆火来驱走寒意。
A. take out 取出；去掉；B. keep out （使）留在外面; C. clean out 把……打扫干净；D. look out 当心。
15. ---The party has been canceled because of , you know, the new coronavirus（新型冠状病毒）.
---______ I"m looking forward to it.
A . With pleasure. B. What a shame !
C. Good idea. D. I"m sorry to hear that.
此题选B。
——因为新冠疫情，此次聚会被取消了。 —— 太遗憾了！我一直盼着这次聚会呢。
What a shame！意为“多可惜！真遗憾！”，千万不要从字面上理解为“多可耻”。此题不要误选D，I’m sorry to hear that.用于听到不好的消息后，去安慰别人或表达自己的同情之心。
