2009年高考英语单项选择解题技巧十三招

1.It is______any wonder that his friend doesn't like watching television much.(广东)
A. no    B. such       C. nearly     D. hardly

第一招：找准关键词语

此题的关键词是any, 因为any常用于疑问句、否定句或条件句中,而此句不是疑问句，也不是条件句,所以应该是否定句。no本身就相当于not any，于是排除A。.因此，正确答案D(hardly=almost not)。
2.This is the main use that the scientists make______natural resources.
A. in     B. up of         C. from           D. of

第二招：分析句子结构

有些试题的考本来十分简单,但命题者却通过使用定语从句,或者将我们十分熟悉的固定词组有意拆开,重新组合,使我们在结构上产生错觉。that the scientists make…是定语从句,关系代词that是代表先行词use的,将其置入定语从句中,就得到that the scientists make use..显然是考查make use of 这一词组。正确答案是D。
3.---Mr. Wang ,whom would you rather ______ the important  meeting?
  ---Tom.
A. have attend   ' B. have attended    C. having attend     D. have to attend

第三招：适当转换句式

有时将题干的句式转换成自己更熟悉的句式，就很容易选出正确答案。如：将疑问句、强调句、感叹句或倒装句改为陈述句，将被动句改为主动句，将无序句调整为正常句。此题若将疑问句改为陈述句，就是I have Tom attend the important  meeting。其中would rather 后必须跟动词原形，have sb do sth。所以选A。
4.---What do you think made Mary so upset?
  --- ______her new bike.(上海）
A. Lost   B. As she lost  C. Losing  D. Because of losing

第四招：补全省略成分

口语中会使用一些省略句，作题是若将被省略的成分补充完整，答案就会一目了然。此题将答句补全，就是    her new bike made Mary so upset。显然，只能选C，用动名词作主语。
5.We agree to accept______they thought was the best tourist guide.
A. whichever   B. whoever  C. whatever  D. whomever

第五招：删除干扰部分

就是将起干扰作用的定语从句、介词短语或插入语，如I think/ suppose/believe，do you think/ suppose/believe， you know，of course等删除，从而更容易地选出正确答案。此题去掉插入语they thought ，可知宾语从句缺主语，又能与the best tourist guide 搭配的，只有答案B。
6.---English has a large vocabulary,hasn't it?
 ---Yes. ______ more words and expressions and you will find it easier to read and communicate.(上海）
A. Know    B. Knowing   C. To know    D. Known

第六招：利用对称结构

就是在作题的过程中要善于利用and, but等并列连词。若前面是个句子，后面也是个句子，反之亦然；若连接的是几个动词，这几个动词也必定是同一时态或同一形式。此题第二个and后面是个句子，所以前面也必定是一个句子，但是前面这个句子没有主语，只能选用动词原形，构成一个祈使句，因此答案是A。
又如：On Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Green went to the market, ______some bananas and visited her cousin.
A. bought    B. buying    C. to buy     D. buy
7.There are eight tips in Dr.Roger’s lecture on sleep, and one of them is:______to bed early unless you think it is necessary.(重庆）
A. doesn’t go  B. not to go  C. not going  D. don’t go

第七招：注意标点符号

标点有时对我们作题有提示的作用。此题很容易选B,认为是不定式做表语。其实冒号已经表明后面是Dr.Roger讲的原话，这原话应当是个句子，只有选D才构成一个否定的祈使句。
又如：He is always really rude, ______is why people tend to avoid him.
A. that    B. it     C. this    D. which
此题很容易选A，因为同学们很熟悉that is why…这个句型，而事实上此题的答案是D，因为两个句子之间是逗号，又无连词，因此是个复合句，所以要用which引导一个非限制定语从句。若将逗号改成and，答案就是A了。
8.Mr. Smith used to smoke ______ but he has given it up.(天津)
A. seriously  B. heavily   C. badly   D. hardly

第八招:熟记固定搭配

在平时的学习中注意积累一些常见的固定句式、动词与副词的搭配、名词和形容词的搭配等。因为指烟瘾或酒瘾很重，要用heavy或heavily ，此外，雨雪下得“大”、烟雾“浓”、交通“拥挤”、波涛“汹涌”等，也用heavy。

9.Everyone here will thank the firefighter for the things they have done to prevent fires______the environment safer.
A. make   B. to making   C. to make  D. from making

第九招： 消除思维定势

有些试题的题干，看上去好象就是固定搭配，我们高兴地完成以后，结果却做错了。要从句子结构上或者句子意思上分析，以免步入命题者设计的陷阱。此题容易误选D，以为是考查prevent sb. /sth. from doing 这一固定搭配的。其实，“使环境更安全”是“他们为防火所做的工作”的目的，所以用动词不定式，选C。
10.He wrote five novels, two of ______translated into English.
A. it     B. them     C. which     D. that

第十招： 检查有无谓语

有时看似有两个句子，于是就选连词，正好掉进命题人设计的陷阱。事实上，有时貌似句子的“句子”却没有谓语，其中的动词只是一个非谓语动词（多为 分词）。此题很容易误选C，以为后面是非限制性定语从句。事实上， translated是过去分词，而不是谓语动词，后面不是句子，无须连词，所以答案是B。若在translated前加上were，were  translated就是谓语，这时就 选连词which。
11.If an excellent Chinese novel is translated into English, ______means many more people in the world can enjoy it.
A. as      B. which    C. what    D. that

第十一招： 查看有无连词

若经查实，前后的确是两个句子，就要看其中一个分句是否已经用了连词。若已经用了连词，一般不选连词，若没有用连词，就一定要选连词。此题已有连词If，选D，若没有If，就选B， which引导一个非限制性定语从句。
12. ______is known to everyboby, light travels much faster than sound.
A. It     B. As      C. That      D. What
   ______is known to everyboby that light travels much faster than sound.

第十二招：识别相似句型

有的句型十分相似，若不仔细分辨，很容易出错。此题选B，as引导一个非限定性定语从句，先行词是后面整个句子。若将逗号改为that，就选A，it是形式主语， that引导主语从句；若又在that前加个is，则应选D，what引导的是主语从句， that引导的是表语从句。
13. I  agree with  most of what you said, but I don‘t agree with ______.
A. everything   B. anything   C. something   D. nothing

第十三招：正确把握语境

有时孤立地看留空格的那个句子，好象多个答案都可以，但与上下句的意思联系起来，就会发现问题。因此，做题时一定要把握语境。此题答案选A。B答案的意思是I don‘t agree with anything 等于I agree with nothing 。这就与前一分句的意思发生矛盾了。

小试牛刀：
1.Which do you enjoy ______ your spare time playing cards at home or taking a walk in the park?
A. spending  B. to spend   C. spent   D. spend
2.We must prevent the air pollution ______. 
A. living better    B. live better    C. to live better       D. live well
3.The day he was looking forward to ______ at last.
 A. came        B. come      C. coming   D. have come
4.Don’t take the medicine, it can’t help______rid of your cold.
A. getting  B. to get  C. to getting  D. gets
5.She told us______she had done.
A. all what  B. all which  C. all those  D. all of it
6.I don’t think Jack saw me, he______into space.
A. just stared      B. was just staring     C. has just stared     D. had just stared
7.-Susan,go and join your sister cleaning the yard.
 -Why______?John is sitting there doing nothing.
A. him     B. he     C.I      D. me
8.Shirley______a book about China last year but I don’t know whether she has finished it.
A. has written  B. wrote  C. had written   D. was writing
9.My mind wasn’t on what he was saying so. I’m afraid I ______half of it.
A. was missing  B. had missed  C. will miss  D. missed
10.I must be getting fat---I can______do my trousers up.
A. fairly     B. hardly    C. nearly     D. seldom

11.It was not a serious illness, and she soon ______it.
A. got over    B. got on with    C. got round     D. got out of
12.The  number of people present at the corner was ______ than expected. There were many tickets left.
A. much smaller    B. much more    C. much larger    D. many more
13.---You were out when I dropped in at your house.
 ---Oh, I ______ for a friend from English at the airport.
A. was waiting   B. had waited  C. am waiting  D. have waited