十几年前，社会上就流传着这样一句话：未来几年人类必须掌握的三大技能是英语、驾驶、计算机。精品小编准备了高二年级英语寒假作业本，具体请看以下内容。

1. The girl was seriously _______ when her hair _____________ as she was cooking the other day.

A. burnt, caught fire B. to burnt, catch fire

C. burning, catching fire D. burn, to catch fire

2. The voice was _____________ in the noise from the airplane.

A. expressed B. drowned C. wounded D. threatened

3. There was a _______ all over the country when SARS started to spread last year.

A. cheer B. alarm C. panic D. prosper

4. I saw his cut __________ onto the ground when I got home last night.

A. to bleed B. bleeding C. stress D. stressing

5. Two people passing by _________ the thief steal the lady's purse earlier this afternoon.

A. witnessed B. witnessed to be seen

C. witnessed seeing D. witnessed to see

6. How much you eat is important , but _____ you eat daily ______ more.

A. where , means B. what, counts C. how, minds D. why, values

7. The doctor recommended my father that he ________smoking and ____ more exercises to

keep fit.

A. stop, do B. stopped, did C. will stop, do D. should stop, did

8. We wish all the people from different cultural backgrounds could live _________ in the future.

A. in press B. in summary C. in harmony D. in willingness

9. Many people began to doubt whether________ God or not.

A. exists B. there exists C. it exists D. exists here

10. After the quarrel, he never went there again, ________ to explain.

A. or he ever wrote B. nor he ever wrote C. but did he write D. neither did he write

11. Only by practicing as much as you can, ________ to make progress in English.

A. you will be able to B. will you be able to

C. you can be able to D. can you be able to

12. There is ___________ to their building from the main street, so you have to go round about .

A. no issue B. no content C. no alternative D. no access

13. If the people get better educated and the world becomes less unfair, much of the poverty can be ____________.

A. worked out B. wiped out C. left out D. cleaned out

14. Not until ________ more about the situation, _______ improve it.

A. we learned, were we able to B. did we learn, we were able to

C. we learned, we were able to D. did we learn, were we able to

15. The children nowadays are well ___________ all kinds of harm by their parents and the teachers.

A. defended against B. defending from C. defended with D. to defend to

16. Not only _________ a place to have classes, but also _____ as a dinning room during lunch time.

A. our classroom is, is it used B. is our classroom, it is used

C. our classroom is , it is used D. is our classroom, is it used

17. I'll wait for you at our school gate, beside which _________ .

A. stands a tall red building B. a tall red building stand

C. is a tall red building standing D. a tall red building is standing

18. If I _______ you , I ________ treat my friend like that.

A. am , would not B. was , will not C. were , would not D. are, will not

19. I ______________ them when the accident happened, if I ____________ more about how to give first aid.

A. could help, knew B. could help, had known

C. could have helped, would know D. could have helped , knew

20. If I _____a chance to travel to the moon, I _______ back something from there.

A. have, will take B. had, would bring

C. would have, would have brought D. were to have, would have brought

21. Out __________ as soon as they heard the bell .

A. do the children rush B. did the children rush

C. the children rush D. rushed the children

22. You don't have to come with us, if you don't ___________.

A. want to do B. want to come with C. want to D. want to doing it

23. After they retired , they ____________ in Europe for a few months.

A. journeyed to B. traveled at C. knocked about D. voyaged around

24. It's too early to say that your team ________, there is still a chance to win.

A. was finished B. is beat C. will defeat D. is done for

25. Everybody was _________ by the earthquake which happened last week.

A. spotted B. terrified C. frightening D. fleeing

26. It was _________ that he should be seriously punished for what he did to the people.

A. urged B. upset C. whispered D. swear

27. While the policeman was examining the house, a drop of blood on the floor ____.

A. paid his attention B. drew his attention C. attract his attention D. enter his attention

28. He __________ to a comfortable position.

A. rolled over B. turned down C. kept up D. went upside down

29. _________ arrival, my uncle hugged Pompy and tried to give him courage.

A. At B. By C. With D. Upon

30. Never ________ that water is so precious before I read the article.

A. I realized B. realized I C. did I realize D. I did realize

31Last year the number of death increased by 2% _____ the year before last.

A. comparing to B. comparing with C. to compare with D. compared with

32If ____, please help him with it.

A. asked B. asking C. to ask D. to be asked

33Greatly moved by her words, ____.

A. tears came to his eyes B. he could hardly hold back his tears

B. tears could hardly be held back C . his eyes were filled with tears

34Peter's forecast ____ to be quite wrong. The price of the computer is much lower than he predicted.

A. broke out B. called out C. turned out D. went out

35It ____ talent and devotion to become a top dancer.

A. takes B. undertakes C. costs D. spends

36What's the ____ of phoning her again? She won't agree.

A. cause B. point C. interest D. use

37The hotel has improved facilities for ____. There are new lifts and wheelchair ramps(轮椅用的坡道).

A. a disable B. disables C. the disable D. the disabled

38There are a lot of spelling mistakes; ____ it's quite a good essay.

A. as though B. even though C. even if D. even so

39Dad likes this newspaper because it gives a ____.

A. balance view B. balancing view

C. balanced view D. view in the balance

40What ____ the experts most is the increasing level of pollution in our cities.

A. faces B. concerns C. bores D. relates

41This woman is always curious ____ something ____ has nothing to do with her.

A. with; that B. of; which C. about; that D. for; which

42____ is no doubt that he is quite fit for the job.

A. It B. He C. There D. Nothing

43There isn't any difference between the two. I really don't know ____.

A. what to choose B. to choose what

C. where to choose D. which to choose

44The bridge is too old, so it needs _____.

A. to repair B. repaired C. to be repaired D. repairs

45The news ____ he failed in the maths exam was rather ____.

A. which; disappointing B. which; disappointed

C. that; disappointed D. that; disappointing

46The girl is seriously ill. There is ____.

A. nothing to do but send for a doctor

B. something to do but to send for a doctor

C. nothing to do but to send for a doctor

D. anything to do but sending for a doctor

47--How do you like this garden?

--It's wonderful. I never dreamed of ____ such a quiet place in this noisy city