《高中英语》

　　一、单项选择题(本大题共 30 小题，每小题 2 分，共 60 分)

　　在每小题列出的四个备选项中选择一个最佳答案，错选、多选或未选均无分。

　　1. --- Why was the suspect set free?　--- For lack of _____ evidence.

　　A. solid B. apparent C. ambiguous D. concrete

　　2. _____ we know that diligent ants live in a highly organized society, it does nothing to prevent us from　being filled with disgust when we find they are crawling over a carefully prepared picnic lunch.

　　A. Unless B. While C. Provided that D. Where

　　3. — Would you like tea or coffee? — _____, just a cup of water.

　　A. Either B. Both C. Neither D. Each

　　4. —Catherine, I have cleaned the room for you. —Thanks. You _____ it. I could manage it myself.

　　A. needn’t do B. needn’t have done

　　C. mustn’t do D. shouldn’t have done

　　5. We’ll get you informed of the meeting the moment the manager becomes _____.

　　A. accessible B. useful C. available D. convenient

　　6. There are different types of affixes or morphemes. The affix “ed” in the word “learned” is known as a(n) _____.

　　A. derivational morpheme B. free morpheme

　　C. inflectional morpheme D. free form

　　7. “I bought some roses” _____ “I bought some flowers”.

　　A. entails B. presupposes

　　C. is inconsistent with D. is synonymous with

　　8. The English word “impossible” is composed of _____ morphemes.

　　A. one B. two C. three D. four

　　9. Both syntax and semantics are the branches of linguistics, the former studies the rules governing the　combination of words into sentences, the latter studies _____.

　　A. the form of words B. the meaning of language

　　C. the sound patterns of language D. the change of language

　　10. A syllable is a part of a word which contains a _____ and is pronounced as a unit.

　　A. consonant B. vowel C. phoneme D. pitch