广东省普宁市华侨中学2015-2016学年高二上学期期中考试 英语试题
Ⅰ.单项填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
1. His experiments ended in _____, in other words, he was ______.
A. failure ; failure B. a failure ; failure
C. failure; a failure D. a failure ; fail
2.He sat back on the chair, listening to Mp4 and _____ at ease.
A. looking B. looked C. being looked D. to look
3. As a critic, his writing is far too ______.
A. attractive B. active C. ridiculous D. subjective
4.He was ____ with the long and _____ speech ,but he tried no to show it .
A.boring; bored B. bored; boring C. boring ; boring D. bored; bored
5.______ many times, he finally understood it .
A. Told B. Telling C. Having told D. Having been told
6. It was raining heavily. The girl felt cold and so she stood _____ to her mother.
A. close ; B. closely C. closed D. closing
7.Tom is famous _____ a writer ______ his popular books.
A. for;as B. for; for C. as ; as D. as ; for
8.The man dressed in black is standing there with his arms _____ his chest.
A . across B over C on D. through
9.----You were brave enough to say those remarks that _____ to offend some scholars.
---- Now , I have regret having said them .
A. are lovely B. is lovely C. is likely D. are likely
