2014高考英语模拟,2014年英语高考题全国卷

　1. After dinner the minister made a short ___to the guests.

A. talk B. pronunciation C. conversation D. speech

2. Those are very pleasant rooms. How much do you __them?

A. want B. demand C. ask for D. ask

3. A mistake is not serious unless it is _____.

A. made B. well-known C. great D. repeated

4. He ___live in the country than in the city.

A. prefers to B. likes to C. had better D. would rather

5. You can _____my surprise when I heard the news.

A. suppose B. see C. imagine D. believe

6. Peter begged his neighbour to ____him twenty pounds until the weekend.

A. lend B. supply C. borrow D. give

7. I have always ___you my best friend.

A. regard B. considered C. trusted D. found

8. I sat near the entrance for a long time ___him, but he didn’t arrive.

A. expecting B. waiting C. hoping D. wanting

9. Looking for new ways to do old jobs means _______.

A. work B. goodness C. success D. progress

10. Bats do not see well. Instead, they ____where they are going.

A. smell B. listen to C. watch D. ask

11. I’m __to get the tickets for the show, as there are hardly any left.

A. worried B. anxious C. after D. troubled

12. The more you ____things to chance, the less chance there is for you.

A. leave B. have C. take D. put

13. This year the farmers were just able to gather in the _____before the fine weather came to an end.

A. fields B. plants C. seeds D. harvest

14. His ____of the plane was correct and could really fly.

A. shape B. pattern C. design D. model

15. He left in such a hurry that I ____had time to speak to him.

A. hardly B. almost C. even D. nearly