高考英语不规则动词专项练习题

贵州省凯里一中 刘治豪 编辑整理

1. A _____________ (light) cigarette burned a hole in his clothes. 2. A woman next to me ________ (weep) silently, her head bowed. 3. A world depression would have _______ (sink) all boats.

4. After he was released he put the plans on paper and __________ (begin) producing his calculators in 1947.

5. After the earthquake only a few houses were ________ (leave) standing. 6. After the old gardener died, the garden ________ (grow) wild.

7. As she reached the age of thirty she _____________ (become) convinced she would remain single all her life

8. as the trees _________ (spread) across the globe, so did the early creatures. 9. Astonishingly, 43 per cent of those new riders said they had _________ (ride) during that week.

10. Be careful, you could end up by getting_______ (hurt).

11. But these days, poverty ___________ (strike) North Korea badly needs economic aid and Seoul wants better relations with Pyongyang to ease tensions.

12. By the time the fire-brigade arrived the fire had ___________(burn) itself out. 13. Day had __________ (break), and he cast his net for the last time. 14. Did you see his face when I _________ (show) him the falls

15. Government officials who travel on business are _________ (give) traveling allowances. 16. Half the fruit crop __________ (freeze) out in the sudden severe autumn. 17. He ________ (shoot) four people dead and fled across town. 18. He _________ (fall) behind when we were climbing the mountain. 19. He _________ (give) me a lot of help. I owed much to him.

20. He _________ (sell) very specialized equipment for the electronics industry. 21. He __________ (foresee) that it would rain before morning.

22. He ____________ (rewind) the tape and replayed a few bits and pieces. 23. He came in and _______ (sit) on the edge of the bed.

24. He didn't buy drugs, for example, but he did sell _________ (steal) jewellery. 25. He had lost weight and the suit ________ (hung) loosely on him.

26. He had never ___________ (forgive) her for reporting his shortcomings in front of his friends.

27. He has ________ (cast) her as an ambitious lawyer in his latest movie. 28. He has got through all the money me _________ (lend) him.

29. He hid his earnings in a pocket _________ (sew) into the inside of his pants. 30. He knocked the tiger about fiercely until it _______ (lie) dead.

31. He says Haiti’s children also need schools _________ (rebuild) and basic social services.

32. He told me the name of the salesman to ask for and I __________ (shake) his hand.

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33. He toured the United States in luxury Pullman cars, _________ (ride) the queen Elizabeth ocean liner to Europe and fended off offers from western banks.

34. He was _________ (choose) as President because he was a fully qualified, charismatic statesman.

35. He was _________ (freeze) to death on a snowing night. 36. He was _________ (hung) for his crimes.

37. He_________ (read) books until midnight last night.

38. His mind was at ease and he ________ (feel) confident in the future.

39. His only way of dealing with his problems was to go out and get ________ (drink) 40. How much money have you ________ (pay) him since your husband died 41. I _______ (shut) my book and opened the window to look out. 42. I declare to you that I have never ________ (lie) about the affair.

43. I didn't think you ___________ (mean) that seriously; I thought you were teasing. 44. I don't know why I feel so _______ (feed) up this morning.

45. I dreamed of the sky of my childhood when I ______ (sleep) under the stars and counted through my dreams.

46. I never knew a chick could get so __________ (wind) up on a bike. 47. I shall seek this man, as I have _________ (seek) truth in books. 48. I still have a ring I ________ (steal) as a teenager.

49. I was _________ (wake) up at some unearthly hour of the morning by someone knocking on my door.

50. I was completely attracted by that car. And I swore that one day I, too, would own one.

51. I was only able to make these moves because I __________ (overcome) my shyness and learned to be confident.

52. If two people or two groups of people are ________ (swear) enemies, they dislike each other very much

53. If you are ________ (bite) by a snake or a small insect, it makes a mark or hole in your skin, and often causes the surrounding area of your skin to become painful or itchy 54. If you get _______ (lose), you do not know where you are or are unable to find your way.

55. If you get a larger size, it will fit you even after it has _________ (shrink). 56. If you have never _______ (swim), then you really should have a go.

57. If you wonder what has _________ (become) of someone or something, you wonder where they are and what has happened to them

58. I'm glad that ridiculous plan has finally been _________ (lay) to rest. 59. In a little over two hours, the titanic filled with water and _______ (sink). 60. In many countries, confidence in the local currency has been severely __________ (shake).

61. Increased consumption of water has ________ (lead) to rapid depletion of groundwater reserves.

62. It is difficult to relate these results with any ___________ (know) cause.

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63. It is possible that the card has already been ________ (tear) beyond repair . It was surprising the government was re-elected, __________ (give) that they had raised taxes so much.

65. Its significance is lost if it is not heard _______ (sing) and seen acted. 66. Jack would not have ________ (hit) the boy without provocation.

67. Jane let out where she had ___________ (hide) her father's birthday present. 68. John passed through a difficult period shortly after his marriage_________ (break) down.

69. Just then a friend __________ (drive) up and gave me a ride. 70. Last night's storm ___________ (bring) several trees to the ground. 71. Let me read that over. I must have _______________ (mistake) the name. 72. Mary placed her sewing aside when the telephone rang

73. Medicine should not be __________ (keep) where it is accessible to children. 77. My wife tried to stop them and they _________ (beat) her. 75. Nothing is concrete, nothing is _______ (set) in stone. 76. Rivers are being increasingly _________ (make) use of by man.

77. Science __________ (seek) an effective method of containing the disease. 78. She ________ (sing) and we clapped. She joked and we laughed. 79. She ________ (spend) lots of money on books last year.

80. She _________ (write) to him during basic training and decided to give Ian a chance. 81. She __________ (fight) down her excitement and went on with her work. 82. She _____________ (withdraw) her previous remarks, and apologized. 83. She has _________ (fall) in love with a man half her age. 84. She hesitated, and then _______ (put) her hand on Grace's arm 85. She tried to sell the shares as the stock _______ (slide) to$ 32. 86. She was totally crazy! She almost ________ (tear) my head off.

87. She was very creative and talented and __________ (speak) a lot of languages. 88. Since then the youth-unemployment rate has ________ (rise) by over a third. . Smoking is _____________ (forbid) here. Please put your cigarette out.

90. So at the end of this exhausting day, I ________ (swim) long at the village pool and then went home to sleep.

91. Some confusion has __________ (arise) as a result of the new system. 92. Something in me had been ___________ (awake).

93. Suddenly the kids, who had been eavesdropping, _________ (fly) into the room. 94. Thanks for reminding. I've ____________ (forget) all about his coming this afternoon. 95. That stupid lorry driver has _________ (go) and jammed our car in.

96. The __________ (write) constitution of the United States was adopted in 1787. 97. The banquet is being _________ (hold) in an atmosphere of friendship and cordiality. 98. The candles on the Christmas tree ________ (light) up the room. 99. The chemist has ________ (win) worldwide recognition.

100. The children _________ (eat) until no food remained on the table. 101. The company has ___________ (grow) rapidly in the last five years.

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102. The decision has _______ (split) some families.

103. The girl had hardly _______ (ring) the bell before the door was opened suddenly, and

her friend rushed out to greet her.

104. The more they are _________________ (understand), the more mysterious they become 105. the most serious violent incident came when people __________ (throw) stones at

opposition leader

106. The night before the test I was ____________ (overcome) by fear and despair 107. The play will be _________ (show) again in the Beijing theatre, on September 25. 108. The proposals are an attempt to get the country _______ (rid) of political corruption. 109. The remains of the meal were ________ (feed) to the dog.

110. The sun that ________ (shine) on the British Empire had passed midday.

111. The tomato is technically a fruit, although it is ________ (eat) as a vegetable. 112. The train _________ (draw) in and all the passengers got off.

113. The union decided to stop out until their demands were ________ (meet). 114. These are Grimm’s fairy tales __________ (retell) in English. 115. They _______ (dig) in and waited for the enemy's attack. 116. They _________ (hide) themselves in the mountain for half a year.

117. They are________ (send) abroad because the Chinese firms they work for are expanding. 118. They have__________ (begin) to piece together the whole history of the universe, from

the big bang to the present day.

119. They waited until the moon _______ (rise).

120. They were _________ (beat) to death with baseball bats 121. This part of the hospital was _________ (build) on later.

122. To investigate that, they_______ (run) a follow-up experiment which had two different

descriptions of the dead David

123. Tom used to be very ____________ (withdraw) but he's really come out of his shell

since Susan took an interest in him.

124. We _______ (sow) our vegetable seeds yesterday.

125. We asked about our pilot after he had _________ (fly) over the enemy's land. 126. We have _________ (deal) with that firm for many years.

127. We have not always been ___________ (teach) to think for ourselves. 128. We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only ________ (hear). 129. We sought long and hard but ________ (find) no answer.

130. What is the most difficult task you have _____________ (undertake) 131. Wheels are in a machine _________ (drive) by an endless belt.

132. When I ________ (arise) from the chair, my father and Eleanor's father were in deep

conversation

133. When I _________ (awake), I found the ship devoid of all crew. 134. When I entered the room, the clock ________ (strike) five.

135. When the bombing started, the population ________ (flee) to places of safety. 136. When was the last time you ________ (sweep) a room

137. While cleaning his shotgun he had accidentally _________ (blow) his own brains out

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138. Why would you hire someone who _______ (bid) higher than me

139. Within months the family had _________ (take) back control of the company and the

investors had earned returns of more than 50%.

140. You ____________ (mistake) when you thought I laughed at you. 141. You have _________ (throw) the same face as I make any money, is it 142. You have certainly ________ (catch) the sun today. Your nose is red.

143. You know who ________ (stick) him with a knife last night 144. You've became quiet since you ___________ (quit) baseball.

145. Tom _______(lie) on the ground and _______ (lie) to me yesterday that his hen had_______ (lay)ten eggs.

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