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温州中学二○○九学年第一学期期中考试 高三英语试卷 本试题卷分第I卷选择题和第II卷非选择题两部分。满分120分，考试时间120分钟。 请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂、写在答题纸上。 第I卷(共80分) 第一部分：英语知识 （共两节，满分30分） 第一节：单项填空（共30小题 ;每小题0.5分，满分15分） 从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。 1. Sad to say, nowadays many people are still in ______ habit of writing silly things in _______ public places. A. the；the B. /; / C. the; / D. /; the 2. ______ on-going conflict between white people and the local Indians is still ______ major concern of the country. A. The; / B. The; a C. An; the D. An, / 3. The little naughty boy won’t keep ______ while I take a photo for him. A. calm B. quiet C. still D. silent 4. –Excuse me, Mr. Premier, will you ______ me a few minutes? –I am afraid not, I am quite busy now. A. share B. spare C. save D. spend 5. Obama’s father was among the first to settle in ______ is known as the most fantastic tourist attraction—Hawaii. A. where B. what C. which D. that 6. The female scientist devoted herself ______ to her research and it earned her the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2009. A. strongly B. extremely C. entirely D. very 7. What a pity! The car ran out of sight before I could ______ its number. A. get across B. get off C. set aside D. set down 8. According to a recent research, many teenagers have no dreams ______ to lead a comfortable life. A. rather than B. more than C. other than D. less than
9. ______ true events, the film follows the life of Ali, a world famous boxer in the US. A. Being based on B. Basing on C. Based on D. Having based on 10. For many cities in the world, there is no room to spread out further, ______ Shanghai is a typical example. A. of which B. in which C. for which D. from which 11. –Do you think Bill is coming to attend the conference? –Absolutely. I have ______ him to. A. supposed B. advised C. persuaded D. suggested 12. His physical strength as well as patience had almost ________ when the rescue team finally found him in the jungle. A. given off B. given in C. given up D. given out 13. –My son has got a straight A in all his final exams. –What a ______ boy! Congratulations! A. promising B. predictable C. eager D. curious 14. According to the recent research, heavy coffee drinking is not necessarily the ______of heart attack. A. reason B. way C. fact D. cause 15. He stopped his work, _____ on the radio and began to listen to the music. A. turned B. to turn C. having turned D. turning 16. There are 51 students in Class 3, _____ failed in the test, which made the teacher quite excited. A. all of who B. all of them C. none of whom D. none of them 17. Don’t ______ any excuse for your failing in the exam this time. We won’t believe you.http://www.7caiedu.cn/ A. put up B. show up C. make up D. keep uphttp://www.7caiedu.cn/ 18. My wife bought a pair of trousers for only 10 dollars yesterday; it was a real______. A. exchange B. bargain C. trade D. business 19. With the government’s aid those ______ by the earthquake have moved to the new settlements. A. affect B. affecting C. affected D. were affected 20. —I told you that he would come to see you. —Actually I had little doubt _____ it was true. A. whether B. that C. since D. if 21. Rainforests _____ and burned at such a speed that they will disappear from the earth in the near future. A. cut down B. are cut down C. are being cut down D. had been cut down 22. His plan got approved, even though the majority didn’t ______ his point of view. A. permit B. share C. agree D. recognize 23. –Tina plays the violin ______, if not better than, Catherine. –I can’t agree with you more. A. as well B. as well as C. so well D. so well as 24. To the great ______ of the family, the missing child returned home, safe and sound. A. relief B. sorrow C. anxiety D. sadness 25. It is ______ any wonder that he always comes out first in the exams as he devotes most of his time to study. A. no B. such C. nearly D. hardly 26. A man with a bleeding hand hurried in and asked, “Is there a hospital around ______ I can get some medicine for my wounded hand?” A. where B. which C. that D. what 27. To our great disappointment, the dinner was not such a good one ______ she had promised us. A. like B. that C. which D. as 28. If the man is only interested in your looks, _____ just shows how shallow he is. A. as B. which C. what D. that 29. –Can I help you, sir? –I’d like a sandwich and a cold cola. How much do you __________? A. offer B. charge C. afford D. spend 30. –Have you been informed of the final result? –Not yet. The test papers ______. A. are marking B. are marked C. are being marked D. are being marking
第二节：完形填空（共20小题; 每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31～50各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。 A kindergarten teacher let her class play a game. She told each child in the class to bring along a plastic bag 31 a few potatoes. Each
