广东省广州市执信中学高三英语上学期期中试题
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2014-2015学年度第一学期
高三级英语科期中考试试卷
本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，共13页，满分为150分。考试用时120分钟。
注意事项：1、答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和学号填写在答题卡和答卷密封线内相应的位置上，用2B铅笔将自己的学号填涂在答题卡上。
2、选择题每小题选出答案后，有2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案；不能答在试卷上。
3、非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔在答卷纸上作答，答案必须写在答卷纸各题目指定区域内的相应位置上，超出指定区域的答案无效；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4、考生必须保持答题卡的整洁和平整。
第一部分 选择题（共90分）
一、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分, 满分15分）
1. Experiments of this kind ________ in both the U.S. and Europe long before the
Second World War.
A. conducted B. was conducted C. had been conducted D. had
conducted
2. No scientists can exactly figure out what ________ happened ________ at that time,
which caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
A. on earth; on the earth B. on the earth; on earth
C. on earth; on earth D. on the earth; on the earth
3. Food supplies in the earthquake area ________. We must act immediately before
there’s none left.
A. are being run out B. are running out
C. have run out D. have been run out
4. The coat ________ thin but ________.
A. is worn…is dried easy B. wears…dries easily
C. has worn…has dried easy D. wears…dries easy
5. It’s illegal for a public official to ask people for gifts or money ________
favors to them.
A. in preference to B. in place of C. in agreement with D. in
exchange for
6. — Why are your eyes so red? You ________ well last night.
— Yes, I stayed up late writing a report.
A. mustn’t have slept B. can’t have slept C. couldn’t sleep
D. might not sleep
7. My father ________ much importance to education. He will do his best to give me
that priceless gift.
A. pays B. applies C. attaches D. links
8. We’ve just moved into a bigger house and there’s a lot to do. Let’s ________ it.
A. keep up with B. do away with C. get down to D. look
forward to
9. It’s time that I ________ my hair cut. It’s the eighth time that I ________
to the barber’s shop.
A. will have; have gone B. had; go
C. have; went D. had; have gone
10. Miss Liu ________ as an accountant for 4 years in the company, and now she is
a general manager of it.
A. served B. has served C. serves D. was
serving
11. I suggest ________, considering the patient’s serious condition.
A. must send a doctor B. a doctor be sent for
C. a doctor to be sent D. sending a doctor for
12. Tom, our manager, ________ for America in two days and he has asked me to find
out when the earliest plane ________ next Sunday.
A. is to leave; is going to take off B. will leave; is taking off
C. is leaving; takes off D. leaves; will take off
13. The lecture, ________ at 7:00 pm last night, was followed by a discussion.
A. beginning B. began C. begun D. to begin
14. The workers’ appeal for increasing salary is worth ________.
A. considered B. considering C. to be considered D.being
considered
15. ________ we ________ the other road, we might have arrived here in time for the
meeting.
A. If; took B. Did; take C. If; should take D. Had;
taken
二、完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分, 满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-30各题所给的A、B、C和D选项中，选择最佳答案。
Although one might not agree because of some of the criticism of it, advertising
is essential to the kind of society in which people in the United Kingdom, and a
very 16 proportion of the world live. Advertising is necessary as a 17
of communicating with others, of telling them about the goods and services that are
offered, and of which most of them would never 18 to hear at all if it were
not for advertising. And advertising helps a great deal to promote a
19
standard of living.
In talking about advertising, one should not think only 20 a commercial
on television, or an advertisement in the newspapers or periodicals. In its widest
21 , advertising includes a host of other 22 such as packaging, shop
displays and — in the sense of communication — even the spoken word of the salesman.
23 , the roots of advertising are to be found in the market place.
For many years it was thought that it was enough to 24 goods and supply
services, it is only
more 25 that it has become increasingly understood that
the production of goods is a waste of resources 26 those goods can be sold at a fair price within a 27 time span. In the competitive society in which
we live, it is essential that we go out and sell what we have to offer, and advertising
plays an important role in this respect, whether selling at home or in 28
