高中英语试卷

高中英语试卷 一、单选题（共17题；共34分）

1. ( 2分 ) —Did you do well in the math examination yesterday?

—I'm afraid not. Some problems were not as easy as they________．

A. supposed B. supposed to be C. were supposed to be D. were supposed to 2. ( 2分 ) We may find that learning a foreign language does not have to be______learning our mother tongue,

but can in fact be twice_______．

A. twice as hard as; as easy as B. as twice hard as; as easy

C. twice as hard as; as easy D. as twice hard; as easy as

3. ( 2分 ) Students often think________their holiday is, ________they will have.

A. the long; the fun B. the longest; the funniest C. the longer; the more fun D. longer; funnier

4. ( 2分 ) Mr Brown gave me a very valuable present, ________that I have never seen.

A. the one B. it C. one D. which

5. ( 2分 ) The________expression on his face suggested that he was________at the extraordinary beauty of the

picture.

A. astonished; astonished B. astonishing; astonished

C. astonished; astonishing D. astonishing; astonishing

6. ( 2分 ) What are you doing out of bed, Tom? You're________to be asleep. A. supposed B. known C. thought D. considered

7. ( 2分 ) It may have been unusually cold recently but experts say it's________for this time of year.

A. normal B. formal C. ordinary D. common

8. ( 2分 ) Yao Ming wants to set up a Hope Project School, ________poor children in remote areas to receive

education.

A. aims at helping B. aiming at helping C. aims to helping D. aimed to help

9. ( 2分 ) —Let's go to the park tomorrow morning.

—Sorry, I've got an important appointment at 9 o'clock and I can't _____to miss it. A. manage B. help C. wait D. afford

10. ( 2分 ) With Christmas________, they found an approach________the problem. A. approach; in B. approaching; to C. approached; of D. to approach; with

11. ( 2分 ) What our school ________ is that more than 60% of the students can enter the famous universities

every year.

A. is tired of B. takes proud in C. is proud of D. is short of

12. ( 2分 ) —I've studied gardening as a hobby. Could I make some suggestions?

— ________． A. Go ahead B. You will make it C. Don't mention it D. Take it easy

13. ( 2分 ) —What was the party like?

—Wonderful. It is years________I enjoyed myself so much. A. after B. when C. before D. since

14. ( 2分 ) They are planning to tear down these apartments and________an office building here. A. put away B. put off C. put up D. put down

15. ( 2分 ) The president spoke at the business meeting for nearly an hour without________his notes.

A. bringing up B. referring to C. looking for D. trying on

16. ( 2分 ) Shelly prepared carefully for the exam________she could be sure of passing it at the first attempt.

A. even if B. in case C. so that D. now that

17. ( 2分 ) As a child, Jack studied in a village school, _______ is named after his grandfather.

A. which B. where C. what D. that

二、填空题（共1题；共10分）

18. ( 10分 ) 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Louisinvited his friends to lunch one day. He was cooking some delicious food in thekitchen. Suddenly,

he________(find)that he had run out of salt. So Louis called to his son, “Go to the village andbuy some salt, but

pay a fair price for it: neither too much ________too little.”

Hisson looked surprised. “I can understand why I shouldn't pay too much, Father,but if I can pay