2012学年第二学期徐汇区学习能力诊断卷
高三年级英语学科
（考试时间120分钟，满分150分）2013.4
第一卷
听力（略）
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions:Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
25. Your generous donation can make a huge difference ______ the life of those living below the poverty
line.
A. from
B. on
C. to
D. of
26. I thought the journey would be simple, but ______ could be further from the truth.
A. anything
B. something
C. nothing
D. any thing
27. Well known for their amazing strength, ants can lift ______.
A. heavier than 50 times their own weight
B. 50 times heavy as their own weight
C. 50 times heavy than their own weight
D. 50 times their own weight
28. Though he ______ many times, he still had no idea of this complicated concept.
A. had told
B. have been told
C. had been told
D. has told
29. The Guinness World Records recognized 30-year-old Jessica Cox the first person without arms
______ an airplane.
A. flying
B. flew
C. having flown
D. to fly
30. During my journey, I started thinking about how difficult it ______ to travel before cars, trains and
planes made our lives so much easier.
A. needn‘t have been
B. shouldn‘t have been
C. must have been
D. should have been
31. Such great progress ______ in English so far that his friends can hardly believe that.
A. has Jack made
B. Jack has made
C. does Jack make
D. Jack makes
32. Lost in Thailand made people laugh and ______ them without big, expensive effects.
A. entertains
B. entertained
C. was entertaining
D. had
entertained
33. ______ there is nothing wrong with fast food, our health is more important than our desire to finish
eating as quickly as possible.
A. Once
B. While
C. As
D. Since
34. ______ of the current news, whether it is domestic or overseas, is his daily routine.
A. Being informed
B. Informed
C. Informing
D. Having been informed
35. The sight or even thought of snakes may give you a horrible feeling, but there are a few exceptions
______ prove snakes are not always associated with horror.
A. which
B. where
C. to which
D. what
36. Quantities of precious jewelry, ______ buried deep in the earth, amazed all the people present.
A. was found
B. were found
C. to be found
D. found
37. Around 2000 years ago, many merchants travelled along ______ became known as the Silk Road.
A. where
B. what
C. that
D. which
38. It was while Chaplin was travelling with a group of other performers in the USA ______ he was
given a chance to be in a film.
