09学年高三第一次月考英语卷

1 2009学年杭州二中高三年级第一次月考英语试卷 2009. 10

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共120分，考试时间120分钟。

命题：高三备课组

第一卷（两部分，共75分）

第一部分： (共两节，满分30分)

第一节: 单项填空(共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. ______ vivid picture describes ______ very common phenomenon in our society.

A. The, / B. The, a C. A, the D. A, /

2. Novels are often ______ for the stage, television and radio.

A. adopted B. accepted C. translated D. adapted

3. I find it astonishing that he ______ be so rude to us. I ______ make a complaint to his company.

A. could, must B. should, shall C. shall, should D. dare; have to

4. What a pity! I missed meeting my boss at the airport because my car was ______ in the traffic jam.

A. broken up B. kept away C. held up D. kept up

5. The quality of some of our products has left much ______ and we must take measures to improve them.

A. to desire B. being desire C. desired D. to be desired

6. The news spread quickly all over the world ______ Michael Jackson died a sudden death.

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

7. His mother suggested he ______ to see the doctor, because his pale face suggested he ______ ill.

A. would go, had been B. go, was C. went, had been D. must go, was

8. We stopped on our way to London for ______.

A. an or two hours B. an and two hours C. one hour or two D. one or two hours

9. --- I think the Internet is playing an important role in our daily life. Don’t you think so?

--- Yes, ______.

A. Great minds think alike B. Early birds catch worms

C. Facts speak louder than words D. No pains, no gains

10. Doctors warn people that one may develop skin cancer with his skin ______ to the sun too much.

A. exposes B. exposing C. exposed D. being exposed

11. One side of the board should be painted yellow, and ______

A. the other is white B. another white C. the other white D. another is white

12. ______, and you’ll get a better result next time.

A. If you spare no effort B. Making every effort

C. Once you make great efforts D. A bit more efforts

13. When we finally ______ to get home after the tiring long journey we could hardly move a step farther.

A. tried B. succeeded C. attempted D. managed

14. I have never seen ______ Guilin before.

A. so beautiful a place as B. so a beautiful place so C. as beautiful a place so D. so a beautiful place as

15. The film star has asked ______ but the journalists just keep following him wherever he goes.

A. to be left alone B. left alone C. to leave alone D. being left

16. Mr. White works as a journalist now, but he ______ in a high school for several years.

A. has worked B. worked C. had worked D. had been worked

17. I’m planning to hold a party in the open air, but I can make no ______ because it depends on the weather. 2 A. mistake B. guarantees C. decision D. words

18. ______ I’m willing to help, I do not have much time available.

A. Since B. When C. While D. Unless

19. Is there a shop around ______ we can get some fruit?

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

20. --- Oh, we ______ you at long last.

--- But is there anything that I can do for you? I don’t think I know you.

A. found B. have found C. are to find D. have been finding

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分， 满分20分）

阅读下面的短文，从短文所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late

thirties that I made this important ___21___: giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry

if you ___22___ money.

This is how I ___23___ with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood

store ___24___ to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the ___25___. If an accident takes place, the ___26___

of which I think the local police could use, I ___27___ him up and tell him about it, though I am not in ___28___

here. One discovery I made about this world is to give ___29___ getting something back, though the ___30___

often comes in an unexpected form.

One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important ___31___ letter to my home, though it was

___32___ to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of ___33___. More than a year later I needed a

post-office box for a new business I was ___34___. I was told at the window that there were ___35___ boxes left,

and that my name would have to go on a long ___36___ list. As I was about to ___37___, the postmaster appeared

in the ___38___. ―Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your

home?‖ I said it was. ―Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office ___39___ we make one for