2012届杨浦区高三英语一模试卷

杨浦区2011学年度髙三学科测试

II. Grammar and vocabulary (25%)

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. The cause of the crash of the Antarctic research helicopter is still ________ investigation.

A. on

B. among

C. below

D. under

26. Almost half of all adults have basic maths skills that are no better than of _____ children aged

nine to 11, government-commissioned research has shown.

A. one

B. those

C. some

D. that

27.Many citizens are angry with the new food standards _____ by the government.

A. having been updated

B. being updated

C. updating

D. updated

28.It remains a mystery _____ the world is going to end on Dec. 21st, 2012，which seems to be the

end of the Mayan calendar.

A. if

B. that

C. whether

D. when

29.To his surprise, the man found shark fins _____ from the banquet menu in this famous

restaurant.

A. having been removed

B. removed

C. to be removed

D. being removed

30. What do you think _____ makes the English version of the musical Notre Dame de Paris

different from the previous ones?

A. is it that

B. that it is

C. that is it

D. it is that

31. The elderly patients still prefer the traditional way, _____ online booking system is supposed

to be convenient and fast.

A. while

B. though

C. unless

D. as

32. The regulation is welcomed by the public _____ advertisements are banned in the middle of

television dramas.

A. that

B. whether

C. in which

D. when

33. The joy of life is a deep spring. Only when digging deep _____ clear and sweet water.

A. you can draw

B. can draw you

C. can you draw

D. draw can you

34. — Ms Williams, Steve seems to be in low spirits after the parents' meeting.

一 Well, I think we _____ have given him helpful encouragement rather than negative

criticism.

A. must

B. should

C. might

D. can

35. Medical staff fled as flames and smoke filled an Indian hospital, _____ their patients to a fire

that killed 89 people.

A. abandoned

B. having abandoned

C. to abandon

D. abandoning

36. Many glaucoma (青光眼) patients are unaware of symptoms _____ a great deal of useful sight

has been permanently destroyed.

A. until

B. since

C. after

D. once

37. Thailand's worst flooding in nearly 60 years _____ more than 600 lives and affected about 10

million people since mid July.

A. claimed

B. has claimed

C. had claimed

D. is claimed

38. As far as we know, half of Canadian teenagers do not get enough sleep on school nights,_______?

A. do they

B. don't they

C. don't you

D. isn't it

39. Children with bad grades can always think of brilliant ways to escape _____.

A. punishing

B. being punished

C. to be punished

D. having punished

40. Gone are the days _____ surgery meant cutting a patient open. Modern medicine offers doctors

less invasive tools to operate on disease-stricken bodies.

A. that

B. which

C. when

D. whose

Section B

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used