2014.11北京二中高三期中考试试卷

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21.In recent years _____ global warming is becoming _____concern for people all over the world.

A.the; the

B./; a

C. /; /

D.the; /

22.In that situation, they couldn’t do anything but_________.

A.sitting and waiting

B.sat and waited

C. sit and wait

D.to sit and to wait

lions of pounds’ worth of damage_____by a storm which swept across the north of England last night.

A.has been caused

B.had been caused

C. will be caused

D. will have been caused

24.Does the way you thought of _____the water clean make any sense?

A.making

B. to make

C.how to make

D. having made

25.Never before________ in greater need of modern public transport than it is today．

A. has this city been

B. this city has been

C. was this city

D. this city was

26.Yesterday, Mother forgot to pick me up. I ______in the school for nearly two hours.

A.was waiting

B. had waited

C.have waited

D. waited

27.One scholar suggested that children_____interesting books as holiday gifts rather than money.

A.are given

B.give

C. be given

D.will give

28.Victor apologized for ______ to inform me of the change in the plan before hand.

A.his being not able

B.him not to be able

C.his not being able

D.him to be not able

29.The place _____ the bridge is supposed to be built should be _____the cross-river traffic is the heaviest.

A.which; where

B. at which; which

C.at which; where

D.which; in which

30.Though _____up in a big city, Bill always prefers to live a country life.

A. brought

B. was brought

C. bringing

D. having brought

31. Your skin is really splendid, but _____ we actually need is not a skirt but a new pair of shoes.

A. that

B. what

C.whether

D.how

32.The company had about 20 notebook computers but only one-third ______ used regularly. Now we have 60 working all day long.

A. is

B. are

C.was

D.were

33.---You didn’t wait for Elizabeth last night, did you?

---Yes, but we _____ . She didn’t come at all.

A.don’t have to

B. needn’t have to

C.need to

D.should have

34.It was some time ____ we realized the truth.

A.when

B. until

C.since

D.before

35.Jenny ____ have been here by now. I wonder what’s happened to her.

A. must

B.should

C.would

D.might

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