上海中学东校区高一上学期开学摸底考试英语试卷 含答案

上海中学东校区2015-2016学年高一上摸底考试

I.听力略

II. Grammar and Vocabulary(2*15=30)

14. He didn’t transplant（移植）the little tree to the garden _________ it was the best time for it.

A. where

B. when

C. that

D. until

15. Hundreds of ideas were considered ________ the chief architect decided on the design of the building.

A. because

B. before

C. whether

D. unless

16. With 44 speakers behind the screen ___________ the audience, the sound seems very real.

A. surround

B. surrounded

C. surrounding

D. to surround

17. --- Sorry, Professor Smith, I didn’t finish the assignment yesterday.

---- Oh, you _________ have done it as yesterday was the deadline.

A. must

B. mustn’t

C. should

D. shouldn’t

18. He had at last been allowed to send a fax _______ he informed the editor that he had been arrested while counting the 1,084 steps.

A. which

B. of which

C. in which

D. that

19. All this __________ conclusively令人信服地that she couldn’t have known the truth.

A. prove

B. proves

C. proved

D. is proved

20. As a working mother, she tries to keep a balance _______ work and family.

A. over

B. under

C. between

D. with

21. Besides a few sentences, I hardly heard him say __________.

A. nothing

B. none

C. all

D. anything

22. One learns a language by making mistakes and _________ them.

A. correct

B. correcting

C. corrects

D. to correct

23. ________ with a torch, our vica r [ˈvɪkə(r)]牧师went up into the clock tower to see what was going on.

A. held

B. holding

C. armed

D. arming

24. The torchlight, he caught sight of a figure, ______ he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer.

A. which

B. who

C. whom

D. that

25. In some parts of London, missing a bus means _______ for another hour.\

A. waiting

B. to wait

C. wait

D. to be waiting

26. Lucy has a great sense of humor and always keeps her colleagues _______ with her stories.

A. amused

B. amusing

C. to amuse

D. to be amused

27. According to a recent US survey, children spend up to 25 hours a week _______ TV.

A. to watch

B. to watching

C. watching

D. watch

28.Messages for the manager _________ on her desk but she didn’t notice them.

A. were left

B. was left

C. was leaving

D. were leaving

III. Cloze (1*15=15)

Mr Clarke works in a middle school. He likes reading and often 1 some books from the library. He keeps 2 to the radio every morning and reading 3 after supper. So he knows much and teaches well. His 4 worship（崇拜）him very much. Mike, Mr Clarke’s little son，is only nine. He 5 likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr Clarke always thinks he’s too 6 to understand him and chooses_ 7 ones to answer. Of course the boy is not satisfied with（对…满意）it．

One day Mike read 8 about the electric lights（电灯）and was 9 it．When his father told him to do some housework，he went on thinking of it．He asked him 10 questions，and his father answered all．Then his father said proudly，“Fathers always know 11 than sons!”

The boy thought for a while and said，“ 12 !”

“Oh? Why?”

Mike didn’t answer and asked，13 ，“Who invented the electric lights?”

“ 14 .”answered Mr Clarke．

“Why didn’t his father invent the m，then?”

Looking at his son，Mr Clarke didn’t know 15 to answer !

小题1: A．finds B．sells C．buys D．borrows

小题2: A．watching B．listening C．going D．touching

小题3: A．newspapers B．letters C．stories D．messages

小题4: A．teachers B．parents C．students D．classmates

小题5: A．also B．never C．even D．only

小题6: A．old B．young C．clever D．able

小题7: A．more ifficult B．the most difficult C．easy D．the easiest

小题8: A．everything B．nothing C．something D．anything

小题9: A．worried about B．interested in C．afraid of D．angry with

小题10: A．few B．little C．a few D．a little