【名校摸底考】上海市复旦大学附中高一(上)开学考英语试题及答案

上海市复旦大学附中高一上学期

开学考试英语试题

I. Choice

1.Rather than read the science fiction alone in the classroom he preferred ______ the performance put on by the American student’s choir.

A. watching

B. watch

C. having watched

D. to watch

2.Eggs in the shopping center are sold ______.

A. by dozen

B. by the dozen

C. in dozens

D. in the dozens

3.The Chinese government has decided to boycott the imported beef from UK for the purpose of ______ the local citizen from mad cow disease.

A. protecting

B. preserving

C. reserving

D. releasing

4.Paper produced every year is ______ the world’s production of vehicles.

A. as three times heavy as

B. the three time weight of

C. three times the weight of

D. three times heavier as

5.Don’t worry about it. My dog will ______ the gate of my house when I am away.

A. defend

B. protect

C. save

D. guard

6.He set aside much money for his tuition each month and only a ______ amount of money went to his living expense.

A. little

B. small

C. tiny

D. few

7.This clever boy absorbed almost all ______ his teacher could give him.

A. which

B. /

C. what

D. as

8.______ in thought, he failed to realize his mother’s approach.

A. Losing

B. Being lost

C. Lost

D. To be lost

9.The whereabouts of Bin Laden has become a focus of media’s _____.

A. observation

B. notice

C. intention

D. attention

10.Walk ______ of the street, and you can see a post office just around the corner.

A. at the end

B. in the end

C. to the end

D. to an end

11.You really don’t know what to do ______ your mother’s kindness.

A. in place of

B. instead of

C. ahead of

D. in return for

12.The panda ______ to China is threatened with extinction. Something must be done to save her from danger.

A. natural

B. local

C. native

D. rural

13.Many searchlights were used to ______ the missing passengers on the spot the air crash occurred.

A. situate….which

B. search ….. where

C. search for….which

D. locate ….where

14.Venus Fly-Trap has two special leaves and ______ leaf has several hairs in the middle.

A. any

B. either

C. both

D. none

15.It was ______ late to catch a bus after the party, ______, we called a taxi.

A. too much…..moreover

B. too much ….. therefore

C. much too …. therefore

D. much too…. moreover

16.It is believed that ______ type of tree grows ______ than the Giant Redwood.

A. not any ….. more highly

B. no other …. higher

C. no other ….more highly

D. not any….. higher

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17.Too much rainfall failed to ______ the growth of these plants.

A. encourage

B. discourage

C. disappoint

D. appoint

18.Our English monitor can sing ______, if not better than, Mary.

A. as good as

B. as well as

C. so well as

D. so good as

19.We know for sure that the Venus Fly-Trap ______ insects for food

A. catches

B. holds

C. masters

D. kidnaps

20.Admission will be free to ______ wears the school uniform and the school badge.

A. anyone

B. who

C. whoever

D. whom