高三英语试题及答案

高三英语第一学期期中测试卷

第一部分：基础知识运用

I．单选题（15分）

1. _____ young in our village are now living _____ much more comfortable life than we did.

A. A;不填

B. The; the

C. A; a

D. The; a

2. What a small meeting room! Do you think ________ possible for so many students to sit in?

A. it

B. that

C. there

D. this

3. The man didn’t admit _________ anything at the store when he was questioned by the police.

A. to steal

B. stealing

C. having stolen

D. to have stolen

4. He found it increasingly difficult to read，his eyesight was beginning to fail.

A. and

B. yet

C. or

D. for

5. You late for yesterday’s class meeting，as it was so important.

A. couldn’t be

B. shouldn’t be

C. mustn’t have been

D. oughtn’t to have been

6.----- we could invite John and Barbara to the Friday party

------ yes, ______? I will give them a call right away.

A. why not

B. what for

C. why

D.what

7. ----- So comfortable a bed! ----- Yes. We can never find ________ one.

A. a better

B. the best

C. a worse

D. the worst

8. ----- Our holiday cost a lot of money.

----- Did it? Well, that doesn’t matter __________ you enjoyed yourselves.

A. unless

B. as far as

C. as long as

D. until

9. There’s not much time left, but ___________ we must get there in ti me.

A. anyhow

B. otherwise

C. somehow

D. however

10. ----- I can never afford a flat like that! ------ . The price is too high!

A. So I can

B. So can I

C. Neither I can

D. Neither can I

11．You can hardly imagine the difficulty the woman had ______ her children．A．brought up B．to bring up

C．bringing up D．to have brought up

12. The Chinese government has made the Mid-autumn festival a legal holiday, _______ people will have a day off. A. when B. which C. where D. what

13. Kate on her new novel，which is supposed to come out next month.

A. has been working

B. had worked

C. will be working

D. was working

14. ________ me two more days, and I’ll finish the project.

A. Given

B. If given

C. Give me

D. Giving me

15. For breakfast he only drinks juice from fresh fruit _____ on his own farm.

A. grown

B. being grown

C. to be grown

D. to grow

II．完型填空（40分）

This story took place in Israel．

One day when some government officials were rebuilding a barn，they found a moose hole and used smoke to 16 the mice out．Later they indeed saw mice running out, one after another．

Then，thinking all the mice had escaped，the officials started to 17 up．They saw two mice squeezing(挤)out of the hole．The 18 thing was that they did not 19 immediately．Instead，one

chased after the other near the20 of the hole．It seemed that one was trying to bite the

21

of the other．

Everyone 22 closer to take a look．They realized that one of the mice was 23 and the other was trying to allow the one that could not see to bite on his tail so he could help him escape．

24 what happened，everyone was 25 and lost in thought．

One Rome official said：“The relationship between those two mice must be 26 of emperor and minister．”The others agreed．

An Israeli said：“I think the relationship between them was husband and Wife．”Again the others all felt it made 27

A Chinese, who was accustomed to the firm tradition of 28 to parents，said：“They are mother and son．”The others thought for a while and felt this was more 29 ．So they approved once again．

At that moment, one 30 child，who was resting his chin in his palms，31 looked at other people，asking：“Why did those two mice have to have a certain 32 ?”

The atmosphere 33 ．The Rome official，the Israeli and the Chinese，all lowered their heads 34 ，and did not dare to respond．

In fact，the true love is not 35 on benefit, friendship and loyalty or blood relationship．Instead，it is based on no relationship．

16．A．persuade B．make C．force D．help

17．A．clean B．turn C．take D．pick

18．A．strange B．normal C．funny D．interesting

19．A．take away B．give away C．walk away D．run away

20．A．entrance B．exit C．path D．passage

21．A．ear B．hind leg C．fur D．tail

22．A．stepped B．crawled C．climbed D．crowded

23．A．deaf B．blind C．disabled D．mute

24．A．Witnessing B．Looking C．Understanding D．Concerning 25．A．surprising B．indifferent C．puzzled D．speechless

26．A．this B．it C．that D．one

27．A．a difference B．sense C．a story D．peace

28．A．loyalty B．truth C．honesty D．closeness

29．A．visible B．sensible C．reasonable D．explainable 30．A．simple-minded B．warm-hearted C．bard-handed D．pure-minded