2013年12月全省学业水平考试英语试题
第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
1. —What about _____ job??
—It’s too difficult _____ job for me.?
A. the; a B. the; the C. a; the D. a; a
2. When you rewrite the paragraph, I advise you to_____ the last sentence as it is rather misleading.
A. point out B. make out
C. leave out D. put out
3. It is difficult to imagine his _____ the decision without any consideration.
A. accept B. accepting C. to accept D. accepted
4. Let’s get some eggs first. _____, fruit and vegetables are also needed.
A. In brief B. In all C. In addition D. In fact
5. —Do you know Mary very well?
—Yes. We became good friends_____ we met at a meeting.
A. by the time B. the first time C. until D. as long as
6. There is _____water and the farmers can use it to irrigate their fields.
A. a great deal B. a large number of C. a plenty of D. a large amount of
7. Last week our school had a big fair in order to _____ money for a charity.
A. rise B. raise C. arise D. arouse
8. If we _____ the other road, we might have arrived here in time for the meeting.
A. take B. had taken C. took D. have taken
9. Dr. Johnson loves music but doesn’t like jazz and _____.
A. neither is his wife B. so is his wife
C. so his wife is D. it is the same with his wife
10. Put yourself in situations _____ you will be forced to communicate in English,
and you will see more progress over time.
A. when B. that C. where D. how
11. —Ready to quit guessing, Sandy?
—No, no, I hold on! I think I _____ to the answer.
A. come B. have come C. am coming D. came
12. It was five o’clock in the afternoon _____ they climbed up to the top of the
mountain.
A. since B. when C. that D. until
13. _____ the telephone number several times, but he couldn't learn it by heart．
A. Having told B. Having been told
C. Although he had been told D. He had been told
14. The idea has been widely accepted Beijing Opera should be added to the
basic education in China.
A. / B. when C. which D. that
15. —Would you like to play bridge with us?
—Sorry._________.
A. With pleasure B. No problem
C. It isn't my cup of tea D. It is a piece of cake
第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白的最佳选项。
Mr. West intended to buy his wife a Christmas present, but he was always very
to find time to go to the shops. At last, when it was the week Christmas, and the shops were very crowded, he that he could not wait any longer. He worked in an office, and had lunch in a restaurant, but one day he bought some sandwiches, ate quickly and went out to a big shop near his office during his lunch who were also buying presents during their lunch hour. Mr. West stood politely at the of a crowd of women who were who were necklaces and earrings. He tried to move forwards slowly, taking his turn with the others, but more and more women were into the shop the whole time and pushing selfishly him.
After half an hour, he was as far from the people who were selling the
necklaces as he had been he came in, and his lunch hour was coming to an end, so he decided to change his of doing things: he put his head down, a sudden loud shout and started to push his way towards the of the crowd as hard as he could. The women around him became very when they saw what he was doing, and began to him. “Why can’t you behave like a gentleman?” they shouted. “Ladies,” he them, “I have been behaving like a gentleman for the past half hour, and it has done me no to behave like a lady!”
16. A. sure B. certain C. able D. possible
17. A. before B. after C. till D. within
18. A. promised B. decided C. agreed D. insisted
19. A. never B. sometimes C. seldom D. usually
20. A. it B. them C. that D. those
21. A. hour B. moment C. minute D. second
22. A. top B. middle C. edge D. stage
23. A. pulling B. pushing C. gathering D. managing
24. A. selling B. buying C. choosing D. seizing
25. A. going B. entering C. fetching D. coming
26. A. beyond B. past C. over D. through
27. A. just B. even C. ever D. already
28. A. where B. until C. when D. even if