第一节 单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，共15分)

21．Generally speaking, _________ main material for building houses has been concrete, but _________ wood and stone have also been used.

A. the; /　　　　 B. /; /　　　　　　　 C. the; the　 　　 　　　D. /; the

22.____with the size of the whole earth , the biggest ocean does not seem big at all.

A. Compare　 B.When comparing　　paring　　 D.When compared

23. The captain urged that the mission _____ before dark. 　

A. must be finished　　　　　　 　　　B. be finished

C. ought to be finished　　　　　 　　　D. was finished

24. I was so familiar with him that I recognized his voice ____ I picked up the phone.

A. while　　　 B. after　　　　 　C. in case　　　　 D. the minute

25. Nothing else_____more important than water in the place like a desert.

A. we can’t find　　 　　　　　　　　B. can’t we find

　 　C. can we find　　　　 　　　　　　D. we can find

26. _____ matters most in learning English is enough practice.

A. What　　　 　B. Why　　　　　 C. Where　　　 D. Which

27. The Internet in modern society has brought _____ great changes in our daily life.

　 A. about　　　 　B. out　　　　　 C. back　　　　 D. up

28.　--- Could you do me a favor and take these books to my office?

　 ---- Yes, ________!

　 A. for pleasure　 　B. I could 　　　　C. my pleasure 　D. with pleasure

29. We will appreciate____ if your parents can help us.

　 A. /　　 　　　　B. that　　 　　　　C. it　　 　　　D. this

30. The expo will be held in Shanghai, _____a lot of advanced technology will be shown for the first time.

　 A. where　 　　　B. which　 　　　C. when　 　　　D. from which

31. ＿＿several times, the young scientist still kept on making his experiments.

A. Having been failed　　 　　　　　B. Having failed

C. Though failed　　　　 　　　　　D. Because of failure

32.This is the very MP3 I am looking for, ___ I have been looking for for a long time.

　 A. it　　　　 　　B. that　　　　　 C. one　　　　 　D. the one

33.On the contrary, I think it is Jack ,____ you, ___ to blame.

　 A. more than ;are　　　　 　　B. less than; who are　　

C. rather than ;is　　　　 　　　D. rather than ;that is

34.By the time we got there, they had already finished the work, so we ______there.

A. needn’t go　　　　　　 　　　 B. needn’t have gone

C. didn’t need to go　　　 　　　 D. shouldn’t go

35.It is often said that an American starts a speech with a joke, __ a Japanese starts with an apology.

　 A. since　　　 　　B. while　　　　　 C. when　　　　　　 D. as

21．根据下面内容，写一则启事，注意署名要正确，正文不超过50字。(5分)

　　 6月10日，维丰中学普通高中的最后一届学生毕业了。校长找来干事：“你知道，我们学校以前挂两块牌子，维丰中学和维丰外事职高，实际上却由三部分组成---初中、职业高中和普通高中。现在根据上级的调整指示，外事职高并入明湖旅游学校，统一用‘明湖旅游学校’作校名，那里的初中合到我们学校来，更名为‘维丰初级中学’。可是还有人到我们这儿联系职高的事。你写个启事，让他们到那边联系，那边的地址是，明湖北大街5号，电话1049523。注意，要写得简洁明白，署名要清楚。”

19．联系全文，概括写出本文的主旨。(5分)

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18．“他决定不将《南岳风雨图》寄去北京参展，他要把它挂在画室的墙上，永远铭记那个让他羞愧万分的暗记……”，试分析句子中“暗记”的含义。(5分)

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