温州第二外国语学校2016届10月阶段性测试英语试题及答案

温州二外2015学年第一学期高三10月阶段性测试英语试题
 
第Ⅰ卷 （三大题，共80分）
一．单项填空题：（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）
1. —I heard they went skiing in the mountains last winter.
—It ______ true because there was little snow there.
A. may not be B. won’t be C. couldn’t be D. will be
2. She ______ the table and said the dinner was ready.
A. lay B. laid C. lied D. lain
3. There was good food ______ abundance at the party.
A. at B. with C. in D. of 
4. The plan has to be ______ to meet the real situation.
A. adjusted B. adapted C. produced D. refunded
5. The driver started to speed up to ______ for the hour he had lost in the traffic jam.
A. keep up B. take up C. make up D. catch up
6. To qualify yourself for this kind of new job, I recommend that you ______ some online courses.
  A. to take       B. taking       C. take           D. would take
7. As the busiest woman in the village, she made ______ her duty to look after all the other people’s affairs in that village.
A. this B. that C. one D. it
8. Jane has been so ______ in getting used to everything that she hasn’t had time for social activities.
A. confused B. worried C. devoted D. occupied
9. Perseverance is a kind of quality, and that is ______ it takes to do everything well.
  A. why B. that C. what D. which
10. With the guide ______ the way, we finally got to the village which we were looking for.
A. led             B. leading            C. to lead         D. had led
11. Mary felt sad over the loss of photos she had shot in Australia, ______ that was a memory she especially treasured.
A. as      B. which      C. when     D. where
12. Smoking too much may ______ lung cancer and cause other diseases.
A. devote to B. attend to C. contribute to D. come to
13. That was the first time I ______ there and I was impressed by the friendly people very much.
A. go         B. was going      C. had gone     D. have gone
14. — Why didn’t Tom ask for help then?
— You know, at such a midnight, there was no one ______.
A. he could turn to   B. for whom to turn    C. who to turn to    D. for him to turn
15. Sarah, hurry up. I’m afraid you won’t have time to ______ before the party.
A. get changed B. get change       C. get changing       D. get to change
16. Don’t blame him any more. ______, he’s your father.
A. At all    B.In all     C.After all    D. Above all
17. They would rather spend time ______ than ______ in the street.
A. read; wander B. reading; wandering C. reading; to wandering D. reading; wander
18. Shut the window, ______ it’ll get too cold in here.
A. so            B. yet           C. but       D. otherwise
19. Is this TV set___ you wish to have___?
A the one; repaired B which; it repaired C the one; it repaired  D which; repaired
20. — Can I look at the menu before I make an order?
— Of course. ___________, madam.
A. Take your time     B. Don’t mention it     C. Never mind     D. Help yourself
二．完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A certain good woman one day said something that hurt her best friend of many years. She regretted it immediately and would have done anything to have taken the words back. So she went to an older, wiser woman in the village and 21 advice.
Listening to her, the older woman 22 the younger woman’s distress and knew she must help her. She also knew she could 23 ease her pain, but she could teach.
Then, she said. “There are 24 things you need to do. The first is extremely difficult. Tonight, Take your best 25 pillows and open a small hole in each one. Then, 26 the sun rises, you must put a single feather on the doorstep of each house in town. When you are through, 27 to me. If you’ve done the first thing 28, I’ll tell you the second.”
The young woman hurried home to prepare for her chore, 29 the pillows were very 30 to her and very expensive.
All night long, she went from doorstep to doorstep. Her fingers were 31. The wind was so sharp that it caused her eyes to water, but she ran on through the 32 streets, 33 that there was something she could do to put things 34 the way they once were. Finally she placed the last feather on the steps of the last house. Just as the sun rose, she returned to the older woman.
She was exhausted but 35 ,thinking that her efforts would be rewarded.
“Now,” said the wise woman, “Go back and 36 your pillows. Then everything will be as it was before.”
The young woman was stunned, “You know that’s impossible! The wind 37 each feather as fast as I placed them on the doorsteps! You didn’t say I had to get them back! If this is the second 38, then things will never be the same.”
“That’s true,” said the older woman. “Never forget. Each of your words is like a feather in the wind. Once 39, no amount of effort, 40 how heartfelt or sincere, can ever return them to your mouth. Choose your words well and guard them most of all in the presence of those you love.”