2017-2018学年第一学期期中杭州地区七校联考
高三年级英语学科 试 题
考生须知：
1．本卷满分120分，考试时间120分钟；
2．答题前，在答题卷密封区内填写班级、学号和姓名；座位号写在指定位置； 3．所有答案必须写在答题卷上，写在试卷上无效； 4．考试结束后，只需上交答题卷。
选择题部分（共80分）
第一部分：英语知识应用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节：单项填空（共20小题，每小题0.5分，满分10分） 从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
1. -- Jack’s car broke down on the way home and when he finally got home, he found he had left his key in the office. -- _______________.
A. Oh, it’s not his day. B. It made his day. C. These things happen. D. Forget it.
2. The driver was at_____loss when ___word came that he was forbidden to drive for speeding. A．a；the B．/；/ C．the；the D．a；/
3. Parents and teachers always think students should spend more time on their studies, but students themselves think _____.
A. otherwise B. instead C. meanwhile D. moreover 4. --- Do you have the time?
--- Yes. But... my watch is not vey __________. A. efficient B. temporay C. proper D. accurate
5. It was his honesty, rather than his ability to do the job, __ impressed us deeply. A. where B. why C. that D. what
6. The rising house price and the high income taxation rate have become the biggest ____ of
people in China today.
A. concern B. influence C. involvement
D. occupation
7. Modern plastics can _________ very high and very low temperatures. A. stand B. keep C. hold D. remain
8. She has been working as a doctor for many years. She surely knows ____ it takes to be successful in her career. A. where B. what C. how D. that
9. The frozen waterfall has attracted floods of tourists to ____ the natural beauty. A. cherish B. admire C. observe D. discover
10. Truly, Lara began to regard the wall as her journal, and she wrote her thoughts down on the wall the moment they ____ her.
A. called up
B. reached for
C. occurred to
D. got over
11. My neighbor left the hometown when he was 40 and nobody ____ him since. A. sees B. saw C. has seen D. had seen 12. There isn’t enough room for us, ___________ any guests. A. let alone B. except for C. or rather D. rather than 13. How lucky the cyclist was! The car ____________ missed him. A. nearly B. almost C. narrowly D. indirectly
14. My firend, Jack, is thought ____ foolishly. Now he has no one but himself to blame for losing the job.
A. to act B. to have acted C. acting D. having acted
15. ______, I have to put it away and focus my attention on study this week. A. However the novel is amusing B No matter amusing the novel is C. However amusing the novel is D. No matter how the novel is amusing
16. But for the help of my English teacher, I __ the first prize in the English Writing Competition. A. would not win B. would not have won C. would win D. would have won
17. The family members had a pleasant chat _________ coffee. A. for B. with C. during D. over
18. My teacher speaks English well indeed, but of course not __ a native speaker.
A. as fluent as B. more fluent than C. so fluently as D. much fluently than
19. My brother was in hospital for six months. He felt as if he was ___ from the outside world. A. cut out B. cut off C. cut up D. cut through 20. -- How did you find the movie last night?
-- _________________. We can’t think too highly of it. A. It makes no sense. B. It is awful C. It all depends D. It is wonderful
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第21-40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
Last spring, Michelle fell in love with kite-boarding, an adventure sport that combines surfing and sailing. So she got a kite-board, took some 21 and a few months later drove out to the Banana River. There she met John, who offered to help her 22 her skills.
One day, John 23 Michelle while his wife, Nancy, stayed behind on a Jet Ski (摩托艇). In that way, there would be 24 to bring back Michelle if she got into trouble. After John gave her a few 25 , he took off. He’d sailed about three quarters of a mile down the river when he felt the wind 26 . He knew that the stronger the wind grew, the more 27 it would be for Michelle to control her board. 28 , he turned and started sailing back toward the two women.
Michelle had 29 decided to head for shore. The wind was too strong for her to handle the kite. She prepared to land her 30 by releasing one of the four lines that kept the sail in the air. 31 she didn’t have a chance. She was thrown over the water, still 32 to the kite. Seconds later, a huge wind sent the kite upward. Even more dangerous, the sail’s lines started to twist together, round and round. Michelle 33 to free from the kite. But she failed.
Nancy was several hundred feet away on the Jet Ski and couldn’t get to her 34 enough to help. By then, John had closed in and Michelle felt John 35 her out of the water. As she held his arm, he tried to pull the handle but couldn’t 36 it. Then suddenly, John let go. At that point, Michelle was sure she would die without him holding 37 her. But John had seen Nancy approaching and 38 that he’d have a better chance of helping Michelle. He jumped