2008学年第一学期余姚二中高三英语期考二试卷 第二部分英语知识运用(共两节,满分40分) 第一节单项填空(共20小题,每小题1分,满分20分) 1. When a giraffe (长颈鹿) has _____ drink, it has to stand with its front legs wide apart in order to reach _____ water. A. /; / B. a; the C. the; / D. /; the 2. For many weeks we had been _______ horses and oxen _______ heat, thirst and starvation. 2,4,6 to see, suffered to seeing, suffered to see, suffering to seeing, suffering 3. The famous professor has received the letter ___ to give a lecture in Princeton Institute. A. being invited B. to be invited C. inviting him D. invited 4. Was it at the aid battle on June 8,1994, ______ was led by Captain Johnson ____ Peter lost his life. A. when; that B. that; who C. which; that D. that; when 5. The new dictionaries are very useful. They ________ well and ________ already . A. sell; have been sold out B. sold; had sold out C. sell; sell out D. are sold; have been sold out 6. There fell a heavy snow last December, and this year _________ a good harvest. A. proves B. means C. allows D. promises 7. Animals have died ing into contact with this chemical. a consequence of return for the name of spite of 8. ____________, and you will eed. more efforts efforts make more efforts you make more efforts 9. All her time ___________ experiments, she