高三英语摸底考试摸底考试.doc

高三英语摸底考试
第一部分：单项选择（共15题；每小题1分，满分15分）
Paper money was in ______use in China when Marco Polo visited the country in _____ thirteenth century.
A. the; / B. /; the C. the; the D. / ; /
Is that a book on farming? If so, I want to borrow__________.
A. this B. one C. it D. the one
All the peace-loving people are against American’s bombing Iraq. They think Bush is lifting a stone_______ it ________on his own feet.
A. only to have; dropping B. to have; dropped
C. only to have; dropped D. having; dropped
– Do you mind if I keep pets in this building?
--____________.
A. No, you can’t B. Of course not. It’s not allowed here.
C. Great! I love pets. D. I’d rather you didn’t, actually.
Americans eat__________ vegetables per person today as they did in 1910.
A. more than twice B. as twice as many
C. twice as many as D. more than twice as many
– How do you like the cake?
-- It’s quite different from_________ I had last month.
A. that B. the one C. which D. the one which
___________ he made up his mind to make a trip to Europe?
A. When was it that B. That was it when
C. That it was when D. When it was that
8. There are ______ of students in our school who will go to Hainan for the summer camping. ____ of the students is about 300.
A. a great many; The number B. the number; A number
C. plenty; The number D. a great number; The number
– The radio isn’t working. I wonder what’s wrong with it.
-- ___________the batteries?
A. will you try to change B. Have you tried to change
C. Would you like to try to change D. Have you tried changing
10. ______ the old building successfully _______ on the spot, we let out a shout of joy.
A. Seen; exploded B. Seeing; exploding
C. Seeing; exploded